Refuse/Recycle

Recycle, Reduce and Re-use

What Can You Recycle?

Paper and Cardboard

• magazines
• junk mail
• photocopy paper
• newspaper & cardboard

Paper and cardboard can be bundled with string or placed in supermarket bags.
No milk cartons, fruit juice cartons or waxed paper.

Glass

• Only green, brown and clear glass bottles and jars can be recycled

No window glass, light bulbs, mirrors or broken glass.

Plastics

• Plastics numbered 1 to 7 can be recycled (check the recycling logo - usually on the base of the container)
• This includes milk bottles, soft drink botrtles, bread bags, shopping bags, detergent and shampoo bottles.

Aluminium

• Only soft drink and beer cans can be recycled.

Aluminium foil and other aluminium products cannot be recycled.

Steel

Food cans are able to be recycled.

Recyclables are hand sorted at Waste Managements Seaview depot.  You should ensure that all recyclables are clean and empty and that tops are removed and containers flattened.

What We Collect

Plastic Identification codes and related information are provided below.

• Remember to check the plastic number before you recycle.
• Make sure that all containers are clean and empty.
  

	Number 1 Plastics PET - Polyethylene Terephthalate
Examples Softdrink bottles Vinegar bottles Dishwashing liquid bottles Soya sauce bottles Orange juice bottles Oil bottles Clear plastic jars
Properties Clear, tough, solvernt resistant, barrier to gas and moisture, softens at 80 degrees celsius.
Common Uses Soft drink and water bottles, salad domes, biscuit trays, salad dressing and peanut butter containers.
Recycled In Pillow and sleeping bag filling, clothing, soft drink bottles, carpet.
	Number 2 Plastics PE-HD - High Density Polyethylene
Examples Hand lotion bottles Shampoo and conditioner bottles Ajax and Handy Andy bottles Cuddly and Softly bottles Ice cream containers Disinfect and bleach bottles Drive and Dynamo bottles Milk bottles Dishwasher powder containers Supermarket bags
Properties Hard to semi-flexible, reistant, barrier to gas and moisture, softens at 80 degrees celsius. Common Uses Crinkly shopping bags, freezer bags, milk bottles, ice cream containers, juice bottles, shampoo, chemical and detergent bottles, buckets, rigid agricultural pipe, milk crates. Recycled In Recycling bins, compost bins, buckets detergent containers, posts, fencing, pipes.
	Number 3 Plastics Unplasticised Polyvinyl Chloride PVC-U Plasticised Polyvinyl Chloride PVC-P
Examples garden hose shoe soles cable sheathing blood bags and tubing watch straps
Properties Unplasticised - Strong, tough, can be clear, can be solvent welded, softens at 80 degrees celsius. Plasticised - Flexible, clear, elastic, can be solvent welded. Common Uses Cosmetic containers, electrical conduit plumbing pipes and fittings, blister packs, wass cladding, roof sheeting, bottles. Recycled In Flooring, film and sheets, cables, speed bumps, packaging, binders, mud flaps and mats.
	PE-LD Low density Polyethylene
Properties Soft, flexible, waxy surface, translucent, softens at 70 degrees celcius, scratches easily. Common Uses Glad wrap, garbage bags, squeeze bottles, black irrigation tube, black mulch film, garbage bins. Recycled In Rubbish bin liners, pallet sheets.
	PP Polypropylene
Properties Hard but still flexible, waxy surface, softens at 140 degrees celcius, translucent, withstands solvents, versatile. Common Uses Dip pottles and ice cream tubs, potato chip bags, straws, microwave dishes, kettles, garden furniture, lunch boxes, blue packing tape. Recycled In Pegs, bins, pipes, pallet sheets, oil funnels, car battery cases, trays.
	PS Ploystyrene PS-E Expanded Polystyrene
Properties PS:  Clear, glassy, rigid, brittle, opaque, semi-tough, softens at 95 degrees celcius.  Affected by fats and solvents. PS-E:  Foamed, light weight, energy absorbing, heat insulating. Common Uses PS:  CD cases, plastic cutlery, imitation 'crystal glassware', low cost brittle toys, video cases. PS-E  Foamed polystyrene hot drink cups, hamburger take-away clamshells, foamed meat trays, protective packaging for fragile items.   Recycled In PS & PS-E:  Coat hangers, coasters, white ware components, stationery trays and accessories.
	OTHER
Properties Includes all other resins and multi materials (e.g. laminates).  Properties dependent on plastic or combination of plastics. Common Uses Car parts, appliance parts, computers, electronics, water cooler bottles, packaging. Recycled In Car parts, concrete aggregate, plastic timber.
	Glass Bottles and Jars
Examples Jam, pickle or preserving jars Wine and beer bottles Oil bottles Soft-drink bottles, including Powerade and Gatorade   No light bulbs or broken glass
	Steel and Aluminium Cans
Examples Pet food cans Spaghetti/baked bean cans Fruit cans Softdrink and Beer cans Fly spray and other aerosol cans Deodorant cans

3 Reasons why You Should Recycle

1. Less refuse is disposed of at the Silverstream Landfill.

2. You can save money by using fewer refuse bags.
3. Recycled material can be used to make new products instead of using natural resources.
    
   

An important part of recycling is purchasing products made from recycled materials such as recycled paper and envelopes, 'Eco-packs' and coke bottles.

Did you know that composting is also a type of recyling?

How to Recycle

• Place recyclables for collection in semi-transparent supermarket bags or similar bags.
• Do not place recyclables in boxes as they do not fit in the recyclables hopper on the truck.
• Cardboard needs to be flattened and tied in bundles of a similar size to full supermarket bags or placed in supermarket bags.
• Put recyclables at the kerbside with your refuse on rubbish collection day.

Reduce

• Buy reusable rather than disposable products.
• Choose products with less packaging.
• Buy from bulk bins and choose concentrated products.
• Buy only what you need to reduce spoilage.
• Take your own bags to the supermarket.
• Buy products in re-useable, refillable or recyclable containers.
• Buy well made appliances and goods and keep them in good condition.

Re-use

Before you throw anything away, think whether any part of it could be re-used and given another life.

Waste Exchange

Free to business since 1999 The Waste Exchange is a not for profit service.  It facilitates the exchange of information resulting in the diversion of waste from landfill to reuse or recycling.  Over 900 companies have joined the Waste Exchange Service to assist in their waste management and many have had results which have saved them money.

The Waste Exchange encourages all exchanges of waste to be free of charge and provides services in the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Manawatu/Wanganui, Hawkes Bay and Gisborne Regions, with assistance to other areas of the North Island.

Take this link to go to the Waste Exchange website.

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