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Green Waste & Organic Compost

Organic Compost...the breakdown

Our composting process ensures all food waste is turned into nutrient-rich compost. Using IWK’s food waste recycling service ensures food waste and compostable material is not sent to landfill.

 

We accept all quantities of Greenwaste over the weighbridge ($80.00 per tonne) and it goes through the process of composting.

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To recycle green waste at the Kaikoura Resource Recovery Centre, it must not be contaminated or contain non-acceptable materials (See details below) as complying green waste is shredded and used in our hot composter.

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When the compost is ready it is sold by the scoop for $60, roughly 1m3 or in 40L bags. It is sold when the compost is ready and isn’t always available. You are welcome to call ahead before you come up with your trailer to make sure there is some available on site.

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Garden Mulch

The RRC currently has rough mulch and compost for sale, please see the weighbridge staff for details.

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What types of green waste are accepted for recycling ?

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  • Tree branches up to 100 mm thick and shorter than 2.4m

  • Shrub and hedge pruning's under 100 mm thickness

  • Green vegetative material e.g. perennials, vegetable plants and annuals, with no soil attached

  • Food and compostable material:

  • IWK can accept a wide range of food and compostable material in its food waste recycling service, including fruit and vegetables, leftover food waste, solid dairy products, coffee grounds. ​***Please refrain from putting any raw/uncooked meat, fish or poultry into the food waste bins provided.

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What types of green waste cannot be recycled?

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The following will be charged as general waste.

  • Large branches (over 100mm thick or longer than 2.4 m)

  • Grass cuttings and straw

  • Agapanthus

  • Bamboo

  • Flax and flax flower stalks

  • Gorse

  • Whole tussock plants and grasses

  • Cabbage tree leaves, palm fronds and ivy

  • Weeds with roots contaminated with soil

  • Soil and compost heaps

  • Material mixed with baling twine or string

  • Oxalis and listed noxious weeds

  • Mixed loads of rubbish and garden waste

  • Animal manure

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Paper towels, compostable packaging and tableware:

The move away from plastic packaging has resulted in an increase in compostable alternatives for every day items such as coffee cups, food trays, cutlery, food packaging, etc. We at IWK are continually looking at ways to provide positive environmental outcomes whilst disposing of this kind of waste. We will continue to pass on our findings to our consumers. 

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