Cutlery

There are many environmentally-friendly cutlery options available now: bioplastic, cornstarch, bamboo, and wood.

Reduce the need for new cutlery by checking secondhand shops.

Plastic picnic cutlery can be taken home, washed and reused.

If you have plastic picnic cutlery from an event which is surplus, please take to the ReUse Academy at the Whanganui Environment Base. 

There are many creative reuses for cutlery online, including these ideas.

Plastic picnic cutlery cannot be recycled.

Metal cutlery which is unusable can be placed in the scrap metal bin at the Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre.

Gift surplus cutlery canteens to friends, family, secondhand shops.

Please keep plastic cutlery landfill, as it does not biodegrade easily.