Waste Education

Southern Landfill

The Council employs Waste Education Officers who are responsible for helping minimise waste through public education.

Free Landfill Tours

Tours of the Southern Landfill can be arranged. The one-hour tour includes visiting the:

recycle area and shop
transfer station
tip face
compost plant
dewatering plant
closed landfill sites.

The tour gives a history of waste operations at the Southern Landfill, looks at the volume and types of waste being sent to landfills, and shares ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Tour information can be tailored to suit the group's main interests.

Visiting groups must organise their own bus to drive to and around the site.

The maximum number of tours in one day is three.

Free School Visits

One of our educators can visit a class / school to give a talk on any waste topic of interest. We often cover composting, recycling, waste management and worm farms.

Worm Farms & Compost Bins

To help divert organic waste from landfills, the Council offers one free worm farm or one free compost bin to every school and preschool in the Wellington region. We can help you educate your students on the topic of organic waste when we deliver the bin or worm farm.

At the Southern Landfill Second Treasures shop you can source materials that can be used to build a worm farm, a compost bin or to design artworks.

Free University Lectures

Our educators can give a PowerPoint presentation to university students on the history of waste management at the Southern Landfill. This can be done as a general interest topic, or tailored to a specific area of interest - eg product stewardship schemes, which are initiatives that help reduce the environmental impact of manufactured products.

More Information

For more information or to make a booking:

Phone:	(04) 383 4439
Email:	waste.education