What happens to my recycling?

Everything we put in our recycling crates and bins is hand-sorted by people at the recycling plant, so please wash all recycling well. A small amount of each load will go to landfill after sorting. The reasons for this are dirty recyclable and broken glass contamination, and/or non-recyclable rubbish being mixed in with the recyclables. This contamination makes potentially recyclable products no longer usable for recycling.

Rubbish collected by your provider is taken to our transfer stations, and then trucked to landfills in Rangitikei and Porirua for disposal.

Most recyclables collected in Kāpiti are taken to the Otaihanga Resource Recovery Facility (ORRF), which is run by MidWest Disposals.