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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.
The Trust were inspired by the good work being done by community recycling centres around the motu, and wanted to offer these services locally.
Led by volunteers, we started out small, offering waste minimisation activities, events and workshops, which received huge community support.
In December 2018, we formed a charitiable trust and 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 yard, and in Rustybrook Road in Wellsford (this site has now since closed).
We were awarded the contract in May 2019, and took over responsibility for the sites on 1 July 2019.
In late 2023, we re-opened our Lawrie Road site under the new name Less. Mahurangi Wastebusters Trust and Less work alongside and independently of each other. Less runs our two community recycling centres, and the Trust is out in the community doing zero waste education and events throughout the north east part of the Rodney Local Board area.
Mahurangi Wastebusters Trust + Less are community enterprises. 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 meaningful employment to our staff, and into services that benefit the community and environment.
Led by volunteers, we started out small, offering waste minimisation activities, events and workshops, which received huge community support.
In December 2018, we formed a charitiable trust and 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 yard, and in Rustybrook Road in Wellsford (this site has now since closed).
We were awarded the contract in May 2019, and took over responsibility for the sites on 1 July 2019.
In late 2023, we re-opened our Lawrie Road site under the new name Less. Mahurangi Wastebusters Trust and Less work alongside and independently of each other. Less runs our two community recycling centres, and the Trust is out in the community doing zero waste education and events throughout the north east part of the Rodney Local Board area.
Mahurangi Wastebusters Trust + Less are community enterprises. 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 meaningful employment to our staff, and into services that benefit the community and environment.
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We couldn't do what we do without the dedicated support of our 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 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 (now retired), John McIntyre; front row: Trish Allen, Audrey Sharp.
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 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." |