Recycling related newsitems

• • August recycling – This month, coffee capsules

    • 29 Jul 2022
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • Saturday 3 August is when the recycling day next comes around again. This month we will be accepting selected coffee capsules (see below) which we will send off to the manufacturers recycling programme. Please ensure they are seperated into the … Continue reading →
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• • Our 1kg bags get turned into fence posts

    • 13 Jul 2022
    • Flight Coffee
    • Flight Coffee is excited to announce to the world our own recycling system.
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• • The Wellington firm making plastic fantastic

    • 9 Jul 2022
    • Capital Magazine
    • Plastic gets a bad wrap, but one Wellington business is doing it right. The post The Wellington firm making plastic fantastic appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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    Flight Plastics, 75, Wainui Road, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5010, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Glass collections to resume

    • 7 Jul 2022
    • Island Bay Residents' Association
    • From WCC: After a two-week break due to the impacts of COVID-19, glass collections will resume on Monday 11 July. Collections are fortnightly, so please check the recycling calendar for your next collection date. There may be a backlog of glass as people have been stockpiling. Please put it out in stages, only in glass crates, soContinue reading "Glass collections to resume"
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• • Glass recycling collection on hold

    • 3 Jul 2022
    • Island Bay Residents' Association
    • Kia ora, Unfortunately, our waste collection contractors are once again operating at reduced capacity due to COVID-19.
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• • Recycling day

    • 1 Jun 2022
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • This Saturday is recycling day again – time to clear your drawers of your collection over the last month! A reminder that what we collect each month is: Plastic lids type 2 – must have the type 2 recycling symbol … Continue reading →
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• • May Recycling Day

    • 5 May 2022
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • This Saturday is the first of the month again – which means that it is time to drop off your recycling at Ngaio Union Church. And this month we are back in the church – operating out of the boot … Continue reading →
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    Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • What do we collect for recycling?

    • 4 May 2022
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • We really enjoy the programme, and meeting our neighbours who come to be part of it. It is really helpful for us when everyone sorts their recycling properly and only bring items that we accept. But please remember – recycling … Continue reading →
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• • Glass collections resume in the capital next week

    • 12 Apr 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Glass recycling collections will resume in Wellington from Monday 18 April, but residents are asked to drip feed any stockpiles where possible.
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• • Delivery of free recycling bags starts in the capital

    • 31 Mar 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council will be delivering free packs of recycling bags to households all over the capital from today (Friday 1 April) – and it’s no joke.
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• • Walking at 94 Years Old

    • 29 Mar 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • In recent years, Gorden has had a few falls. At 94 years old, Gorden is strong and active but his balance increasingly fails him. “I fell in the garden a few weeks ago when I was taking some recycling outside. I called for help, but no one heard me. All the neighbours are at work ... Read more
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• • Recycling tips for lids

    • 22 Mar 2022
    • Porirua City Council
    • Sometimes it's the little things that get in the way of getting recycling right.
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• • March Recycling Day

    • 27 Feb 2022
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • The recycling programme which is being run by NCDRA and the Ngaio Union Church is undergoing some change that we want everyone to be aware of. Due to the major work being carried out on the church buildings, the church … Continue reading →
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    Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Coat hangers and takeaway cups found in Porirua’s recycling

    • 22 Feb 2022
    • Porirua City Council
    • An audit of Porirua’s recycling has confirmed contamination is occurring regularly.
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    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Battery recycling trial powering ahead

    • 14 Feb 2022
    • Wellington City Council
    • A new recycling scheme being trialled by Wellington City Council is set to give used household batteries a new lease of life and prevent them from ending up in the landfill.
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• • Household battery recycling

    • 14 Feb 2022
    • Wellington City Libraries
    • On Monday 14 February 2022 Wellington City Council is launching a recycling programme to divert used household batteries from the landfill. How it works You can drop off your used batteries for free at: Island Bay Community Centre Karori Library Kilbirnie Library Newlands Community Centre Tawa Community Centre Te Awe Library (CBD) Tip Shop at… Continue reading Household battery recycling →
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Important Change to Recycling

