Rubbish and Recycling
Your guide to reducing, reusing and recycling waste
Lets keep Hutt City a great place to live
Here in Hutt City we all live close to and enjoy spectacular hills, rivers, parks and bush. But our environment is at risk. We're creating far too much waste, which is filling up our landfills.
Last year each household in Hutt City produced on average enough waste to fill 230 black rubbish bags. What a lot of waste!
But it doesn't have to be this way. Almost all of what we put in the rubbish and bury in the landfill can be recycled, reused or composted. Here in SAM's Word on Waste you'll find plenty of good ideas to reduce, reuse, and recycle your waste.
It's easy, it will save you money, and you'll be helping to ensure that in the future, Hutt City is still a great place to live.
Education Programmes
The best way to cut down your waste is to reduce the amount you create and to reuse whatever you can. You can then recycle anything else.
Council contracts out the following services for the removal of waste in Lower Hutt: residential kerbside collection service and access to two landfills.
Meet SAM
SAM the goat is spreading the word on waste for Hutt City Council. Stylish and charismatic, SAM can be seen in publications and in person, helping Hutt City residents become aware of what they can do to reduce waste. SAM is a waste expert - resourceful, determined and knowledgeable. SAM is actually short for Salvage All Materials, which is what we all need to do to keep our region clean and safe for our children.