Wanaka Wastebusters is holding a Special General Meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 21 May Armstrong room, Lake Wanaka Centre.

There are two key items on the agenda. Members have been giving feedback on a draft set of rules for the new Friends of Wanaka Wastebusters society. The final version will be signed off on Tuesday.

We’ll also be electing a new Executive Committee for the Friends of Wanaka Wastebusters who will appoint the Directors of the company and make sure Wastebusters ltd stays true to it’s values. All members are welcome. Contact Deputy Chair Dom Stayne for more info dominic.stayne@gmail.com

We are looking for a full-time winter business truck driver, while the lovely Paul goes off to make snow up the hill for us all. Do you have a Class 2 license, a passion for recycling and people, and the motivation to get out and do the job in any weather? If that sounds like you, fill in a job application now. Sense of humour and local knowledge is an advantage. Applications close 5pm, Friday 24th May. Click here for more about the job.

This Anchor “lightproof” bottle is causing a stir. Does it make the milk taste better? – the jury seems to be out. But they will be a headache for recyclers, who now have to separate Anchor bottles from other milk bottles and put it them in with shampoo bottles and other coloured HDPE. Recyclers revenue will drop because the new bottles are less valuable and councils and ratepayers will end up filling the gap.

Are the new bottles really worth it? Have a look at over 70 nominations that the Anchor bottle has received in the Worst Packaging category of the Unpackit Awards, or read the Unpackit blog on the bottle.

We’ve already recycled 960 TV’s in the Lakes District during TV Take Back, but we still have room for more. Bring your TVs down to be recycled and pay just $5 (instead of $25)!! Do the right thing for the environment by keeping toxic materials out of the landfill AND save money – it’s a double feel good. It’ll cost you more than this to dump a TV, so why wouldn’t you take advantage of this Government-funded programme???