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Questions about what can be recycled and what can't? Find your answer here.
Questions about what can be recycled and what can't? Find your answer here.
Kerbside Recycling
Kerbside Recycling
Kerbside recycling in Dunedin is managed by the Dunedin City Council. They contract a waste management agency to collect the recycling and return to the recycling centre in Green Island.
The best information on yellow bin recycling is on the DCC web page.
In summary put into the yellow bin: (Everything must be clean and dry)
Hard plastics, 1, 2 and 5 (No lids, from single yoghurt size to 3 litre container)
Food and drink cans (No lids unless still attached to can)
Paper, magazines and cardboard (flattened, not crumpled), egg cartons
Into the blue bin go clean unbroken glass bottles and jars, again no lids.
Liquid paperboard Recycling
Liquid paperboard Recycling
Otherwise known as tetra paks, these are lined cardboard containers that hold liquids such as milks, juice or stock. They are to be cut open into a single sheet, washed and dried, then recycled at the OneCoast containers or the POWA office when open. These are converted into sustainable building products.
For more info and other collection points, head here.
Milk and Juice Bottle Lids
Milk and Juice Bottle Lids
Clean milk and cream bottle tops can be left at the OneCoast containers, where they are taken into Dunedin where the Connections Centre has raised funds for a shredder to turn the tops into a source material for making other products.
See the news article on this here.
Expanded Polystyrene
Expanded Polystyrene
Packaging material that can't be put in the yellow bin can be taken to Mitre10MEGA in Andersons Bay Road, where they collect it to send to a recycling plant in Central Otago.
Batteries
Batteries
Household and power tool batteries of most sorts can be recycled at Bunnings Warehouse and Mitre10MEGA.
They can also be recycled at the Rummage shop at the Green Island landfill or at Cargill Enterprises. Please note that there might be a small fee for dropping batteries directly to Cargill Enterprises.
Soft Plastics
Soft Plastics
Clean dry plastic bags and food and goods packaging can be taken to depots at Dunedin Countdown, New World and Warehouse stores. They are now processed by Cargill Enterprises and are turned into fence posts.
The DCC pages have more detailed information on recycling, especially this page, which has information on everything from Aerosol spray cans (yellow bin if empty, no lid) to Zippers (reuse or household rubbish!)
The DCC pages have more detailed information on recycling, especially this page, which has information on everything from Aerosol spray cans (yellow bin if empty, no lid) to Zippers (reuse or household rubbish!)
Got more questions about recycling? Our team runs a Recycling in Otepoti | Dunedin Facebook page where people ask questions about recycling and the community helps to answer. Please note that you will need a Facebook profile to interact with this group, but you can still view without a profile.
Got more questions about recycling? Our team runs a Recycling in Otepoti | Dunedin Facebook page where people ask questions about recycling and the community helps to answer. Please note that you will need a Facebook profile to interact with this group, but you can still view without a profile.
Don't have Facebook? Send an email to our team at recycling@onecoast.org
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