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What can you recycle at Christmas?
Rubbish & recycling | 15 Dec 2020Don’t let the growing mound of packaging, wrapping paper, broken decorations and empty bottles get on top of you this Christmas. Use these helpful tips to make the right decisions about what to do with your festive waste.
Are you a bin whizz?
Rubbish & recycling | 30 Nov 2020Christchurch residents are being invited to play an interactive online game that will test their knowledge of what items belong in the red, yellow and green wheelie bins.
Limited operations to continue at Burwood Resource Recovery Park
Rubbish & recycling | 26 Nov 2020Part of the Burwood Resource Recovery Park could continue to operate beyond the end of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals.
Updated app makes it easier to bin good
Rubbish & recycling | 29 Oct 2020Christchurch City Council has released a new version of its free wheelie bin app to help people bin good.
Some residents on final warning over bin misuse
Rubbish & recycling | 22 Oct 2020More than 1450 residents have been sent a letter warning them that their yellow wheelie bin will be removed unless they clean-up their recycling act.
New plan focuses on less waste to landfill
Rubbish & recycling | 21 Oct 2020A new plan that focuses on changing our 'throw-away' culture and reducing the amount of waste being dumped at landfill has been adopted by Christchurch City Council.
Open day lifts lid on city’s recycling facility
Rubbish & recycling | 19 Oct 2020Ever wondered what happens to your recycling after you put it out for collection?
Christchurch metal recycler shows green mettle
Rubbish & recycling | 30 Sep 2020A Christchurch metal recycling business is on a fast track to improving the local environment via a high-tech treatment train, leading to a major upgrade in its on-site waste management.
Funding injection helps city’s recycling efforts
Rubbish & recycling | 26 Aug 2020State-of-the-art sorting equipment will be installed at the plant that processes Christchurch’s recycling material thanks to a multi-million dollar grant from the Government.
Got some rubbish ideas?
Rubbish & recycling | 31 Jul 2020Got ideas for how we can reduce rubbish and manage waste in more sustainable ways?
New recycling guide on its way
Rubbish & recycling | 29 Jul 2020Keep an eye on your letterbox for a handy new guide that will help you with your recycling efforts.
Plan sets out vision for reducing city's waste
Rubbish & recycling | 24 Jul 2020A new plan aims to reduce the city’s rubbish and manage it in a more sustainable way to cut waste and pollution.
Recycling right essential in global buyer’s market
Rubbish & recycling | 2 Jun 2020Making sure there is no rubbish mixed in with the recycling has become critically important in the face of shrinking international markets for used plastic and paper. Christchurch City Council Head of Three Waters and Waste Helen Beaumont explains why.
Wheelie bin spot checks set to resume
Rubbish & recycling | 27 May 2020Spot checks of yellow wheelie bins put out for kerbside collection will resume next week as Christchurch City Council steps up its effort to get people recycling right.
Transfer stations to run as normal under Alert Level 2
Rubbish & recycling | 11 May 2020Christchurch and Banks Peninsula’s transfer stations will operate as normal under COVID-19 Alert Level 2.