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18/4/2024

Anzac Day 2024 service updates

25 April 2024

With Anzac Day falling on a Thursday this year (25/04/2024), please see the following list for service updates in your region:


Branches


Ashburton

  • Gantry and Front Load services will not be operating.


Auckland

  • The office will be closed.
  • All services scheduled for collection Thursday 25 April will operate one day later.


Christchurch

  • The office will be closed and Gantry and Huka services will not be operating
  • Wheelie bin & Front Load General Waste and selected High Volume Recycling services will continue to operate as normal
  • All other recycling services scheduled for collection on Thursday 25 April will operate on their next scheduled service day
  • If you require a Recycling collection or an extra collection, please contact our office.


Dunedin

  • The office will be closed
  • Gantry services will not be operating
  • Front Load and Wheelie Bin services will continue to operate as normal.

 

Gisborne

  • The office will be closed
  • All services, Wheelie Bin, Gantry and Portaloo scheduled for collection on Thursday 25 April will operate one day later.

 

Hokitika

  • The office will be closed
  • Services will be operating as normal.


Kapiti

  • The office will be closed
  • No Gantry service on Thursday 25 April
  • All other services will operate as normal.


Masterton

  • The office will be closed
  • No Front Load or Gantry services will operate
  • Wheelie bin services will operate as normal.


Nelson

  • No services will operate on Thursday 25 April.


Otorohanga

  • The office will be closed
  • Front Load and Rear Load services will be operating
  • Our Recycling Centre will be closed.


Palmerston North

  • The office will be closed
  • All services will continue to operate as normal.


Rotorua

  • The office will be closed
  • Gantry services will not be operating
  • Wheelie Bin services will be completed the following day
  • Front Load services will continue to operate as normal.


Taupo

  • The office will be closed
  • Services will continue to operate as normal.


Tauranga

  • The office will be closed
  • Gantry services will not be operating
  • Wheelie Bin and Front Load services will continue to operate as normal.


Timaru

  • All Front Load services will operate as normal
  • Huka services will not be operating.


Tokoroa

  • The office will be closed.
  • Gantry services will not be operating
  • Wheelie Bin and Front Load services will continue to operate as normal.


Waikato

  • Gantry services will operate one day later than your normal scheduled collection day during this week
  • Front Load services will continue to operate as normal
  • Hamilton Commercial & Hamilton Residential Wheelie Bin services will operate as per your normal collection day during this week.
  • Waipa Yellow Bags and Waipa Residential Wheelie Bin services will operate one day later than your scheduled collection day during this week
  • Lincoln Street the Resource Recovery Centre will be open 9am to 4pm.


Whanganui

  • The office will be closed
  • All services will continue to operate as normal.


Wellington

  • The office will be closed
  • All services will continue to operate as normal.



Transfer Stations


Avondale (Patiki) - Auckland

  • The Transfer Station will be open 8am to 4pm.


Mairangi Bay - Auckland

  • The Transfer Station will be open 8am to 4pm.


Onehunga (Pikes Point) - Auckland

  • The Transfer Station will be open 9am to 4pm.


Wiri - Auckland

  • The Transfer Station will be open from 8am to 2pm.


Pukekohe - Franklin

  • The Transfer Station will be closed.


Cambridge - Hamilton

  • The Transfer Station will be open 8am to 5pm.


Te Rapa - Hamilton

  • The Transfer Station will be closed.


Colson Road - New Plymouth

  • The Transfer Station will be closed.


Palmerston North

  • The Transfer Station will be open 9am to 4:30pm.


Maleme - Tauranga

  • The Transfer Station will be open 9am to 5pm.


Te Maunga - Tauranga

  • The Transfer Station will be open 9am to 5pm.


Otaki - Wellington

  • The Transfer Station will be open 9am to 5pm.


Hokitika

  • The Transfer Station will be closed.
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New materials recovery facility offers local sustainability solutions

News

9/8/2022

2 mins read

New materials recovery facility offers local sustainability solutions

South Canterbury’s waste minimisation and recycling efforts have received a major boost with the commissioning of a new $3.8 million materials recovery facility (MRF) in Timaru.


The new MRF is operated by Enviro NZ and is the region’s biggest resource recovery hub. It takes kerbside mixed recycling from Timaru, Waimate, Mackenzie, Ashburton and Central Otago district councils, as well as commercial businesses’ recycling. Sorting mixed plastics, aluminium and steel paper and cardboard, it has the capacity to process five tonnes of material per hour.


“We’re a nation of committed recyclers – just look up and down your street on collection day,” says Enviro NZ CEO Chris Aughton. “With the increasing focus on how we can reduce the waste we create and keep products and materials in use, this act of everyday environmentalism is supporting New Zealand’s sustainability shift,” he says.


Household and commercial recycling requires sorting on a large scale, explains Aughton. “Our new materials recovery facility is a piece of critical regional infrastructure that expands local recycling capabilities and supports community sustainability solutions. It keeps valuable resources in circulation and reduces the amount of waste that ends up in landfill.


“By working in close partnership with local councils, together we’re able to deliver improved outcomes for the community and the environment,” he says.


The opening of the next generation MRF is an important milestone for Timaru and the wider region, says Mayor Nigel Bowen. “Timaru District was ahead of the curve when it adopted its three bin system more than 15 years ago. Like nearly every sector technology has evolved and improved, so it’s great that the new contract with Enviro NZ has enabled us to build a new state of the art MRF to ensure we can continue to be sector leaders in recycling.”


“This time round it’s not just Timaru District that benefits from this new facility. Through our collaboration with Waimate and Mackenzie, and now with Ashburton and Central Otago also using it, we can be a regional centre of excellence in waste management,” he says.


Once sorted and separated, recyclables are sent to local and international markets so they can have a second life.  


“There’s a growing number of products being made with recycled content right here in New Zealand,” says Aughton.  “Plastics from your recycling bin are transformed into new products that are used by the likes of food producers, farmers and the building industry, while glass bottles and jars are melted down to make new glass containers. Households are a vital link in New Zealand’s shift towards a circular economy.”



Click here to watch Timaru's MRF in action.

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