Mobile Recycling Service

We are committed to helping our rural community with their waste minimisation efforts and we’re starting by making it easier to recycle. We’re launching a new mobile recycling service that goes to rural communities, who don’t have access to kerbside recycling.
The service sees two recycling trailers travel between Pongakawa, Te Ranga and Omanawa. They stay in one location on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm when you can drop off recyclables, and they’ll return in a fortnight.
At the end of the session the trailer and contents are removed for consolidation at our recycling centres, ready for its next scheduled outing. It’s free for anyone to drop off their recycling.
Our mobile recycling trailers have a fortnightly roster each Saturday at the following times and locations.
Week 1, starting Saturday 1 April from 9am - 12pm:
Week 2, starting Saturday 8 April from 10am - 12pm:
New roster reminders
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The Antenno app will also notify you if the next session has been cancelled for any reason.
Download an information brochure here.
You’ll be able to recycle:
There will be a Council team member on site at all times to answer questions and help you sort your recycling.
The trailers have a limited capacity, so we can only accept kerbside amounts of recycling, this service is not intended for commercial use, stockpiled or large items like fridge boxes.
Why are we doing this?
We are committed to helping our rural community with their waste minimisation efforts. This service will primarily serve the rural residents who don’t qualify for kerbside collection services, and have to travel a long way to get to a recycling Facility.
We know that people want to do the right thing, but we needed to provide them with an easier option for recycling. So we agreed to explore alternative recycling options for our rural communities through the Long Term Plan 2021-31.
This model for a mobile recycling service is also used at another District Council in Central Hawkes Bay.
Naming competition
Council celebrated the launch of the new mobile recycling service by running a competition to name the two mobile units. Competition winners, Sustainabox and Recyclosaurus Rex, will be proudly displayed on the trailers.
The service will see two recycling trailers travel between rural locations in the District. They will stay in one location for a short period of time (eg. 9am to 1pm) when you can drop off recyclables, and they’ll return on a regular basis. At the end of the session the trailer and contents will be removed for consolidation at our recycling centres, ready for its next scheduled outing.
There will be a Council team member on site at all times to answer questions and help you sort your recycling.
The trailers have a limited capacity, so we can only accept household amount of recycling, this service is not intended for commercial use or for large items like fridge boxes.
The service will primarily serve rural residents who don’t qualify for kerbside collection services, and have to travel a long way to get to a recycling facility. The mobile recycling trailers could be used in the community at events or over busy holiday periods.
The mobile recycling units, are custom built trailers that have been funded by Council through the Waste Minimisation Fund, with support from the Glass Packaging Forum.
There’s no cost to drop off your recycling.
Council agreed to explore alternative recycling options for our rural communities through the Long Term Plan 2021-31.
This model for a mobile recycling service that is supervised by Council team members, has been successfully used at other Council’s such Central Hawkes Bay District Council.
Council set a schedule based on community feedback received though this survey and availability of sites. The schedule will be set and reviewed as necessary.
The mobile recycling trailers could be used in the community at events or over busy holiday periods.
Rural recycling drop off sites on, or next to a State Highway have been ruled out due to safety concerns.
A Council team member will stay with the mobile recycling units at all times. They will be available to help people sort their recycling correctly and ensure that the trailer isn’t contaminated with unrecyclable items.