Waste at work

My Walk in Wardrobe coordinate pop up, sustainable fashion markets. Where people can buy and sell pre-loved, vintage, handmade, upcycled clothing, shoes, accessories and jewellery. They aim to make slow fashion more mainstream while preventing tonnes of textile waste and unethical manufacturing practises.

With the support of Hastings District Council, My Walk in Wardrobe hosted two pop up markets.

Nest Fest is a boutique independent music festival, hosted in Hawkes Bay - working toward zero waste. They worked with Closed Loop to sort through the rubbish to separate out recycling and food waste.

In 2021 they wanted to reduce waste further and with the support of Hastings District Council, were able to trial the Futurity re-usable cup scheme at Nest fest 2021.

Project Do Less is a Hawkes Bay created movement that aims to empower the community to make a difference to climate change by showing them all the small things they can do right now to contribute to the solution.

With the support of Hastings District Council, Project Do less have created social media platforms, a website, and hosted a day at Woodford House, and in Havelock North to encourage people to make the pledge and ‘Do Less.’

Definitely, if your business is in the Hastings or Havelock CBD you can use council's kerbside rubbish service.

The Hastings CBD covers Nelson Street South down to Miller Street, and from Avenue Road across to Eastbourne Street West. Havelock's CBD spans from Karanema Drive across to Porter Drive, from the Havelock Road roundabout and up through Joll Road.

If your business is generating waste we encourage you to first think about where changes could be made to reduce, reuse or refuse waste. When you’ve established what needs to be collected, contact a local waste removal service.

If your business is unsure of how to dispose of waste, our A-Z commercial waste guide outlines local providers who accept all kinds of waste.

We understand that as a business you'll generate a few types of waste. Our kerbside rubbish service accepts general staff and kitchen waste including items like food packaging, broken glass, receipts and single use coffee cups. This service is an opt-in extension of our household rubbish collection, treat your bin with the same care you would at home.  

We’re finding that more and more businesses are choosing to compost food scraps – and we’re all for it! These can be taken directly to Biorich (our local commercial composter), taken home to your own compost bin, or you can engage with a local waste provider to arrange a food waste collection.

Look after your bin and our landfill by keeping these items out of your kerbside rubbish: Garden waste, hot ashes/items, batteries and hazardous waste, gas bottles, medical waste, liquid waste, construction waste, gravel, soil, tiles, oil and flammable liquids.

We encourage businesses to talk with local waste removal services to find the best fit for them. These providers are most suited to managing your larger quantities of waste, construction and demolition waste and recyclable materials. By diverting waste from landfill your collection rates will often be cheaper. We’re lucky to have a variety of options for commercial waste in our region.

To get started and have a bin delivered for a kerbside rubbish collection the property owner will need to pay what's called an "opt-in additional rate" charge of $270.00 per annum*

(*based on landfill rates and ETS etc).

For $270.00 per annum you will receive a 120L rubbish bin which is serviced twice a week.

The Hastings CBD is collected on Monday and Thursday. Havelock's CBD rubbish is collected on Tuesday and Friday. Make sure to have your bin out at 7 am. on the day of collection.

You don't need to present your bin for every collection, just when it's full! We actually love it when you don’t and offer a rates remission to property owners who present their rubbish less than 52 times in a calendar year. The rates remission puts 25% of your total waste charge back in your pocket to recognise your reduction in waste sent to landfill.

You don't need to present your bin for every collection, just when it's full! We actually love it when you don’t and offer a rates remission to property owners who present their rubbish less than 52 times in a calendar year. The rates remission puts 25% of your total waste charge back in your pocket to recognise your reduction in waste sent to landfill.

1. We encourage businesses to really think about what goes in their bin before making landfill their last choice. Minimize your waste and save money by separating recyclable and compostable material from your general waste.
2. When you've identified what can be recycled or composted, and you still have more than 120L of rubbish, approach a local waste removal provider who can advise you on the best service type to suit your business.

HDC cannot offer additional bins. If you need another bin, you’ll need to contact another local waste removal provider.

At the moment our kerbside collection for businesses only includes rubbish. But, this doesn’t mean you can’t recycle! Local waste removal providers will collect paper, cardboard, glass, food scraps and plastics at the kerbside. Recycling isn't just limited to these, the Environment Centre can recycle your e-waste, aluminium coffee capsules, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, and more.

Have an item that needs recycling but don't see it listed above? Check out our A-Z waste guide.