Road works - Centennial Park area

Construction work will begin Tuesday 24 June around Centennial Park area to install concrete islands and road line marking. The roads to be marked are: Te Kūiti Road, Park Street, William Street and Ngarongo Road. We ask kindly that this area be kept clear of vehicles and residents do not park on the road for the next couple of days. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Slip on Te Waitere Road – please drive safe

Council is aware of a significant slip on Te Waitere Road. Currently the road is down to one lane with priority give way traffic control in place. Given there is poor weather forecast towards the end of the week, we encourage those needing to pass through this site to be vigilant and drive safely and to the conditions.

Recycling bin audits to start

19 Feb 2025, 11:59 AM

Waitomo District Council staff will soon undertake ad hoc audits of kerbside recycling bins in an effort to understand the levels of contamination that is occurring.

Recycling bin audits help to educate about what can – and can’t – be recycled. It also helps Council to identify the problem areas so that staff can design education and community engagement projects to turn those stats around.

General Manager Infrastructure Services, Shyamal Ram says all recycling must be clean to be recycled.

“That means giving jars and food tins a decent scrub out, so that no food remains,” he says.

When rubbish or items that can’t be recycled are put into your recycling crate, it can contaminate the whole load of recycling in the truck.

“If your recycling is dirty, it can’t be processed and will have to be sent to a landfill. It costs a lot of time and money to shut down the sorting facility and deep clean everything before work can resume… and then there’s all the landfill fees.”

Shyamal says for the most part, residents have been doing the right thing and placing the correct recycling into the bin.

“Unfortunately, a small number of people are putting the wrong things into their recycling, and while there may only be small quantities of contamination, they compromise other recycling and can lead to a whole truck load going to landfill. It doesn't take much contamination to cause a problem.”

Residents may notice a sticker on their recycling bin which identifies if there is contamination. The item/s will either need to be cleaned or disposed of as general waste.

 

What can I recycle?

The following items can be placed in your recycling bin:

  • clean paper, flattened cardboard and pizza boxes (stack inside or next to bin)
  • clean cans and tins
  • plastics that have been cleaned and have the recycling triangle 1 , 2 or 5 on them, no lids please
  • empty, clean glass bottles and jars

 

Read more about recycling