The recycling programme which is being run by NCDRA and the Ngaio Union Church is undergoing some change that we want everyone to be aware of.
Due to the major work being carried out on the church buildings, the church is currently not available for collections. We will however have a car parked at the site if the weather permits, at the normal time of 10.00am to 12 noon, Saturday 5 March (first Saturday of the Month) and will be taking your collections from there.
We do suggest that your items are sorted at home, just to reduce any congestion at the collection.
Sorting plastic lids
The processor of the recycled plastic lids has also changed to Aotearoa NZ Made and along with this change we now only collect plastics which are labelled 2 or 5, and these must be separated. We have separate containers for each plastic type.
Any lids which are not clearly marked with the recycling number, will unfortunately need to be sent to rubbish in your household collection.
Some good news for batteries – Wellington City Council are trialing a scheme for recycling household batteries. Unfortunately, despite verbal support for our activities, the Council did not include us in the collection points and supporting publicity. However for a short time at least, we are able to take household batteries without asking for a Koha to cover costs, and we will take these to a collection point on behalf of our members.