"Residents need to understand they live in the jewel of New Zealand ... we are literally having to force them to get it sorted," Lakes Property Services property manager Dan Egerton said.
The new waste-disposal system was introduced by the Queenstown Lakes District Council four weeks ago. Motor park residents now have a blue wheelie bin for recycling and buy blue disposal bags for other waste.
He said the new system was introduced as part of an effort to tidy up the area as a whole.
"We are hoping, by this time next year, everything will be sorted ... we're just trying to get it tidy so people don't have to live in a dump," Mr Egerton said.
His comments follow recent reports of motor park residents feeling uninformed and confused with the new system.
He said the major problem was a lack of pride on the residents' part and a reluctance to change.
"If people want to live like this, then go to a slum. People need to have pride in the area they live in."
Some of the cabin-style properties are leased by Executive Accommodation and some are privately owned.
Mr Egerton believed residents on short-term leases were causing most of the problems.
Executive Accommodation manager Keith Hibbs has been visiting the motor park daily to ensure residents are following correct waste disposal practice.
"Really, we just need to educate the current tenants and make sure new tenants are aware of the system," Mr Hibbs said.
Over the past few weeks, Mr Hibbs had kept a checklist of which properties were making "good progress" and which were not.
He said residency in the motor park was seasonal. As current residents left, new residents would replace them for the summer. He said the residency cycle would help to make the system standard practice.
On the first day of the new system, four of the 140 blue recycling bins were moved to the designated collection spots. Four weeks on, nearly all of the bins were out for collection, he said.
Mr Egerton said the problem would become less of an issue over time.
