Wellington City Council and Recycling
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Meet Neil Wilson: Wellington's litter legend
- Wellington City Council
- For over 20 years, Neil Wilson has had the 'gruelling' task of keeping Wellington’s reserves and beaches clean. As the Council’s Litter Control Specialist, he collects dumped items and litter from open spaces all the way from Miramar to Tawa, before sorting the findings into recycling.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Reducing and recycling the Civic Administration Building
- Wellington City Council
- Nearly 80 percent (by weight) of the waste being created through the demolition of Wellington City Council’s Civic Administration Building (CAB) is being recycled instead of being sent to landfill.
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Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tips for recycling in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- While recycling may initially seem daunting, when we get it right it’s an easy way to reduce our waste and negative environmental impact. Our Waste Minimisation Team have shared some things you may not know about recycling in Wellington.
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From the Archives: Inspector of Nuisances
- Wellington City Council
- Before we had street cleaning teams, sewerage systems, waste and recycling services, and a Public Health team, Wellington relied on one person to monitor the sanitation for the whole city – the Inspector of Nuisances. Read on to learn more about this interesting role from back in the day!
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Recycling myths – busted!
- Wellington City Council
- We’re taking the guess work out of recycling by debunking some of our most common recycling myths and mistakes.
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The tale of Wellington's recycling history
- Wellington City Council
- When Wellington was first settled in the 1840s, there was no public collection of rubbish so waste gathered outside homes and businesses and littered the streets.
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No change needed to recycling system in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- The Ministry for the Environment is introducing nationwide recycling standards to make sure each council is collecting the same recyclables from homes across the motu – with no change needed in Pōneke.
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Re-framing old timber from local college
- Wellington City Council
- Ceres Demolition recently knocked down the Wellington Girls College auditorium and was faced with the prospect of trashing great quality timber. Instead of throwing it out, they turned to a local framing business, JW Framing, to salvage it – a move that diverted 8 tonnes of wood from the landfill!
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Wellington Girls' College, Pipitea Street, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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How to talk to your flatmates about recycling
- Wellington City Council
- If you’re sick of fishing recyclables out of the flat rubbish bin but smart enough to know that passive-aggressive notes aren’t going to cut it - read on for some tips on how to talk to your flatmates about recycling.
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Fresh new trucks coming to a bin near you
- Wellington City Council
- Our rubbish and recycling trucks are workhorses and can collect up to 1,000 bins and bags a day, so we’ve revamped them to keep them in good nick.
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Council to consider revamp of recycling and rubbish systems
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council will decide next week whether options to revamp rubbish and recycling collections go to consultation as part of the city’s Long-term Plan process next year.
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Waste Auditor with the gift of the gab
- Wellington City Council
- The cat’s out of the bag – and its body was shoved into a bin. That’s one of the worst things Merv has found in a Council recycling bin in his time as a Wellington City Council Waste Auditor.
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Friday Five: Tips for recycling in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- While recycling may initially seem daunting, when we get it right it’s an easy way to reduce our waste and negative environmental impact. Our Waste Minimisation Team have shared five things you may not know about recycling in Wellington.
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Glass collections resume in the capital next week
- 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
- 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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Battery recycling trial powering ahead
- 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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Dirty nappies, food and fish found among recycling
- 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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Meat trays meet their match with new optical sorter
- 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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Public Place Recycling trial ends, stations to be removed
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council will remove nine public recycling stations around the city in mid-July, following the completion of its Public Place Recycling (PPR) trial.
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Special Matariki Our Wellington out this week
- Wellington City Council
- A special Matariki section and a handy pull-out recycling guide are the stars of the latest Our Wellington.
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Wellington gets a pass mark in recycling survey
- Wellington City Council
- In a recent survey, Wellington city residents got a good report card on their recycling knowledge – but we could all do a bit better.
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Council to stop collecting low grade plastic
- Wellington City Council
- Due to a changing global market and a glut in low quality plastics, Wellington City Council will only accept plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5 in kerbside recycling, Public Place Recycling bins, and at the Recycle Centre from Monday 20 July.
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Southern Landfill bulk Recycling Centre reopens
- Wellington City Council
- The bulk Recycling Centre at Wellington’s Southern Landfill has reopened to the public with traffic controls in place to ensure Covid-19 Alert Level 2 guidelines are maintained.
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Spicers Landfill, Tawa, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Kerbside recycling collection to resume in the capital
- Wellington City Council
- Kerbside recycling collection will resume in Wellington on Tuesday 12 May, but the scenarios will differ depending on the Government’s Alert Level status announcement this Monday.
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Mayoral update on recycling
- Wellington City Council
- Kia ora Wellington. Let’s talk recycling. You’ve all been asking about it, you’ve all been waiting for it to resume. I know I have.
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No change to recycling collections at Level 3 for Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council’s kerbside recycling collection will remain on hold when the country moves into the new Alert Level 3 phase proposed for next week by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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Health and safety at heart of decision to put recycling on hold
- Wellington City Council
- Tens of thousands of beverage bottles that have touched people’s mouths isn’t what the average person would want to be handling during a life-threatening pandemic.
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Covid-19 fightback - update 26 March
- Wellington City Council
- Recycling reiteration - there’ll be no pick-up of kerbside recycling tomorrow (Friday 27 March) – residents of the eastern suburbs – ie Houghton Valley, Lyall Bay, Kilbirnie and the Miramar Peninsula - are asked not to put their recycling out.
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Kerbside recycling to be halted tonight
- Wellington City Council
- Kerbside recycling collections will be halted in Wellington City from midnight tonight (Wednesday 25 March) until further notice.
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Southern Landfill closed to the public and kerbside recycling stopping for now
- Wellington City Council
- As of 5pm tonight (Monday 23 March), the Southern Landfill will be closed to the public. This includes the transfer station, recycle centre and the Tip Shop. There will also be no sale or delivery of Capital Compost for now.
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