RECYCLING
Here at Bayview Community Centre we care about the environment. Listed below are all the items we have recycling collections for:
Household Batteries
Household batteries – these are dropped off with Abilities Incorporated
Nescafe Dulce Gusto Coffee Capsules
All plastic NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® Capsules
All plastic Starbucks® by NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® Capsules
In order to recycle this waste properly, please squeeze excess liquid from your capsules before storing, to avoid dripping packages.
We collect bread tags for recycling in NZ, to fund wheelchairs in South Africa.
We are a community organisation, run 100% by volunteers.
Accepted waste:
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All brands of blades and razors (refillable and disposable products, and replaceable-blade cartridge units)
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Rigid plastic packaging
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Flexible plastic packaging
Accepted waste:
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Toothpaste tubes and caps
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Toothbrushes
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Toothbrush and toothpaste tube plastic packaging
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Floss containers
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Mouthwash bottles.
Accepted waste:
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The Collective Suckies pouches (yoghurt pouches)
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Caps
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Tubs
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Packaging
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Yoghurt tubes
Accepted waste in this programme:
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All writing instruments (except for wooden pencils, crayons and chalk)
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Any brand of pen, felt tip, highlighter, marker, correction fluid pot (must be empty), correction tape, mechanical pencil and eraser pen regardless of their composition.
Note that we do not accept glue sticks, erasers, rulers or other cutting objects that could disturb the recycling process. Please be careful not to include any of those items.
Bottle Tops
Kidney Kids – Only wine bottle tops with the plastic bit removed and can tabs off coke, lemonade cans etc are accepted.
We also accept beer bottle tops separately. They are taken to scrap metal dealers and the cash is deposited into Kidney Kids account.
Polystyrene
There are two drop off locations close to Bayview:
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Abilities Incorporated, 91 Hillside Road, Glenfield
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Tried - Tested - Proven, 3C Marken Place, Wairau Valley