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What Happens to Your Recycling?

In our recycling yard we collect different recyclable materials individually and we ask the public to sort their clean household recycling accordingly. Our recyclables are then checked for contamination, baled and stored - ready for collection to be sent to several different recycling companies throughout New Zealand. 

Every piece of plastic in your household has a unique number between 1 - 7 inside a triangle stamped on it, that lets you know what type of plastic it is. 

Different grades of plastic are recycled in different ways, below you can see where our sorted plastics go, clink on the links to see the different end products and the process that it takes. 

  

Partners

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Join us in our commitment to sustainability! We are excited to announce our partnership with Terracycle, where we are now collecting materials that they can recycle. Visit their website to learn more about the innovative projects they are working. Click below to discover the specific products we are collecting and the details of their recycling programs.

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Agrecovery is New Zealand’s solution for the safe disposal of unwanted agrichemicals, and the recycling of empty containers, drums and IBCs.

IWK is proud to be a drop off point for this programme. 

A safe and sustainable alternative to burning or dumping these items, a practice now actively discouraged due to proven impacts on health and the environment. Agrecovery programmes are available to all farmers and growers, and other users of agrichemicals, biological, dairy hygiene and animal health products.

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