Illegal dumping and the flyaway escape of recycling items will no longer be problems at Palmerston North's Awapuni Resource Recovery Centre.
Previously, the site had open cages for residents to drop off recycling that did not fit into their kerbside bins.
Now there is a large, fully enclosed shed with insert slots for residents to put their household recycling in.
Council waste manager Mike Monaghan says the open cages were problematic.
"Open cages meant strong winds blew the recycling out.
"The cardboard and paper also would absorb the rain – which can make recycling difficult.