Resouce Recovery Centres
You will be requested to place like materials in separate areas. Pre-sorting of loads will save time for all.
There are three locations in Ōpōtiki District
38 Wellington Street, Ōpōtiki – Open Thursday to Monday 8:00am-4:00pm
Orete Forest Road, Waihau Bay – Open Monday/Wednesday/Saturday – 9:00am to 2:00pm
Copenhagen Road, Te Kaha – Open Saturday/Sunday/Monday/Wednesday – 9:00am to 2:00pm
Cost (2023)
|
Household/
Domestic Waste |
Green Waste | % Recyclable | Non-Recyclable | |||
| 100% | 75% | 50% | 25% | |||
| Cars | $7.00 | $7.00 | $10.00 | $13.00 | $15.00 | $19.00 |
| Ute, station wagon, van, small trailers (up to 1m3) | $10.00 | $10.00 | $14.00 | $18.00 | $22.00 | $25.00 |
| Large trailers (1m3 to 2m3) | $20.00 | $20.00 | $28.00 | $35.00 | $43.00 | $50.00 |
| Loads greater than 2m3 (per cubic metre charge) | $13.00 | $13.00 | $31.00 | $50.00 | $69.00 | $87.00 |
| Plastic bags (each) | Small – less than 25 litres $3.00 | Large – up to 75 litres $4.00 | Extra-large – over 75 litres and wheelie bins $7.00 | Wool fadge $25.00 | ||
| Commercial/Industrial/Business Waste Depending on ease of handling, price by negotiation, but generally $87.00 per m3. For loads greater than 2m3, waste depositors may have to arrange for their own transport to landfill. Note: Council reserves the right to reject any commercial, business or industrial loads. | ||||||
| Whiteware, TVs, PCs etc. | $5.00 each | |||||
| Car bodies: empty (no fuel or oil) | $25.00 (car bodies are only accepted at the Ōpōtiki RRC) | |||||
| Gas bottles | Empty | With gas | ||||
| Up to 9.00 kg | $5.00 | $10.00 | ||||
| Over 9.00 kg | $10.00 | $20.00 | ||||
| Tyres | Without rims | With rims ((includes $5.00 Rim Removal fee) | ||||
| Car / van | $5.00 | $10.00 | ||||
| 4×4 ute or SUV | $7.00 | $12.00 | ||||
| Truck – Light – 17.5” | $14.00 | $19.00 | ||||
| Truck – Medium – up to 18” | $18.00 | $23.00 | ||||
| Truck – Large up to 22.5” | $23.00 | $28.00 | ||||
| Tractor – Small – up to 18” | $6.00 | $11.00 | ||||
| Tractor – Medium – 19” – 30” | $50.00 | $55.00 | ||||
| Tractor – Large – 32” – 34” | $62.00 | $67.00 | ||||
| Waste definitions | ||||||
| Household / Domestic Waste | The amount of refuse that would normally be generated from a residential property up to a volume of 2m3 load. | |||||
| Commercial / Industrial / Business Waste | Any load greater than 2m3 in volume. Any waste generated from commercial, industrial or business activities, inclusive of forestry, orchard, farming and property rental activities. | |||||
| Green waste | Vegetation and garden waste with tree limbs up to a maximum of 100mm in diameter. |
Urban Collection
Collection days
The kerbside collection for those on the urban collection east of the Waioeka Bridge is Tuesday.
The kerbside collection for those on the urban collection west of the Waioeka Bridge is Wednesday.
Please have your rubbish out by 8am.
Please call us from 4pm on your collection day if your recycling and refuse is not collected and you haven’t been left a notice telling you why.
Collection area
The urban collection area is from Paerata Ridge Road in the west to Stoney Creek Road in the east.
What you can put out for collection
Refuse: You can put out your 45Ltr wheeled refuse bin with the red lid each week.
Residual refuse will only be collected if it is in this bin. Only one bin will be emptied per household each week.
Recycling: Only two types of recycling get collected each week. You need to put out the two correct types of recycling in the correct crates, on the correct alternate weeks. Under the new system, paper and tin get put out one week and glass and plastic the next. Contact the council and ask for a ‘recycling calendar’
What you can (and can’t) put in your recycling crates
Paper – Newspapers, magazines, junk mail and cardboard
Trips: Flatten all boxes and tie paper into a bundle
Tin – You can recycle nearly all cans, including tin, aluminium, steel, paint and aerosol containers
Plastic – Plastic bottles and plastic bags
Bottles and jars – Remove tops and rinse.
What we accept
Recyclable Materials
- Aluminium cans (clean)
- Bottles (green, white, brown)
- Cans, tin (clean)
- Cardboard – corrugated, boxes
- Glass (anything that will hold liquid; not light bulbs)
- Non Fe. Metal (copper, brass, bronze, aluminium)
- Newspaper, magazines, paper (clean)
- Plastics – milk/drink bottles, supermarket bags
Non-Recyclable Materials
- Agricultural chemicals and poisons (with conditions)
- Batteries (all types)
- Car bodies (no refuse inside)
- Clean waste (concrete, stones, rubble)
- Electronics (tv,s, stereos, computers)
- Fe metal (steel, cast iron, roofing iron, tubing)
- Glass (windscreens or window glass)
- Waste oil (all types)
- Plastics (supermarket bags, cling wrap film (clean)
- Paint (acrylic, enamel, undercoat)
- Residual waste – kitchen waste, white polystyrene, disposable nappies, other
- Timber (usable for firewood)/non-reusable building materials
- Weed spray (with conditions)
- Whiteware – (fridge/freezers, dishwashers, washing machines)
- Wood shavings and sawdust
- Gas bottles
- Tyres
- Fence wire – free of battens, posts and wood
- Lawn clippings – Ōpōtiki only
- Garden green materials
- Useable wood framing material – domestic quality
- Internal/external wall linings – Ōpōtiki only
Reusable Items (accepted by negotiation only)
Bins are available for all articles that can be reused:
- Tools
- Books
- Magazines
- Clothes
- Crockery
- Garden Tools
- Furniture
- Bric-a-brac
- Toys.
What we do not accept
Ōpōtiki
- Asbestos
- Explosives (Flares, Bullets)
- Soil
- Hypodermic Needles
- Hot Fireplace Embers
- Vegetation other than garden material/trees.
Te Kaha and Waihau Bay
- As for Ōpōtiki above and also including:
- Internal/External Wall and Roof Linings
- Commercial quantities of timber framing/building materials
- Lawn clippings
- Agricultural chemicals
- Poisons.
What to do with medical waste
Medicines, needles, syringes etc. can be dropped off at:
Ōpōtiki Medical Centre, King Street, Ōpōtiki, phone 07 3158500, or your local heath centre.