Friday 17th February 2017
Selwyn District Council is encouraging residents to recycle bottles and cans, to help the environment and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. The volume of household waste recycled in Selwyn has been steadily increasing, according to Selwyn District Council Solid Waste Manager, Andrew Boyd. Boyd “It’s great to see the increase in recycling,” Andrew said. Soft plastics including newspaper wrap and cling film can’t be recycled through the kerbside recycling system, only empty supermarket plastic bags are accepted. All recyclable items must be loose in your yellow bin so they can be easily separated for recycling, not placed inside a plastic bag, as the machinery that sorts recycling rejects bagged items as rubbish. Takeaway coffee cups have a thin plastic coating on the inside, so that they can hold liquid. For this reason they can’t
be recycled and need to be put into the rubbish bin. Drinking glasses or crockery also can’t be recycled – these differ from glass bottles and end up contaminating the recyclable glass. “It’s important that recyclable containers are empty and are clean before you put them into your recycle bin,” Andrew added. What can't go in the recycling bin: • Items in bags. Keep them loose so they can be easily sorted for recycling • Disposable coffee cups • Drinking glasses or crockery • Plastic film, wrap, bubble wrap and newspaper wrap instead these can be dropped off at soft plastic recycling receptacles at Countdown, New World or The Warehouse • Dirty recyclables - please wash containers that aren’t clean when empty • Polystyrene can’t be
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recycled in the yellow bin, but can be dropped off at Pines Resource Recovery Park, free of charge Lids from bottles and containers (put these in the rubbish bin).
For a full list of what can and can’t be recycled visit www.selwyn.govt.nz/ kerbsideguide
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