Recycling

If it snows or is too icy for the trucks to get to your area, your rubbish and recycling may not be collected until your next usual day.  The Council have said they will try to get to all areas.

In the meantime, you may be surprised what can be collected for recycling now.  I have just realised that cereal bags can be recycled, as can most plastic bags.  Here is a summary from the Council website.

Wellington City Council (WCC) overview of rubbish collection:
http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/rubbrecyc/index.html

WCC collection days:
http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/rubbrecyc/collection.html

WCC recycling - sorting & preparing your recycling:
http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/rubbrecyc/recycling/sorting.html

Recyclable Materials	Examples
Plastic - grades 1 - 7, excluding polystyrene	drink bottles food containers cleaning product containers plastic trays and bags
Paper and cardboard	newspapers and magazines egg cartons office paper and envelopes junk mail cereal boxes toilet paper rolls cardboard boxes, including pizza boxes (but remove pizza scraps) brown corrugated cardboard
Tins and cans	aluminium drinking cans food tins pet food tins
Glass	glass bottles and jars

Don't Recycle	Examples
Aerosols	fly spray spray deodorant cream cans
General waste	food and liquid cloth or clothing bottle and jar lids
Wax-coated or lined cartons	milk and juice cartons
Specific types of plastic and metallic wrap and packaging	polystyrene bubble wrap glad wrap tin foil
Green waste	lawn clippings weeds
Specific types of glass	Pyrex ceramics window glass and mirrors light bulbs and broken glass
Hazardous items	sharp objects batteries paint and oil