Does our recycling go to landfill?

Our kerbside recycling goes to the Awapuni Material Recovery Facility (run by Palmerston North City Council) to be sorted into various categories and then bailed for shipment and local processing.

Much of the HDPE (High density polyethylene) plastic is recycled by Aotearoa NZ Made. Cardboard and paper are reprocessed by Oji in NZ for reuse. Our glass bottles are also sent to Awapuni for shipment to Visy in Auckland, where the glass goes to be made back into new bottles.

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