Recycle South

29/05/2026

👑🇳🇿 King’s Birthday Weekend is Here! 🇳🇿👑

A friendly reminder that Monday is a public holiday, giving many of us a well-earned long weekend! The Public Drop-off will remain open on Monday.

Whether you’re spending time with whānau, catching up with friends, heading away, or simply enjoying a sleep-in, we hope everyone has a safe and relaxing King’s Birthday.

To our amazing team, thank you for everything you do throughout the year. We hope you enjoy the extra day to recharge and make the most of the long weekend. 💙♻️

✨ Stay safe on the roads.
☕ Enjoy the extra coffee.
👑 And don’t forget to celebrate having a Monday off!

Happy King’s Birthday Weekend from all of us at Recycle South! 🎉♻️🇳🇿

💙👑♻️

27/05/2026

Some of our team had an absolutely fabulous night out at the ✨Circus Quirkus✨ show recently.

A huge thank you to the wonderful Rotary Club of Invercargill for their incredibly generous sponsored tickets. Your kindness created smiles, laughter, excitement and memories that our people will be talking about for a long time 🎪

It was an absolute hit - everyone loved every minute of it! 👏

19/05/2026

Congratulations Dianne - what an incredible achievement celebrating 25 years of service!

We’ve been honoured to work alongside you over the years and are so grateful for the support and funding you have provided our organisation and community along the way.

Your dedication, commitment, and generosity have made a real difference to so many people. Thank you for everything you’ve done for Recycle South over the years - and congratulations on this amazing milestone! 👏💐

🎉 Celebrating 25 years of incredible service! 🎉

Today we’re recognising Dianne for a quarter-century of dedication, passion, and impact at Community Trust South!

25 years, thousands of conversations and countless community impacts. Join us in saying a huge thank you and congratulations to our wonderful Dianne! 💛

You can read more about this special milestone below:
https://www.communitytrustsouth.nz/news/celebrating-25-years-of-service/

14/05/2026

Today looked a little different for the Bachelor of Nursing Year 2 students 👩‍⚕️♻️

After ticking off their induction ✅
and gearing up in full PPE ✅
the students swapped their stethoscopes 🩺 for gloves, hearing protection and safety glasses to get a hands-on look at how our amazing team processes recycling every day.

A huge thanks to the students for getting stuck in, asking great questions and learning more about the people and processes behind recycling in Southlan

13/05/2026

We would like to introduce Deanne Barnett, our new Health & Safety Champion, who will be supporting and promoting workplace health, safety, and wellbeing across the organisation.

After five years in the dairy industry and nearly twenty years working in quarrying, Deanne brings a wealth of practical experience and a genuine passion for workplace health and safety.

With a hands-on understanding of high-risk industries, Deanne is committed to promoting safe work practices, encouraging open communication, and helping foster a positive safety culture across the organisation. For Deanne, health and safety is not simply about compliance - it is about protecting people, supporting wellbeing, and making a meaningful difference in the workplace every day.

11/05/2026

A big thank you to the amazing 2nd Year Bachelor of Nursing students who are with us this week carrying out wellbeing and health checks as part of their training 👩‍⚕️🩺💙

Our team have really enjoyed the opportunity to take part, ask questions, and have some important health checks done in a relaxed and supportive environment.

It’s awesome to see future healthcare professionals gaining hands-on experience while also making a real difference in our workplace and community.

Thanks for bringing your kindness, professionalism, and care to Recycle South this week 💙♻️

02/05/2026

🦆 Quick reminder for duck shooting season that kicked off this weekend 🎯

Our recycling team hand-sort everything in your yellow bins - and they’re the same people who head to Queens Park to feed the ducks. Seeing parts of these birds or any animal come through the recycling line is genuinely upsetting for them.

So please:

🚫 No duck waste in yellow bins
🚫 No shotgun shells in yellow bins
✅ Bag animal waste and place it in your red bin

Let’s keep the yellow bins for recyclables only — no fowl play, please. ♻️

01/05/2026

♻️ Recycle South supporting Wyndham Rugby – 125 Years Strong! 🏉

We were proud to be working alongside Wyndham Rugby Club last weekend as they celebrated their 125th Jubilee - helping collect and recycle all their beverage cans so fewer end up in landfill and more get a second life. 🍻➡️♻️

Big events don’t have to mean big waste. With the right setup, clubs and community groups can make a real difference - and it’s easier than you might think.

If your club, organisation, event or function would like to have Recycle South bins on site to capture cans and boost recycling, we’d love to help make it happen.

📧 Get in touch with Gina at
gina@recyclesouth.org.nz

Let’s work together to keep Southland events cleaner, greener, and community-focused. 💚💙

24/04/2026

Lest we forget 🌺

Tomorrow we pause to remember and honour those who have served and sacrificed for our country. Their courage and legacy will never be forgotten.

Recycle South will be closed on Monday 27 April and will reopen Tuesday 28 April 2026.

❤️ We will remember them.