We have a new take-back office in one of the containers in the yard. Our friendly Guardians can send your waste products off to a new life or to be recycled.
Cell-phones
We recycle cell phones under the Starship Children’s hospital fund-raising programme. Working phones are refurbished and exported to places such as Hong Kong, China and Eatsern Europe. Funds raised support the good work of Starship Children’s hospital in Auckland. Broken phones are responsibly recycled.
Batteries
All type of household, car, cell-phone and tool batteries can be recycled at Wastebusters. Collect your batteries up and bring them in to the Guardians office in the yard, rather than sending them to the landfill as hazardous waste. Once collected and sorted, they are sent to Recytech who process the batteries to extract usable resources.
Used Engine Oil
Used engine oil is collected by Wanaka Wastebusters and sent to the Holcim cement factory to be used as fuel for cement kilns. You can bring in any used engine oil from cars, trucks, mowers, chainsaws etc. Please make sure they are in a water-tight container with a lid – the container that the new oil comes in works well.
Vegetable Oil
If you are a fan of deep-frying, then don’t stick your crusty oil down the drain. Bring it in to us to be made into biodiesel via transesterification. We also collect deep-frying oil from restaurants and take-aways. We have recently switched all our business trucks to 100% biodiesel for the summer. We’ll continue to use a high percentage of biodiesel through the winter.
Ink Cartridges
We work with Cartridge World to recycle printer cartridges. Drop in your used printer cartridges and we send them on to be refilled and reused. Any obsolete or broken cartridges are recycled.
Eco-bulbs
Eco-bulbs contain mercury, so you don’t want them to end up in the landfill. in the recycling process, the tubes are crushed, elements separated and mercury is recovered. Aluminium and glass is also recycled in the process. We ask for a donation to help cover recycling costs.
Reusable Glass Bottles
We collect glass bottles which can be re-used: Green Man and Speights/ABC swappa-crate. Green Man can also reuse Emersons and the old style Wanaka Beerworks (long neck without a shoulder) bottles, so you can drop them off too. Come and see the Guardian on duty in the front yard.
