Can we fix it? Wastebusters and Sustainable Queenstown seek community input on reuse and repair
We’ve come a long way in the Queenstown Lakes District. No one bats an eyelid when you offer up a reusable coffee cup in town and an increasing number of water stations have made reusable bottles the norm for locals and visitors alike.
So, what’s next? This is what Wastebusters and Sustainable Queenstown (SQ) want to find out with Wastebusters’ fourth Resourceful Communities survey which is now live. Wastebusters leads the QLDC-backed programme across the district, joining forces with SQ to drive local action right here in Queenstown.
“It’s been three years since we last ran a Resourceful Communities survey so we’re looking forward to seeing how things have changed during that time,” says Wastebusters’ Communication Manager, Ruth Blunt.
“As a community-owned organisation, it’s so important for us to hear from our community and to hear how they would like Wasties and SQ to support them when it comes to reuse and repair.”
Ruth points to SQ’s popular low waste living workshops, their calendar of repair events across the Whakatipu, and the slow fashion movement as direct outcomes of previous surveys. “The feedback we get from the survey really does make a difference. Our work’s at its most impactful when it’s supporting our community so it’s vital for us to know what’s working, what people would like more of and where there are still challenges that we can, hopefully, help people overcome.”
The 2023 survey pointed to a positive upturn in reuse habits with more people choosing to use their own water bottle, coffee cup and BYO containers than in 2021.
Everyone who completes the survey by 16 October will go in to win prize packs that include Skyline Gondola + Luge Rides, double sauna passes, a Kiwi Park double pass, sandwich vouchers from Hangry As, and Chunky water bottles. The survey is open to everyone in the Queenstown Lakes District and takes about 10 minutes to complete. Survey can be found here.
The Resourceful Communities survey is proudly supported by the QLDC Zero Waste District Programme.
