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13/1/2025

Wellington Anniversary Day 20 Jan 2025

Holiday Hours & Service Alert

Happy Wellington Anniversary Day to all our customers in the capital. Here's a quick update on how the holiday will impact our services:



Wellington:


  • Gantry services will not be operating
  • Front Load and Wheelie Bin services will operate as normal.



Kapiti:


  • Gantry services will not be operating. All other services will operate as normal.



Masterton:


  • Frontload & Wheelie Bins will operate as normal.
  • No Gantry will operate.



Otaki:


  • The Transfer Station will be OPEN 9am – 5pm



Palmerston North:


  • Our office will be CLOSED however all services will operate as normal.
  • The transfer station will be OPEN 9am to 4.30pm.



Whanganui:


  • Our office will be CLOSED however all services will operate as normal.



You can also call our customer care team on 0800 240 120 or visit

https://environz.co.nz/contact-us for any urgent requests or queries on Mon – Fri from 8am to 5pm (excluding holidays).



Enjoy the holiday!

-- Enviro NZ



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Plastic lid Pūkeko mural created by everyday environmentalist, Rowan

Environment

7/11/2024

1 min read

Plastic lid Pūkeko mural created by everyday environmentalist, Rowan

Upcycling plastic lids to make a Pūkeko bird mural

Have you ever thought of using plastic lids for art?


Rowan, our Waste Minimisation & Education Advisor out of Dunedin has! If you visit the Dunedin landfill, you'll see this work of art.


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Rowan was inspired by another in town, so he contacted the Connections Activity Centre, a community day centre provider that offers activities for people with intellectual and physical disabilities, to help sort all the lids.


He then sourced the timber off-cuts (aka panels) from the Cook Brothers’ workshop. Andy from Cook Brothers also helped with the install.


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Rowan then brought the project to Southern Youth Development and the kids on the holiday programme worked on it over the school holidays.

His son also chipped in to help finish this masterpiece.


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And if you are wondering about the lids...most of the bottle lids used (mostly milk/juice and Coke bottle-type bottles lids) are made of HDPE (plastic #2). He tried to avoid

using plastic lids of other plastics, as HDPE is more UV resistant that the other plastic types, so the lids should be able to withstand the

elements and UV better.


You can see this (and other upcycled projects) at the Green Island landfill and Resource Recovery Park at 9 Brighton Road,

Green Island (opposite Burgess Street).


What kind of art would you create with coloured plastic lids? Let us know on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/environzservices


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Find more inspiration, news and education from Enviro NZ here: https://environz.co.nz/news


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