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Resource Recovery Park
The Waimate Resource Recovery Park is located at the end of Racecourse Road, Waimate. The park accepts ordinary household and domestic waste. Click here for map.
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Sunday and Statutory Holidays: CLOSED
Accepted Recycled Material
The following material can be recycled at the park site at no charge:
Flattened corrugated cardboard, paper, clean steel and aluminium cans, glass, scrap metal. Full loads of these recyclables (not green waste) are accepted during opening hours - FREE. If at least 1/3 of your load is recyclable or greenwaste and able to be separated, a discount applies. Obviously if you receive the discount you are expected to place your waste in the appropriate areas.
Unacceptable wastes are:
Offal, fish or animal waste, liquids, sludges, bulky items, hazardous or potentially hazardous.
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These charges are designed to encourage better waste separation.
|
Car or small trailer |
Ordinary waste
Greenwaste or hardfill loads |
$10.00
$5.00 |
|
Vans , Utes and Medium Trailers
Large Trailers/Small Trucks |
Ordinary waste
Greenwaste or hardfill loads
Ordinary waste
Greenwaste or hardfill loads |
$24.00
$12.00
$40.00
$20.00 |
| Large Trucks |
Per tonne ordinary waste
Per tonne greenwaste or hardfill loads must be weighed by the Transport Waimate weighbridge. |
$165.00
$55.00 |
Wrecked cars (liquids removed) $10 per car, and whiteware $5 per item. Additional charges apply if refuse or other material are present.
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The Waimate Recycling collection occurs on the same day as your refuse collection. All households within the collection area have been supplied with a black 60 litre recycling crate. If you are not in the collection area there are drop off points around the district, click here for a map. If you have larger quantities they must be taken to our Resource Recovery Park.
The following recyclables can be put out for collection:
Paper and Cardboard
- Dry bundles of newspaper, glossy magazines, circulars, office paper and flattened cereal boxes placed in plastic shopping bags on top of your crate.
- Clean unflattened egg trays and milk cartons in the crate.
- Simply tie dry, flattened corrugated cardboard into manageable bundles and place beside or under the crate.
Metals
- Clean steel cans including empty aerosols.
- Aluminium drink cans, clean tin-foil plates.
- Push lids inside and squeeze top together.
Glass
- Glass bottles and jars used to contain food or drink only - rinse and discard lids.
Plastic
- All clean plastics - remove all lids and also put them in the crate.
WHAT WE CAN'T RECYCLE (AT THIS STAGE)
- Food wrapping, paper used for personal hygiene or disposable nappies.
- Oven-proof glass, arcoroc, labware, lightbulbs, drinking glasses, crystal ware, kitchen ware, ceramics, window glass and mirrors.
- Oil, paint, chemicals and other liquids, dirty foil, hazardous materials, syringes or sharp objects.
- Containers used for hazardous chemicals.
- Food scraps.
Council provide a weekly user-pays refuse collection to all urban communities as well as an extensive rural route.
Urban residents and businesses have the choice between using a wheelie bin or official bags.
Rural ratepayers wishing to join the service must apply for a wheelie bin, as bags will not be collected.
Refuse Bins (Wheelie Bins)-
Bins can be applied for through the Council and should be delivered within approximately one week. Ratepayers are committed to the bin until the end of the financial year (1st July - 30 June). The cost of a bin is $235.00 for rural areas and $220.00 for urban areas and has a weight limited of 40kg.
If you rent, you will need the landlord's agreement as the charge is added to the rates of the property.
If moving properties, the bin must be left for the new owners.
Rural bins must be taken to the official route to be emptied, click here for a map.
Missed bin pick up number – 0800 359 1221
Only official bags will be picked up in urban areas. Weight limit 12.0 kg
Bags are $1.00 each, and can be purchased from the following outlets:
- St Andrews - Alan Annett Limited
- Makikihi - Makikihi Motors
- Glenavy - Greigs' Store
- Waimate District Council Office
- El Paso Dairy
- R & R Bookshop
- Hammer Hardware
- New World Supermarket
- Parkers
- Rainbow Dairy
- Waimate Outdoors
This income contributes towards the collection and disposal costs.
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Bags and bins should be put out before 7.00 am on day of collection.
| East of line High, Shearman, Glasgow, Queen and William Streets |
Wednesday |
| Upper High Street and Rest of Town |
Thursday |
| Glenavy |
Tuesday |
| Morven |
Tuesday |
| Makikihi |
Tuesday |
| St Andrews |
Tuesday |
| Rural Areas Close to Waimate |
Wednesday |
| Other Serviced Rural Areas |
Tuesday |
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Provide a weekly bin or bag refuse collection to urban areas and a weekly bin collection to rural community.
Operate the Resource Recovery Park (RRP) to recycle material and transfer residual waste to the landfill in Timaru District.
Resource and support education on recycling and reduction programmes.
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Solid Waste Management is necessary for the health and wellbeing of the community and environment. It supports business activity and should encourage waste minimisation across all sectors. Council has a statutory requirement to ensure adequate solid waste services are provided.
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Whitehorse Recycling Trust
The Waimate District Council is pleased to have the commitment of the Whitehorse Recycling Trust, a community group. Whitehorse Recycling's vision is to "Create Wealth from Waste". Its message to the public is:
"by working together we know we can make Waimate better ".
Waimate District Council Contact
To order your wheelie bin or for further information.
Brian Purcell (Solid Waste Manager)
Phone + 64 3 689 8079
Email brian@waimatedc.govt.nz
Reducing Mail Box Waste
There is a new national Code of Practice for the Distribution of Unaddressed Mail, designed to reduce the volume of street litter and paper waste going into landfills.
"No Circulars" signs are available from the Council Building.
For more information please use the following link:
http://www.marketing.org.nz/cms/Resources/2785