The Dunedin City Council initiative will result in three stations, each with separate bins for organic waste collection, mixed recycling and non-recyclables, being installed at the market next Saturday.
Waste strategy officer Cath Irvine said the stations had been trialled at the Thieves Alley market day and Orientation, and placing them permanently at the market was the first stage of introducing them throughout the city.
Market trust chairman Paul Crack said the stations were in keeping with the market's waste-minimisation policy and were backed by stallholders.
"By the end of 2011, we should have an entirely waste-minimised site, which means everything should be recyclable or compostible," he said.
For the first three weeks of operation, Burns District Girl Guides, Brownies and Pippins will be on hand to show people how to use them correctly.
