Council provides recycling collection services for schools. Schools are allocated bins to recycle plastic containers numbered 1-7, glass bottles and jars, aluminium and steel cans and separate bins to recycle paper and cardboard.
If the amount of paper recycling is of a commercial size, schools should look into organising a private collection service. These can be found in the Yellow Pages.
Blue bin recycling
- plastics with recycling numbers 1–7 on them
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- polystyrene – sometimes polystyrene is stamped with a recycling number 6 but these are still not recyclable
- plastic bags
- any plastic not stamped with a recycling number
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- broken glass
- window glass
- mirrors
- drinking glasses
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- aluminum cans (e.g. drink cans)
- steel cans (e.g. baked bean cans and aerosol cans)
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- jar lids and steel bottle tops
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- mixed material items (e.g. tetra packs, such as, juice boxes)
- crockery
- rubbish
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Paper and cardboard recycling
- flattened cardboard (corrugated and packaging)
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- waxed or greaseproof paper (e.g. food bags, paper cups and plates)
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- computer, photocopy and fax paper
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- plastic coated paper and labels (e.g. anything laminated)
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- plastic windows in envelopes (remove plastic windows from envelopes before recycling the paper part of the envelope)
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- paper or cardboard with food on it
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- staples, paper clips and tape do not need to be removed from paper or cardboard
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- mixed material items (e.g. tetra paks such as juice boxes)
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Plastics, glass, aluminium, tin and steel are taken to the Waitakere Transfer Station to be sorted. They are then sent to different places in New Zealand and overseas to be recycled and made into new products.
Paper and cardboard is taken to the Waitakere Transfer Station and then transported to Paper Reclaim’s facility in Penrose. The different types of paper and cardboard are then sorted and sent to paper mills both in New Zealand and overseas.
Did you know?
Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours!
Recycling one tonne of waste paper saves approximately 17 average size trees and can produce up to 8,000 toilet rolls!
Sort It! is the recycling game to find out how much you know about where your rubbish should go!
