Kerbside rubbish and recycling collections in Hamilton Kirikiriroa will go ahead as normal on King’s Birthday (Monday 2 June).

Residents should put their bins out on their normal collection day by 7am.

Hamilton City Council’s Head of Resource Recovery, Sarah Wilson said last month Hamiltonians saved 616,000kg of mixed recycling from landfill.

“If you’re not sure an item should go in the recycling bin, head to fightthelandfill.co.nz and search the item – it will tell you which bin it belongs in”, said Wilson.

Council operates a traffic light system to help educate the community about whether or not they have recycled right. A bin inspector checks yellow recycling bins left on the kerbside for collection. Bins that have unrecyclable items are red or orange tagged to show the owner what items were not recyclable.

Wilson said Council recently launched a new green sticker to reward those residents who are getting it right.

“We want to encourage conversations amongst our community about doing the right thing. It's easy to avoid getting a red or orange tag on your recycling bin if you take a few extra moments to check what should go where”.

Contaminated recycling items are a common culprit in bins that get tagged. Residents can keep their recycling clean by:

• rinsing meat trays
• emptying food out of boxes/containers
• putting greasy fast-food boxes in the red bin (these cannot be recycled due to grease contamination).

Not sure what bin to put out this week? Use the address finder on fightthelandfill.co.nz or download the Antenno app for a weekly reminder before your bin day.

For those looking to reuse, recycle, or dispose on Monday 2 June, below are the facility operating hours:

Lincoln Street Resource Recovery Centre: 9am – 4pm

Habitat for Humanity ReUse store: 9am – 4pm

Hamilton Organics Centre: 8am – 5pm 

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