Reconstruct
Nelson City Council and Nelson Environment Centre's trial project to divert and recover building materials.
Who is it for
Small builders and home DIY'ers
What is accepted
- Trailers and light commercial trucks, but it cannot process skips
- Timber (treated and untreated) longer than 600mm
- Construction timber/flooring
- Household fittings - doors, windows, bathroom and kitchen fittings and fixings
- Plumbing and piping, fireplaces, mantles, sinks, and baths
- Gib and plasterboard part sheets (without paper, paint or attached timber)
- Part bags of new insulation, part rolls of building paper
- Pavers and bricks and tiles (not rubble)
- Acrylic paint
- Any reusable or recyclable metal such as wire, bolts, nails, fittings, brackets
- Roofing iron
How will it work
- Take the right hand lane and stop outside the shop.
- NEC staff will check your load for what can be accepted and give you a green card, directing you through gates.
- In the yard you'll be directed where to put the materials.
- Anything left on the vehicle will have to be paid for at the Waste Recovery Centre kiosk as usual.
Order to load your vehicle
- First put on any waste for landfill
- Then put on plasterboard/gib, timber or metals
- Then put on everything else
- Put cardboard on top as this can be dropped off at the recycling yard before the NEC shop.
Where
New facility at the NEC ReUse Shop, Vivian Place, Tahunanui
NEC hours: Mon - Sat 8am - 4.20pm Sun: 10am - 4.20pm
For questions and information:
rethinkwaste@ncc.govt.nz or info@nec.org.nz
With funding support from the Waste Minimisation Fund.