Recycling days made easy
17 June 2019
Waipā's new recycling service is nearly here and with it a change in recycling collection dates.
From 1 July, Waipa District Council is swapping its blue recycling crates for two new wheelie bins; a 240-litre yellow bin for plastics 1-7, tins, cans, paper and cardboard and a 140-litre blue bin for glass bottles and jars.
The yellow mixed recycling bin will be collected every two weeks while the blue recycling bin will be collected every four weeks.
The new recycling system will have no impact on rubbish collection. Rubbish collection in Waipā is a private service and is not managed by Council.
Service delivery group manager Barry Bergin said that for some, this will mean a change in recycling days, but Council would make the change as easy as possible.
In the coming weeks residents will receive a calendar in their mailbox with their new collection day and the next six months of collection dates. A calendar is also online on Council's website.
It's important to check your collection days carefully. Collection days may be different on opposite sides of the street based on the most cost-efficient routes for our contractor.
For those not wanting to keep their blue recycling crate after 1 July, Council has organised two-drop off events.
We know lots of people want to keep them to reuse around home and we encourage that. But we're also happy to take them back and will recycle them into pallets to be reused in our communities.
There will be one drop off event on Saturday 20 July at 214 Churchill Street in Te Awamutu and one on Sunday 21 July at Hally's Lane carpark in Cambridge. Both begin at 10am and end at 2pm.
Bergin said anyone wanting extra crates to reuse is welcome to drop in at the end of the events to collect some.
Please do not bring the bins to Council offices or put them into your new wheelie bins. They will not be accepted in the wheelie bins as they cannot be recycled using our regular machines. You're better off offering them to neighbours or family who might want to reuse them, or dropping them off at the special events if you can.
For more information on the new recycling service and to access the online collection day finder, visit waipadc.govt.nz/recycling.