The Kāpiti Food Fair recently planted five fruit trees in the Mazengarb Reserve community fruit orchard as part of its waste minimisation strategy.
Last year the goal was set to eliminate 80 per cent of waste from the fair from going into landfill.
"We achieved 82 per cent with guidance from the Organic Wealth team and volunteers from No 49 Squadron Air Cadets," Kāpiti Food Fair co-owners Helene Judge and Jeanine van Kradenburg said.
"On the day, 44 per cent was diverted to compost, 38 per cent to recycling and 18 per cent went to landfill which Organic Wealth said was an exceptional result for year one."
![Kāpiti Food Fair co-owners Jeanine van Kradenburg and Helene Judge planting fruit trees.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/S4GYEBMEMT4ZA5TM2GYLCJR7VY.jpg?auth=6546b10faaf31c8e05eb99c736fef398caf154b4f5d7bbd2a2b83abd62b399a0&width=16&height=8&quality=70&smart=true)