Community Recycling and Greenwaste Centres
What we take and don't take
Accepted items
You can take the following clean and empty recyclables to our centres free of charge. Please remove lids and rinse containers.
- Flattened corrugated cardboard
- Paper including light card, magazines, newspapers and egg cartons
- Steel and aerosol cans
- Aluminium cans
- Scrap metal including whiteware - Te Puke Only
- Colour-sorted glass bottles and jars only - no broken windows, drinking glasses or ceramics
- Clear plastic drink bottles (up to 4 litres)
- Anchor lightproof and Meadow Fresh milk and cream bottles
- Clear milk and cream bottles
- Fluorescent light tubes and bulbs
- Batteries - all kinds e.g. vehicle and dry cell
- Used motor oil
- Identifiable hazardous waste (up to 30 litres or 30 kg). Please note: Conditions apply. These can be found at the bottom of this page.
- Greenwaste (fees apply - see below). Greenwaste stem diameter must be no thicker than 100mm and the length no longer than three metres. Please note: Eftpos payments only.
- Yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, ice cream containers
- Meat trays, plastic punnets, cake trays etc. (# 1, 2 & 5)
Items NOT accepted
- Scrap metal including whiteware not accepted at Katikati & Athenree – take to a metal recycler
- Coloured plastics (green, dark blue and brown)
- Tetra packs (e.g. soy milk, juice boxes)
- Polystyrene
- Window glass, mirror glass
- Cookware, Pyrex and drinking glasses
- Medical waste
- Building waste
- Electronic and electric items
- Household rubbish and nappies
- Textiles
- Compostable packaging in greenwaste
- Cooking oil and plastic drums
- All centres accept greenwaste (including garden bark), however they do not accept flax, pampas, bamboo, gorse or palms. (These are treated as normal refuse and not accepted at the recycling centres).
- All pest plants (take to a transfer station or put in refuse bin)
Greenwaste fees (Eftpos Only)
Bagged up to 50 litres (minimum charge) | $5.00 |
Bagged from 51 to 250 litres | $7.00 |
Bagged from 251 to 500 litres | $15.00 |
Loose greenwaste* charged per m3 | $28.00 |
| * Loose greenwaste charge is determined by operator measuring the load. | |
Please see diagram attached Important information about your greenwaste.
Hazardous waste - domestic quantities (up to 30kg or litres)
Small quantities of household hazardous waste will be accepted the Katikati, Athenree and Te Puke centres. All waste must be accompanied by a completed household hazardous waste declaration form.
Please note:
- Only lead based paint will be accepted. Other paint can be recycled at Resene Paintwise Scheme website.
- Never bury hazardous material as it may contaminate ground water
- Never put hazardous wastes in a river, sewer, stormwater drain into the ground
- Please don't burn plastics, rubber, aerosol containers or treated timber as this can produce toxins that can contaminate the environment.
- See here for information on how to dispose of empty agricultural chemical containers.
- To dispose of any electronic waste (e-waste) please see a list of current collectors here .
- See here for Hazardous Waste Information
If you see a hazardous substance spill or are responsible for a spill, please phone the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Pollution Hotline on 0800 738 393. Some helpful links:
