Seventeen children and three leaders from The Graham Dingle Foundation visited Xtreme on Thursday 13th October. A beach clean-up was first on the list of activities, the group prowled Ngarunui Beach and collected around 10 kg’s of waste. The waste was brought to Xtreme and the children sorted it into recyclables, landfill and compostable waste. […]
Well done OPUS International Consultants Limited, Hamilton branch. Due to Hamilton not having services to recycle anything beyond 1,2 or 5s, OPUS are now sending all their number 6 plastics to Xtreme Zero Waste for processing. Last week we received 150 coffee cup lids from these keen recyclers. A note from Brooke Tomsett (Opus […]
2nd Crate Delivery Raglan East residents received their 2nd teal 55L recycling crate today (Tuesday 28th June 2016), Raglan West’s creates will be delivered on Thursday 30th June 2016. This second create will allow residents to divert an even greater volume of recyclables including plastics labels from 1-7, soft plastics (bread bags, cling wrap, bubble […]
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June 14, 2016 Waikato District Council’s new refuse and recycling services will be introduced on 1 July and are designed using the learnings of Raglan’s environmentally-friendly approach. Significant changes are being introduced district-wide on 1 July to help reduce the amount of waste households currently send to landfill. One of the major changes is to […]
In the manufacture of Sealed Air’s Multiwall sacks there are a huge amount of “butt” rolls left over which, in the past, have been recycled. Sealed Air has now started a Kraft for Kids project, supplying these butt rolls free of charge into the community to be used by education providers. The fantastic staff from […]
Waikato District is looking at making changes to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill …. User pays rubbish collections across the district incentivizes recycling, composting, buying less, buying products with recyclable packaging, gardening, repairing etc … Check out the Long Term Plan and make your submission on Waikato District Council’s website, at your […]
Closed on T days, sleep in on Saturdays! That’s our new little jingle to remember our hours! T days are Tuesday and Thursday. All open days are 8:30 – 4:30 except Saturdays 12:30 – 4:30. On public holidays, we sleep-in again! So we’re open 12:30 – 4:30 on all public holidays. When public holidays fall […]
Council has sent every ratepayer a letter asking for feedback on changes to their services. They have also sent a letter to residents of Te Uku, Te Mata, and Waitetuna (approx. 300 houses) asking if they are keen on a kerbside collection of pre-paid bags and recyclables. Feedback is required as part of Councils formal […]
We’ve added a new bin to the Xtreme Zero Waste recycling bay for clean foil! Also, our recycling bay has been upcycled with see-thru crates so it’s easy to find which bin to use, and it’ll be easy for our customers to notice the new bin! Make sure your foil is clean before you bring […]