Waste

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A heartfelt thank you to everyone at Te Taiwhenua o Te Whanganui a Ōrotu for your hard work over these past weeks.

Thanks too to those at Pukemokimoki Marae and St Joseph's Māori Girls' College. You have been a pillar of support in our community, helping whānau during this challenging time.

A massive effort too at Bayview Hotel where a drop-off centre is set up to distribute essentials. Thank you for opening your doors to anyone who has needed help. Thank you for the countless hours spent preparing kai, delivering supplies, sorting through donations, feeding people, providing a warm smile and a shoulder to cry on. With much aroha and appreciation, thank you.

A lot of people are wondering what to do with waste. Here’s the situation in Napier at the moment:

Kerbside rubbish collection - Our kerbside rubbish collection is back to normal. Even though we’ll have lots of our usual household rubbish, it’s important to only fill the wheelie-bin and not place anything on top or beside it as we won't be able to collect this.

Kerbside recycling collection - Kerbside recycling is not yet being undertaken. Please store all recycling at home in the meantime. Thank you for your patience while we work through solutions to get this service back up and running. We will update you on this service when we have a solution.

Redclyffe Transfer Station - The Redclyffe Transfer Station is open to Napier residents for flood-damaged household items only. This will be free of charge until further notice. We are not able to accept recycling and green waste at the moment.

Other types of waste - Hawke's Bay Regional Council has identified waste types that will need to be dealt with in different ways. These are animal carcasses, silt, wood debris, and posts and wire. Keep these separate to minimise the amount of mixed-waste ending up in overloaded waste sites. For more information go to Hawke's Bay Regional Council Facebook page or hbrc.govt.nz