Some Waikato builders are still sending leftover construction material to landfill, despite the council's plan to minimise and recycle waste.
Currently, 50 percent of what goes to landfill comes from the building industry although 90 percent of it could be reused, recycled, or returned to the supplier.
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But as Libby Kirkby-McLeod reports several of the larger firms are leading the way towards recycling.
