​Our Community Recycling Centres in Snells Beach and Wellsford accept a wide range of materials, including recyclables that can be re-manufactured or re-purposed sustainably, good quality items for re-use, general waste and green waste.  Our Wellsford site only accepts select recyclables - click through to the page to see what you can bring in.  We can only accept recycling waste from residential and small business customers.  ​Vehicles over four tonnes are not permitted.  We cannot accept hazardous waste, clean or hard fill.  

Recyclables we currently accept:

• cardboard and paper
• clean glass bottles and jars (please sort by colour)
• tin and aluminium cans (food grade)
• single use plastic containers (#1, #2 & and large #5) from the kitchen, laundry and bathroom (empty and rinsed)
• metal and whiteware appliances
• timber
• beds
• tyres​
• scrap metal
  
• ​household batteries (alkaline and lithium)
  

• e-waste (anything with a cord, motor, or electrical parts)
• clean polystyrene
• car and truck batteries
• fluorescent tubes and bulbs​
• silage wrap
• soft plastics
• Liquid Paper Board / Tetra Pak / food + beverage cartons
• food scraps (no compostable bin liners)
• tyres
  

We do NOT accept:

• any asbestos containing materials or other hazardous waste (paint, chemicals, oil etc)
• clean fill, hard fill, clay, topsoil etc
• fibre cement board that may contain asbestos​
• old gas bottles and fire extinguishers
• damaged, leaking or bulging batteries
• odorous waste or animal remains

If you are unsure about an item(s) you want to dispose of, please email or call us on 09 945 3980 with a description before coming to site so we can advise you.

Our prices are based on volume, not weight. Prices are the same at both sites. Please sort your loads by product type and compact well to get the best value for money.