A to Z recycling and disposal guide

Northland Regional Council operates a free hazardous waste collection day at Re:Sort on Kioreroa Road on scheduled collection days.

The collection days are for domestic hazardous waste, in household quantities only. Quantities should be no more than 20 litres or 20kgs at one time.

2024 / 2025 hazardous waste collection dates

(Between 8:00am and 12:00pm noon)

• 16 July 2024
• 17 September 2024
• 19 November 2024
• 21 January 2025
• 18 March 2025
• 20 May 2025

What products are classed as hazardous?

A product is considered hazardous, and must be disposed of as such, if it is:

• flammable
• toxic
• explosive
• corrosive
• radioactive.

Household hazardous waste includes small quantities of:

• pool chemicals
• disinfectants
• drain cleaners
• acids
• garden sprays and
• insect baits.

For more information on what you can and cannot get rid of, please follow the link below.

Household hazardous waste disposal (nrc.govt.nz) 

See also:  

• Batteries
• Paint and paint pots
• Lightbulbs
• Waste oil

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Cleaning wipes or paper towels 

Put these items into your rubbish bag or wheelie bin.  These include wipes, baby wipes and paper or paper towels used for cleaning.

Cleaning sprays and liquids

Household hazardous waste can be dropped at Re:Sort on Kioreroa Road from 8:00am to 12:00pm noon on scheduled amnesty days.

Household hazardous waste includes small quantities of substances such as cleaning products, garden chemicals, sprays, powders and pool chemicals. 

Quantities should be no more than 20 litres or 20kg at one time. 

Household hazardous waste (nrc.govt.nz)

See also:  Household hazardous waste

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Household hazardous waste can be dropped at Re:Sort at 201 Kioreroa Road from 8:00am – 12:00pm on scheduled amnesty days.

Household hazardous waste includes small quantities of substances such as garden chemicals, sprays, powders, cleaning products and pool chemicals. 

Household hazardous waste disposal (nrc.govt.nz)

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You can arrange to have your old or unwanted agrichemicals collected through Agrecovery.

Chemical disposal - Agrecovery Rural Recycling Programme (agrecovery.co.nz)

Please check the Northland Regional Council's website for information about household hazardous waste and scheduled amnesty dates.  

Household hazardous waste (nrc.govt.nz)

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Waste oil, such as motor oil, can be dropped off for free at Re:Sort, 201 Kioreroa Road in domestic quantities (max 20 litres at a time).

The waste oil drop-off point is next to the recycling wall.

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Residential only - not for commercial

Unwanted paint and paint packaging can be returned to designated Resene ColorShops as part of the Resene PaintWise programme. 

You can read more information on the below website included what is accepted, what isn't accepted, maximum pack sizes and returns.  

PaintWise - Resene (resene.co.nz)

Paint cans can go back to the Wattyl Paint Centre, 136 Cameron Street, Whangārei. 

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Please wrap all broken glass.  These are a safety hazard for collectors.

Put into your rubbish bag or wheelie bin. This is not suitable for recycling.

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Please wrap all broken glass.  These are a safety hazard for collectors.

Put into your rubbish bag or wheelie bin. This is not suitable for recycling.

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broken glass, window, glass, mirror

Please wrap all broken glass.  These are a safety hazard for our collectors.

Put into your rubbish bag or wheelie bin. This is not suitable for recycling.

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Remove lids and rinse the jar or bottle.

Put clean and unbroken jars or bottles into blue glass recycling bin or drop off at any transfer station for free.

Put all lids into your rubbish bag or wheelie bin.

Broken

Please wrap all broken glass.  These are a safety hazard for our collectors.

Put into your rubbish bag or wheelie bin. This is not suitable for recycling.

Re-purpose

Use glass jars for storage of other food items or for holding small household items.  

With a little decoration, you can make home-made gifts, flower vases, candle holders or planters.    

Glass is recycled in a plant at Auckland. The glass is then mixed with other raw materials and fed into a furnace where it is melted down to make bottles and jars.

See also: 

Jar tops and lids

Bottle caps

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Broken bulbs

Please wrap all broken bulbs.  These are a safety hazard for our collectors.

Put into your rubbish bag or wheelie bin. This is not suitable for recycling.

Intact bulbs

You can recycle your old household bulbs at Mitre 10 stores who send them to a recycler.

Mitre 10 Lightbulb recycle (mitre10.co.nz)

Fluorescent tubes

Fluorescent tube lightbulbs can be dropped off at ReSort or J.A. Russell Ltd for a small fee:

Whangārei Re:Sort (northlandwaste.co.nz) 

J.A. Russell Ltd (jarussell.co.nz) 

Opt for energy efficient

Next time you have to change a lightbulb, opt for a more energy efficient bulb like LED.

Bunnings Warehouse has more information about choosing the right energy efficient bulb for you.

How to choose energy saving light-bulbs (bunnings.co.nz)

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