Community Recycling

WasteBusters Trust Canterbury have worked with community recyclers around the world and helped form the Community Recycling Network of NZ

 

That have decided to take control of the waste in their area, often using community recycling as a vehicle to deliver a wider range of activities and services to local people

 

Community recycling covers an array of different activities including recycling, reuse, refurbishment, reprocessing, remanufacturing, community and home composting, waste prevention, minimisation, reduction, prevention and avoidance, waste education and awareness raising to name but a few…

 

Community recyclers don’t see waste – they see resources in the wrong place – most of which is are still useful or have value. Community recycling is about finding these resources a new home and realising the value of these unwanted resources to do good

 

Community recyclers offer numerous employment, training and volunteering

opportunities to the people in their communities.

 

Community recycling helps protect local environments and make better use of scarce resources

 

Community recycling provides communities with an opportunity to make a significant contribution to their local economy by developing local businesses that deliver services to local communities, for the benefit of communities, whilst being accountable to their communities.

 

Finding markets and solutions for a range of products thus helping us work towards zero waste.