15/04/2026
♻️ RECYCLING RESET – WAIPĀ DISTRICT ♻️
Not sure what goes in your bin anymore? Here’s your quick, no-fuss guide 👇
✅ YES PLEASE
🟡 Yellow bin (recycling):
• Plastics #1, #2, #5
• Cans (tin + aluminium)
• Paper & cardboard
🔵 Blue bin (glass only):
• Glass bottles & jars (empty + rinsed + no lids)
🚫 NO THANKS
• Soft plastics (bags, wrappers, cling film)
• Plastic #3, #4, #6, #7
• Lids, caps & small bits
• Food scraps or dirty items
• Polystyrene / foam
• Coffee cups & liquid cartons
• Glassware (drinking glasses, Pyrex, bulbs)
⚠️ REMEMBER Mitre 10 Mega Cambridge recycles:
✔ Batteries
✔ Lightbulbs
✔ Polystyrene (Only 2 Rubbish Bags please)
✔ Garden / Vege Seedling Pots
Let’s keep recycling right 💚
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