Community Recycling and Greenwaste Centres
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
- 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:
