GOOD NEWS! We are now accepting #5 plastics!

Where you can Recycle in Dargaville

You can take your Recyclables to the Dargaville Transfer Station, sort into the different categories yourself, for $2.50 or $12 commercial.  Please remember all recycling needs to be thoroughly rinsed before being recycled

Phone: 094390425
Address: 199 Awakino Road, Dargaville

transfer@kaipararefuse.co.nz

OPENING HOURS:                       

Tuesday - Friday     9am - 4pm                        

Saturday Only 10am - 4pm

Closed Sunday Monday and Public Holidays (Christmas/New Year period hours below)


Where you can Recycle in Ruawai

You can take your Recyclables to the Kaipara Refuse Depot, sort into the different categories yourself, for $4, OR $12 for Commercial.  Please remember all recycling needs to be thoroughly rinsed before being recycled

Phone: 094392146
Address: 7-9 Porritt Street, Ruawai

kaipararefuse@xtra.co.nz

OPENING HOURS:
Wednesdays Only
9am - 3pm


What you can recycle

If your plastics DO NOT have a #1 (clear only), 2 or 5 on the bottom, unfortunately we don’t accept it.  We CAN NOT accept #3, 4, 6, 7 and it is classed as rubbish


ALL RECYCLING NEEDS TO BE RINSED AND CLEAN!!!!!!!!

PAPERMagazines, biscuit boxes, cereal boxes
CARDBOARDBeer Boxes, Coke Boxes.  The easiest way to tell if it is cardboard or paper is “if it goes in the fridge and doesn’t go soggy it is cardboard”
#2 PLASTICS
COLOURED WHITE MILK BOTTLES ONLYOnly the  White Milk Bottles NOT cream bottles
CLEAR MILK BOTTLES ONLYClear Milk Bottles 
AEROSOL CANS
#5 PLASTICice cream containers, yoghurt containers etc
CLEAR PLASTIC #1Clear Plastic with a #1 eg Coke Bottles, clear water bottles, Fanta Bottles
ALLUMINIUM CANIt is an Aluminium can if you can crush it with your hand eg coke or lemonade can etc
TIN CANTin eg spaghetti, baked beans, coffee tins, milk formula tins
BROWN GLASSBrown bottles
GREEN GLASSGreen Bottles, Blue Bottles
CLEAR GLASSClear Bottles, Clear Jars

Things that are NOT Recyclable and go in the rubbish: 

  • Plastic Buckets                         

  • Polystyrene            

  • Calf Meal Bags

  • Window Envelopes           

  • Soiled Paper Towels                           

  • Takeaway Coffee Cups   

  • Toilet Seats

  • Meat Trays, bakery containers, vege containers

  • Tetra Pac eg Just Juice Cartons, Milk Cartons                                      

  • Coated Paper eg the wrapping of photo copy paper. 

  • Magazines are fine and go in paper

  • 20 Litre plastic Spray or detergent containers

  • No Mirrors or Window glass     

  • #3, 4, 6, 7 Plastics