Know your recycling

Did you know that recycling will be sent to landfill from Wellington’s regional sorting plant if it is dirty or not recycled correctly? The good thing is that you can do something about this! Follow these suggestions to give your recycling a second life:

Clean your recycling. Rinse out all containers and don’t add paper/card covered with food. Compost these instead.

• No lined card cartons.

• Lids off.

• Plastics 1, 2 and 5 only. Check the bottom or side of your plastic container for the number.

• No soft plastics. Take these to your local supermarket drop off instead.