The Mahurangi Wastebusters Trust was established in 2017 in response to increasing demand from north Rodney locals wanting alternatives to sending their waste to landfill.
They were inspired by the good work being done by community recycling centres, and wanted to offer these services locally.
As a charitable trust led by volunteers, we started out small offering waste minimisation activities, events and workshops, which received huge community support.
In December 2018, our Trust entered into a joint venture with Localised Limited, a social enterprise owned by the Zero Waste Network, to establish Mahurangi Wastebusters Ltd.
This enabled us to tender for a contract with Auckland Council to run transitional waste and resource recovery services at the Lawrie Road and Rustybrook Road sites.
We were awarded the contract in May 2019, and took over responsibility for the sites on 1 July 2019.
Mahurangi Wastebusters Ltd is a community enterprise. Like all businesses, we have skilled personnel, policies and processes in place to capitalise on opportunities and manage risks, but there are no private shareholders.
This means all profits go back into providing services that benefit the community and the environment.
We have a robust operating model based on organisations that have been successfully running recycling centres in Auckland and around the country including Wanaka and Raglan, which have been operating for nearly 20 years.
We have partnered with a number of businesses that enable us to recycle a wide range of materials ethically and sustainably.
These include:
We are delighted to be working with these companies as well as Ngati Manuhiri, other community organisations and local businesses to lead the way to zero waste.
As a charitable trust led by volunteers, we started out small offering waste minimisation activities, events and workshops, which received huge community support.
In December 2018, our Trust entered into a joint venture with Localised Limited, a social enterprise owned by the Zero Waste Network, to establish Mahurangi Wastebusters Ltd.
This enabled us to tender for a contract with Auckland Council to run transitional waste and resource recovery services at the Lawrie Road and Rustybrook Road sites.
We were awarded the contract in May 2019, and took over responsibility for the sites on 1 July 2019.
Mahurangi Wastebusters Ltd is a community enterprise. Like all businesses, we have skilled personnel, policies and processes in place to capitalise on opportunities and manage risks, but there are no private shareholders.
This means all profits go back into providing services that benefit the community and the environment.
We have a robust operating model based on organisations that have been successfully running recycling centres in Auckland and around the country including Wanaka and Raglan, which have been operating for nearly 20 years.
We have partnered with a number of businesses that enable us to recycle a wide range of materials ethically and sustainably.
These include:
- The Little Digger Company are huge supporters of our community owned business providing our most important piece of equipment - our digger!
- Pink Bins to provide cartage and disposal services, green waste processing into compost, and timber processing recovery as a fuel source for cement works
- Reclaim to provide recyclable commodities collection and processing for wholesale markets
- Abilities Group to process e-waste
- Sims Metal Management to provide scrap metal services
- Interwaste to process fluorescent tubes and bulbs
- Plasback to recycle silage wrap
We are delighted to be working with these companies as well as Ngati Manuhiri, other community organisations and local businesses to lead the way to zero waste.
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We couldn't do what we do without the dedicated support of our numerous volunteers to whom we are extremely grateful - thank you!We're looking forward to partnering with you on some exciting initiatives in the coming months.
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The Team
Lucy and Cath
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We have a fabulous team of wastebusters at both sites - here's Lucy and Cath working their magic at the Lawrie Road site.
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Matthew Luxon
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The directors of Mahurangi Wastebusters Ltd are Matthew Luxon and Simon Barclay.
Matthew has been actively involved in the Resource Recovery Network since 2013, helping establish several community recycling centres and providing start-up support to operators. He runs a successful consultancy business and has been living a zero waste lifestyle with his wife Waveney since 2008. Check out Matthew and Waveney's zero waste journey here. |
Simon Barclay
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With a distinguished career in general medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology and general practice, Simon also has a strong and diverse business background with involvement in many successful companies both here and overseas. He has been/is a professional director/advisor to several SMEs, is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors and Business Mentors NZ. Simon has a deep concern about the sustainability of the planet’s resources, and the environmental and economic impact of waste.
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The Trust Board
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Mahurangi Wastebusters Ltd has two 50 percent shareholders. Mahurangi Wastebusters Trust and Localised Limited. Mahurangi Wastebusters Trust Board members are (L to R) back row: Simon Barclay (Chair), Elizabeth Foster, John McIntyre; front row: Trish Allen, Audrey Sharp. The directors of Localised Limited are Matthew Luxon and Ian Stupple.
Trish Allen: "We are delighted to be tasked with developing resource recovery and waste disposal services for the community while the landfill remediation work is completed over the next two years.
"We're extremely fortunate to be partnering with 'Localised Ltd' to deliver these new services, which provides us access to exceptional skills and over 30 years' experience from operators of similar enterprises throughout New Zealand." |