Resource Recovery Centres
ALERT LEVEL 4 UPDATE 18 AUGUST 2021
Operations at our Resource Recovery Centres continue at Alert Level 4 as follows:
- Council will only be accepting daily household residual waste. No separated recycling will be accepted during level 4 lockdown.
- All visitor vehicle registrations and driver details may be recorded and covid QR codes will be available at all sites.
- Refuse recovery centres will be only be accepting household residual waste.
- Refuse recovery centres will not be accepting metal, wood, tires, furniture, demolition materials and green waste as well as others waste not listed here.
- Refuse recover personnel will only be directing waste drop offs. They will not be assisting with lifting or handling of waste.
- Separated recycling will not be accepted or processed by RRC staff.
- If possible Council asks the public to clean and store recyclable material, particularly glass, tin and cardboard until after the lockdown period.
- Materials that would normally be recycled can be included in the household waste but this will be going directly to landfill.
- Waste that is accepted will be at no cost.
- Due to the increased level of operations, some delays should be expected.
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Upon entry
You will be requested to place like materials in separate areas. Pre-sorting of loads will save time for all.
Charges
| Household/ Domestic Waste | Green waste | % Recyclable | Non-recyclable | |||
| 100% | 75% | 50% | 25% | |||
| Cars | $5 | $5 | $8 | $10 | $12 | $15 |
| Ute, station wagon, van, small trailers (up to 1m3) | $8 | $8 | $11 | $14 | $17 | $20 |
| Large trailers (1m3 to 2m3) | $16 | $16 | $22 | $28 | $34 | $40 |
| Loads greater than 2m3 (per cubic metre charge) | $10 | $10 | $25 | $40 | $55 | $70 |
| Plastic Bags: (each) | Small - Less than 25 Litres $2.00 | Large - Up to 75 Litres $3.00 | Extra Large - over 75 Litres and wheelie bins $5.00 | Wool fadge $20.00 | ||
| Commercial/Industrial/Business Waste Depending on ease of handling, price by negotiation, but generally $70.00 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 Opotiki 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 | ||||||
| 4x4 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. | |||||||
Hours of operation
| 38 Wellington Street, Opotiki | |
| Thursday - Monday | 8.00am to 4.00pm |
| Tuesday/Wednesday | Closed |
| Orete Forest Road, Waihau Bay | |
| Mon/Wed/Sat | 9.00am to 2.00pm |
| Sun/Tue/Thu/Fri | Closed |
| Copenhagen Road, Te Kaha | |
| Sat/Sun/Mon/Wed | 9.00am to 2.00pm |
| Tues/Thu/Fri | Closed |
All RRCs are closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Day after New Year and Good Friday.
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 & 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 - Opotiki only
- Garden green materials
- Useable wood framing material - domestic quality
- Internal/external wall linings - Opotiki 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
Opotiki
- Asbestos
- Explosives (Flares, Bullets)
- Soil
- Hypodermic Needles
- Hot Fireplace Embers
- Vegetation other than garden material/trees.
Te Kaha and Waihau Bay
As for Opotiki 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:
Opotiki Medical Centre, King Street, Opotiki, phone 07 3158500, or your local heath centre.
