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This guide covers Queenstown & Arrowtown businesses only. For other parts of Queenstown-Lakes District or to read about district-wide council and community services, or city-wide shopping options, please refer to the Zero Waste in Queenstown-Lakes District homepage. NB: All our regional guides cover as many low-waste options as we could find for […]
This guide covers Wanaka & Hawea businesses only. For other parts of Queenstown-Lakes District or to read about district-wide council and community services, please refer to the Zero Waste in Queenstown-Lakes District homepage. NB: All our regional guides cover as many low-waste options as we could find for food, drink, kitchen and […]
This guide covers Queenstown-Lakes District only. For other parts of the Otago Region, please refer to the Zero Waste in Otago homepage. To make this guide more user-friendly, we’ve divided the shopping sections in two (one page for Wanaka & Hawea and one page for Queenstown & Arrowtown). However, on this page (scroll […]
Key points More and more consumers are looking to glass packaging as a more sustainable alternative to plastic. Glass has environmental benefits over plastic: it’s infinitely recyclable, it’s reusable, and it’s non-toxic if it escapes into the environment. However glass has environmental drawbacks: it’s energy intensive to […]
This guide covers Central Otago District only. For other parts of the Otago Region, please refer to the Zero Waste in Otago homepage. NB: All our regional guides cover as many low-waste options as we could find for food, drink, kitchen and food packaging, cleaning products and bathroom […]
Contrary to popular belief, zero waste living is not all about shopping at hipster packaging-free stores. Yes, packaging-free stores can be pretty exciting when you’ve gone several months without something like ground turmeric, and yes, when we do go grocery shopping we certainly go to […]
Otago is a great region for living low-waste, whether it’s the legacy of Wanaka Wastebusters (which spreads far and wide), the amazing range of low-waste shopping options in Dunedin City, or the know-how, can-do attitude in communities throughout Clutha and Waitaki who taught us many new tips […]
This guide covers Waitaki District only. For other parts of the Otago Region, please refer to the Zero Waste in Otago homepage. NB: All our regional guides cover as many low-waste options as we could find for food, drink, kitchen and food packaging, cleaning products and […]