Blue rubbish bags no longer sold at Council

Nelson City Council will stop selling 65L blue rubbish bags from its customer service centre, Elma Turner Library, and Nelson Waste Recovery Centre from 31 March 2022, unless sold out prior.

Nelmac has sold the refuse part of its business to a private company, Smart Environmental, and people can still purchase the Betta-Bags blue rubbish bags from local outlets such as supermarkets, and dairies. 

Collection days remain the same. 

Any older Betta-Blue bag with the Nelmac logo is guaranteed to be collected by Smart Environmental for the next three years.

Nelmac used to produce a sticker, more commonly purchased by inner city residents and companies that could be stuck to a box or non-official bag and these items would be collected like a blue bag. A reminder that Council stopped selling these stickers in January 2022.