HDC Agrecovery Programme
Collection
of unwanted chemical containers
The Hauraki District
Council is pleased to announce that it has joined the Agrecovery program
to assist in the collection of unwanted chemical containers.
Collection
Between 12.00 and
4.00pm on the first Friday of each month the council will be able to receive
clean triple rinsed containers from participating brand owners at our Paeroa
transfer station. There is no charge for disposing of the correct containers
outlined on the Agrecovery website.
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Collection Site
Paeroa Refuse Transfer Station
The First Friday
of every month
12:00pm -
4:00pm |
For a list of
participating brands and products that will be accepted visit the website
www.agrecovery.co.nz
or follow the link on our website www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz to see what is eligible
for acceptance at our collection sites. There is no additional cost to the
product end user to take an eligible container back to an Agrecovery collection
site.
For all other non
Agrecovery brands and containers there is a user pay sticker that can be
purchased from the website and applied to your triple rinsed agrichemical and
animal remedy containers. Once applied to your containers they will be accepted
at all Agrecovery collection sites. Remember that they must also be triple
rinsed and clean to be accepted.
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Follow these simples steps to ensure your
containers are accepted... |
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Triple or pressure rinse your
containers immediately after use. |
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Pour the RINSE WATER back into
your spray tank. Repeat three times. |
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Clean outside of container
thoroughly to make sure all chemical residue is removed. |
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REMOVE lids, discard and
puncture holes in the container. This allows it to dry
thoroughly. Do NOT remove the container label. |
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Is the container eligible? Check
the brand registry, or look for the Agrecovery logo on the
container, or purchase some stickers! |
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Check for details on where your
local collection site is and when it is open and deliver your
clean empty, dry containers. |
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Background
Agrecovery is a
voluntary product stewardship programme for the sustainable recovery of triple
rinsed agriculture and forestry sector plastic containers. The nationwide
initiative was officially launched in Nelson on 19th April 2007 by the hon.
David Benson-Pope, Minister for the environment.
“The new recycling
scheme is leading the way in making New Zealand the first sustainable country in
the world”, Environment Minister David Benson-Pope said. The Minister
congratulated the scheme developers for providing growers, farmers, foresters,
and other primary industry chemical users with an environmentally safe way of
disposing of their unwanted plastic containers.
Agrecovery is supported
by participating agrichemical brand owners, rural retailers, regional and
district councils and primary industry. This nationwide collection and
processing scheme is financed by a levy collected by participating brand owners
and paid to the Agrecovery foundation to deliver the programme.
For information including collection
sites, member companies and accepted containers please: