WasteNet is the Councils' shared service that works to reduce waste to landfill and encourage the uptake of actions to improve use of resources.
The yellow recycling bin is for the disposal of clean recyclables - plastic packaging and white polystyrene, paper and cardboard, glass bottles and jars and, metal cans and tins. Click on the picture for a more detailed list of accepted materials.
Light bulbs are a great invention that help us see in the dark. And they have the uncanny knack of 'blowing' when you least want them to. So what do we do with our blown light bulbs?
The Waste Advisory Group Committee is holding an extraordinary meeting on Thursday 14 February 2019 at 9:00pm, at the Southland District Council, Council Chambers, 15 Forth Street Invercargill. The discussions will be held in Public Excluded Session.
The upcoming public holidays in December and January (especially Christmas Day and New Years day) mean changes to the kerbside recycling and rubbish collections and transfer station operating hours. Find out how these changes affect you.
Recycle your empty aerosol cans in the yellow recycling bin or local recycle centre
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