Why are we here? What do we do? Who are we? What have we been doing for the last year? Find answers to to these questions and so much more about Wanaka Wastebusters in our 2010 Annual Report. As part of our strategic planning process we have created a new new Vision and Mission. Our mission is to be a community owned enterprise, providing innovative resource recovery solutions and Education for Sustainability in communities across Otago and Southern Lakes. We plan to do lots of innovating and educating in the next decade.
 
 

Putrescibles (garden and kitchen waste) release methane and leachate into the landfill. They can easily be composted at home to provide a great tonic for your garden. Traditional composting needs space, muscles and lots of materials to layer up. If you don't have all those things on hand, bokashi buckets or a worm farm might suit you better.
 
 

Great news for anyone working in tourism in our area. On The Road Recycling has just been launched in Otago, which will make it easy for tourists to recycle while they’re travelling. Wanaka Wastebusters has rolled out the scheme across Otago in partnership with recycling centres, i-SITE New Zealand and the Otago Regional Council. To find out the details of what and where you can recycle whilst travelling around Otago, visit www.ontheroad.org.nz
 
 

Wanaka Wastebusters' Simon Williams is funded by QLDC to provide support for all the schools. He facilitates the Enviroschools program to 6 schools in the district and delivers the Zero Waste Education packages to primary and intermediate age classes. He also has tools to help other schools and education centers become more sustainable. To help keep everyone up-to-date with his school activities, he has started a blog. Why not have a look?

 
 

Have you got stuff to pass on to someone else? Recirculate is the new resource exchange for the Lakes District, funded by QLDC. Businesses or households with useful waste products list them on www.recirculate.org.nz. People looking for things search the site, and arrange to pick goods up. All the goods are free, and so are listings. Find out more about ReCirculate
 
 

Our latest newsletter looks at our new Vision and Mission. Sophie talks about On The Road Recycling, the new way for travellers across Otago to easily deal with their recycling. Get to know three more of our staff members (Gina and the twins James & Cory). If you'd like to get our quarterly newsletter by email, sign up now.
 
 

Want to know which staff member says their Mum is their hero? (Actually two of them do). Read about the not-so-secret lives of some of our 35 full and part-time employees in the Wastebusters files. Together our staff keep the show more-or-less on the road and make Wastebusters the lively place it is. Some of them are locals from way back, but we also have imports from all round the world; England, America, France, Scotland and Hong Kong.