    • 3 Feb 2022
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • The Sustainability Trust has advised that recycling of plastic caps will be changing, as The Tiny Plastic Factory has stpped taking them while it works on a new circular economy solution for plastics in the economy . The have now … Continue reading →
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• • Recycling Days on again – Saturday 5 Feb

    • 29 Jan 2022
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • Our recycling days are starting again the Saturday 5 February. From 10am to noon, bring your recycling items to the Ngaio Union Church for recycling. You will need a vaccine pass to come into the collection area. Last year for … Continue reading →
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    Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • City’s recycling to be examined

    • 25 Jan 2022
    • Porirua City Council
    • Our "recycling ambassadors” will check recycling bin contents before collection to combat contamination.
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• • Wairakei Camp, Taupō (Leaders summary)

    • 9 Jan 2022
    • Ngati toa Sea Scouts
    • 60kg or rubbish and 40kg of recycling were some of the measurable outcomes of this camp, however, what is not measurable is the experiences gained and life lessons learned.
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    Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Recycling Day – Saturday 4 December

    • 30 Nov 2021
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • This Saturday is first of the month, so our Ngaio Crofton Downs Going Carbon Neutral recycling day will be on, at The Ngaio Union Church, Kenya St. On Saturday, we will be operating at level Orange under the Covid Traffic … Continue reading →
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    Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Prison’s bike recycling initiative donates 30 bikes to local school

    • 17 Nov 2021
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
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• • Rinse, recycle, repeat challenge

    • 11 Nov 2021
    • Upper Hutt City Council
    • In early November Council submitted a video on the importance of washing recyclables before putting them in the recycling bin as part of WasteMINZ’s Rinse, Recycle, Repeat challenge.
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• • DCM donations at Ngaio Going Carbon Neutral recycling days

    • 1 Nov 2021
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • This article was published in the Independant Herald, and is reprinted here as a reminder that We accept donations to DCM at the Ngaio Going Carbon Neutral recycling days, first Saturday of each month at Ngaio Union Church. ‘We knew … Continue reading →
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    Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Electronic Waste - Recycling Drop Off Day this Saturday (Postponement day - next Saturday 5 Nov)

    • 26 Oct 2021
    • Saint Catherines College
    • Here at St Catherine's College 9am - 2pm WE ACCEPT THESE ITEMS: CASH PAYMENT ONLY Small items - $2 Medium items - $5 Large items - ...
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    Saint Catherines College, Upper Bourke Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Recycling under Covid Alert Level 2

    • 28 Sep 2021
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • Under alert level 2 we are able to run our recycling days, but there are protocols to be followed. Please wear a mask, as you will be inside, and observe social distancing if others are recycling at the same time. … Continue reading →
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• • Recycling days are back on.

    • 28 Sep 2021
    • Ngaio Progressive Association
    • Our September recycling day became a victim of the increase in Wellington’s Covid-19 alert level, but the good news is we are back again this coming Saturday, the first Saturday of the month – 2 October, from 10am to noon. … Continue reading →
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• • Dirty nappies, food and fish found among recycling

    • 20 Sep 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • You may expect to find dirty nappies, food scraps, and rusted oven trays in rubbish bags, but surely not in with recycling. Yet, these are among the items the team at recycling centre Oji Fibre Solutions discover on their conveyer belts regularly.
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• • Recycling Sent to Landfill During Level 4

    • 20 Sep 2021
    • Salient
    • Lily McElhone (she/her)153 tonnes of recyclables were sent to landfill during the two weeks Te-Whanganui-a-Tara was in Level 4.
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• • Meat trays meet their match with new optical sorter

    • 30 Jul 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington’s recycling facility is now the proud owner of an optical sorter, capable of diverting over seven million meat and other clear plastic trays from the region’s landfills and overseas processors each year.
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