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Waipā is cracking down on recycling contamination, which costs ratepayers around $600,000 every year and sends recyclable materials to landfill unnecessarily.

Do better or risk getting your bin privileges removed. That is the message Waipā District Council will be sending in 2025 to the small percentage of residents causing $360,000 in recycling contamination costs each year.

The Cambridge community is set to benefit from a new, environmentally sustainable resource recovery centre, following approval of the subdivision of Matos Segedin Drive.

More live ammunition has been found in recycling at the Te Awamutu sorting centre.

A shotgun cartridge was found the day after a helium tank was pulled out of another load of recycling on its way to the sorting line. Both items were collected from Cambridge properties and had they exploded, could have caused serious injuries to the work crew. It’s the second time in recent months that live ammunition has been discarded in a recycling bin.

Waipā District Council has audited its recycling collection routes and found that 95 per cent of residents are getting the right things into the right bins.