New Items For Kerbside Recycling Collection - Christchurch City Council Media Release, 2001

29 October 2001

New Items For Kerbside Recycling Collection

Two new types of material, familiar to households, join those items which can be put out for recycling at the kerbside – these are:

all PAPER you can read and write on, except books ie glossy magazines, inserts and circulars, office paper and cereal boxes PROVIDED it hasn’t been in contact with food or used for personal hygiene. Note: all these additional types of paper for recycling must be placed in plastic shopping bags with the handles tied and can be included in the same bag as newspapers

all number 2 PLASTIC (ie plastic with the number ‘2’ inside recycling arrows stamped on it) which adds many more household plastic containers to the milk and soft drink bottles and number 1 plastic already being collected

Collection Of The New Materials Starts On 5 November

Real Recycling

"The reason why these materials can now be collected is because we have found a market for them, says Chair of the Recovered Materials Foundation (RMF), Cr Denis O’Rourke. "The RMF is in the business of developing secure, sustainable markets, material by material which is why we only collect what we can use, and why non-recyclable items are left behind in crates. It’s what we are calling ‘real recycling’. Residents of Christchurch and Waimakariri can have confidence that what is collected at the kerbside is being recycled and won’t end up at the landfill."

Information Guide

An information guide giving details of all the material which can be recycled, including the new and existing items, is being distributed to households this week:

to Christchurch households through the City Council’s publication City Scene (as from Tuesday 30 October)
to Waimakariri households through the North Canterbury News

Residents who have not received their copy can contact:

Christchurch City Council on 941 8830
Waimakariri District Council on 313 6136

and a copy will be sent to them.

Truck Collections and Times

As the volume of recyclables is expected to rise significantly the method of collection is altering. Separate trucks are collecting paper and corrugated cardboard which means city streets will see three different trucks collecting refuse, paper/cardboard and
other recyclables.

As the different trucks may have different routes, collection times may vary so it is essential that refuse bags, recycling crates, plastic shopping bags of paper and tied corrugated cardboard are out in the streets by 7.30am (the day for collection remains unchanged).

For further information:

Cr Denis O’Rourke, Chair, Recovered Materials Foundation, Tel: 021 632 670

For a copy of the Information Guide: Kay Carston, Communication Coordinator, Christchurch City Council, Tel: 941 6416

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