Community Recycling and Greenwaste Centres

Recycling and Greenwaste Centres

We are no longer accepting any hazardous waste at any of our Recycling Centres (except for up to 10 litres of engine oil).

Free household hazardous waste drop-off events will be held. Keep an eye on this page for more details to come.

Open days and hours for our Recycling Centres:

Athenree Recycling & Greenwaste Centre: 64 Steele Road, Athenree

Sunday - 9am to 4pm

Katikati Recycling & Greenwaste Centre and Resource Recovery Centre*: Corner Tetley/Wills Road

Thursday - 9am to 4pm
Saturday - 9am to 4pm

Ōmokoroa Greenwaste (greenwaste only): 336 Ōmokoroa Road

Wednesday - 1pm to 4pm
Saturday - 1pm to 4pm

Te Puke Recycling & Greenwaste Centre: 36 Station Road, Te Puke

Tuesday - 8am to 5pm
Thursday - 8am to 5pm
Saturday - 8am to 4pm

All Centre's closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day.

Our recycling centre rules

These rules have been put in place to keep you and our staff safe:

Wear closed shoes - broken glass cuts toes, heels and soles
No smoking or e-cigarettes
Don't bring rubbish for recycling
Do look out for the fork hoist operating
Leave your pets at home - no pets allowed onsite
Gently drop bottles in bins - glass shards fly and hurt people
Keep young children under 13 years in vehicle for their own safety
Only Eftpos transactions accepted for greenwaste - No cash held onsite
Residential service for greenwaste drop off (No commercial operators/landscapers)

What we take and don't take

Accepted items

You can take the following household quantities of 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
Aluminium and tin cans
Scrap metal including whiteware - Te Puke Only (Please note that there is a degassing fee of $35 for Fridge/Freezers/Air conditioning units etc. Eftpos payments 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 - Small household batteries & lead acid car batteries
Used motor oil (In containers up to 10 litres)
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 (#1, 2 & 5)
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
Rechargeable batteries over 5kgs (e.g. E-Bike & solar batteries)
Household rubbish and nappies
Textiles
Compostable packaging in greenwaste
Hazardous Waste
Cooking oil
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)

Effective from 1 July 2025

Bagged up to 50 litres (minimum charge)	$7.00
Bagged from 51 to 250 litres	$10.00
Bagged from 251 to 500 litres	$20.00
Loose greenwaste* charged per m3	$45.00
* Loose greenwaste charge is determined by operator measuring the load.

Please see diagram attached Important information about your greenwaste.

Disposal of Hazardous waste - Click here

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: