Not only does the new CPPS recycling project in Napier help to protect the environment, it also saves the community money!
The recycling project is located at the Redcliffe Transfer Station where the community workers greet and help people unload their rubbish. Almost everyone appreciates the offer for help.
“The older people in our community are just over the moon and really enjoy the service,” says Senior Community Work Supervisor Stuart McKenzie.
The community offenders sort through the drop-offs and look to recycle paper, wood, plastic, glass and metal. “The amount collected is quite impressive,” says Stuart. “Every day we recover an average of 650kg of metal. The council sells the metal to help cover costs at the Transfer Station. A further 400kg of wood is collected everyday; this is used to help operate the Pan Pac Mill at Whirinaki. On average another 120kg of paper is collected daily for recycling and 220kg of glass is separated by colour and recycled by AllBrite Industries.”
Another 10 to 60kg of plastic is collected every day which is also recycled. In the green-waste area community workers help the public unload their green waste which is also sent off site for energy recovery.
Environmental Services Engineer Ricki Freemantle says the Council is more than happy with the results: “We love the fact that the community is benefiting from this new service at the Transfer Station. Recycling saves money, energy and waste and helps to extend the life of the landfill and that is good news for all Hawke’s Bay residents!”
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Got a story for Community Works or want to request the print edition?
Email commdesk@corrections.govt.nz or phone (04) 460 3365.
Community Works is published quarterly by the Department of Corrections. Contact details for Community Probation & Psychological Services can be found here or by looking under C for Corrections in the Government listings of the Telecom White Pages.
ISSN 1178-1327