Glass Recycling Taken To The Next Level

The Marlborough District Council and its contractor at the Resource Recovery Centre and Refuse Transfer Stations, Metallic Sweeping (1998) Limited, have found a new purpose for Marlborough’s waste glass.

All glass accepted at the Resource Recovery Centre and the various transfer station sites around the district is being sorted into the different colours; Clear, Green and Brown. The glass is then shipped to a remanufacturing glass facility in Auckland where it is put through a furnace so it can be re-used for the manufacture of bottles.

Metallic Sweeping Ltd Marlborough manager Trevor Sheldon says it’s taking as little as ten days from the time a glass container leaves Blenheim to the time that newly manufactured bottles are ready for dispatch from Auckland.

Since 1 July, when Metallic Sweeping took up its contract with the Council, up to four container loads of sorted glass have been shipped to the re-manufacture facility.

Environmentally-conscious residents and businesses of Marlborough who have embraced this recycling opportunity are helping to reduce the volumes of glass that go to the landfill and back into the ground.

Mr Sheldon has expressed the company’s thanks to all residents for supporting this initiative. Commercial Operators and businesses are also welcome to contact Metallic Sweeping to make appropriate arrangements for their glass.

Steel and Metal Drop Off – Absolutely Free

The Marlborough District Council and Metallic Sweeping are also pleased to announce that there will be no charge for Steel, Metal and Scrap Metal (whiteware excluded) dropped off at the Resource Recovery Centre and the Refuse Transfer Stations.

Residents and businesses are now able to take their metal to these sites and dispose of their unwanted steel, metal and scrap metal in the containers provided for this purpose at no charge. This is now a free service to the public of Marlborough.

This is another joint initiative by the Council and Metallic Sweeping to make recycling more accessible and convenient to the public and to encourage and promote recycling. Commercial operators and businesses are also welcome to contact Metallic Sweeping to make appropriate arrangements for their steel, metal and scrap metal.