Helping keep Nelson beautiful

Nelson’s Waste Recovery Centre is offering free waste disposal to groups taking part in Keep New Zealand Beautiful’s Clean Up Week.

Every year, Keep New Zealand Beautiful mobilises more than 100,000 volunteers across the county to pick up litter, clean up their neighbourhoods, remove graffiti, plant trees, paint murals and much more.

This year, the annual Clean Up Week takes place from 25-31 October. To support the campaign and encourage everyone to get involved all year round in tackling litter, Council is introducing a new system that will give any group year-round access to free waste disposal from organised cleanups.

To access this free waste disposal, groups will need to complete a quick survey on Council’s website. Once you’ve completed the survey, you’ll be able to drop your waste off at our Waste Recovery Centre.

Community cleanups can happen any time and can be anything from just a few people, up to large organised events. Keeping yourself and the environment safe is important – for example, sand dunes are often home to nesting birds, so
choose your location carefully to avoid accidentally doing harm.

Groups and organisations wanting to get behind keeping our region clean and beautiful can find out more on knzb.org.nz. Information will be available on how to organise your cleanup, health & safety, how to dispose of your collected waste and how to purchase cleanup kits.

Keep New Zealand Beautiful encourages everyone to keep it sustainable by using their own resources such as gloves, buckets and bags. However, free cleanup kits are available to schools upon request.

The Tasman Bay Guardians also have resources on their website to help with planning cleanups and can provide information on locations – you can register an event with them at any time here: tasmanbayguardians.org. nz/rubbish-free-beaches.

To access Nelson’s Waste Recovery Centre’s free waste disposal survey, scan the QR code or visit nelson.govt.nz/services/rethink-waste/rethinkreducereuse/community-cleanups.