Turning waste into valuable resource | From The Ground Up: Episode 4
Waste to Wilderness is an environmental enterprise helping Queenstown tourism businesses divert food waste from landfills and transform it into beautiful, nutrient-rich compost for the local community.
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Converting waste , opens in a new window
1,200 tonnes of organics are converted to compost each year. This has the same impact as removing 1,200 fossil fuel vehicles from our local roads.
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Generating compost , opens in a new window
We generate enough compost from food waste to supply over 1,000 family vegetable gardens annually.
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Supporting community , opens in a new window
Through the support of industry partners, compost is provided to local native reforestation and community vegetable garden projects for free.
Contact us
Get in touch if you'd like to learn more. We welcome inquiries from new food waste partners.