Waitakere
Refuse and
Recycling Transfer Station
The Transfer Station
receives and processes waste, separating it into categories (glass, plastic, metal, wood,
green waste etc.) and items of value are recovered. This helps to minimise the waste sent to the Redvale landfill to be buried.
The transfer station accepts most forms of waste including general rubbish, green waste, building materials, and recyclable materials.
Location
Waitakere Refuse and Recycling Transfer Station
50 The Concourse
Henderson
Only 800 metres from the Lincoln Rd off ramp on the North
Western Motorway.

Opening hours
For customer enquiries
contact
us.
Monday to Friday
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5 am to 8 pm - last load let
through at 7.45 pm |
Saturday
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8 am to 5 pm - last load let
through at 4.45 pm |
Sunday
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8 am to 4 pm - last load let
through at 3.45 pm |
Public Holidays
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see below |
Note: All customers must be on site at least 15 minutes before
closing, to allow time for unloading.
The times for viewing abandoned vehicles
are Monday to Friday 9 am to 4 pm, however, a member of staff must accompany anyone in the
vehicle storage area. Contact us to arrange for a person to meet you to view the vehicles.

Public Holidays
The Refuse Transfer Station is closed on:
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- ANZAC Day - 25 April
- Christmas Day - 25 December
- New Year's Day - 1 January
It is open on all other public holidays from 9 am until 3 pm.

Costs for depositing refuse
Prices effective from 1 July 2007.
| Type of Waste |
Origin |
Disposal Charge
(GST incl) |
PER |
| Bag rubbish |
Domestic |
$4 |
Bag
(max. 2 bags) |
| Refuse |
Domestic |
$20 |
Car boot
(max. 100kg) |
| Refuse |
Domestic |
$28 |
SUV/station wagons
(max. 400kg) |
| Refuse |
Domestic |
$37 |
Trailer/ute/van
(max. 400kg) |
| Refuse |
Domestic |
$90 |
Tonne
(min. $45 charges apply) |
| Refuse |
Commercial |
$110 |
Tonne
(min. $45 charges apply) |
| Green waste * |
Domestic |
$12 |
Car boot
(max.100kg) |
| Green waste * |
Domestic |
$20 |
SUV/station wagon
(max. 400kg) |
| Green waste * |
Domestic
|
$30 |
Trailer/ute/van
(max. 400kg) |
| Green waste * |
Domestic |
$75 |
Tonne
(min. $30 charges apply) |
| Green waste * |
Commercial |
$75 |
Tonne
(min. $30 charges apply) |
| Clean fill |
Domestic |
$28 |
SUV /station wagon
(max. 400kg) |
| Clean fill |
Domestic |
$90 |
Tonne
(min. $45 charges apply) |
| Clean fill |
Commercial |
$110 |
Tonne
(min. $45 charges apply) |
| Tyres |
Visit
www.tyretrack.co.nz |
$3-$45 |
Car - tractor tyre |
| Polystyrene |
Commercial |
$1000 |
Tonne
(min. $45 charges apply) |
| Gas Cylinder |
LPG/BBQ |
$5 |
Each (up to 9kgs) |
| Gas Cylinder |
Automotive |
$12 |
Each (large) |
| Car Bodies *** |
- |
$0-$32 |
Shell - whole car |
Note:
| * |
Not all garden or green waste is compostable - see
What can be taken to the Station? for exceptions. |
| ** |
Commercial rates subject to change
between February and April (inclusive) by monthly
notice. |
| *** |
Vehicles with rubbish will incur
additional charges. |
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SUV = Sports Utility Vehicle |
Methods of payment
You may pay by:
- cash
- credit card (excluding American Express or Diners Card)
- EFT-POS
- Cheques (By prior arrangement only. Will be
subject to telecheck approval and must be accompanied
with i.d. Please
contact us for more information)
Credit applications
You may apply for an account with the Refuse Transfer
Station. Contact us
to obtain a form or pick one up from the weighbridge.
Non-conforming waste
Non-conforming waste includes (but is not limited to)
waste which has:
- Offensive Odour: Waste that emits a particularly strong and/or offensive odour, including rotting or partially decomposed waste, food, offal, chicken feathers, vegetation.
- Dust and Airborne Particles: This can include sawdust, powders, masonry, filings or sandings or any waste that creates, or
is likely to create airborne dust or particles.
- Difficult Handling: Any waste that presents handling difficulties such as polystyrene, unravelled tape, string, rope, plastic film in quantities that cause, or likely to cause additional handling or machine malfunction.
Non-conforming waste types may be subject to rejection from site or an
appropriate handling fee charged per instance.
Free Wood
Free firewood is available from the Station throughout
the year. In addition, wood suitable for building
sheds, playhouses etc is also available throughout the year
at no charge. All the wood has been recovered from the
waste stream at the transfer station.
Green waste
Green waste is accepted for composting. The process is an in-vessel composting process using Vertical Composting Units (VCU).
The process cannot accept the following:
- Bamboo
- Flax
- Palm
- Cabbage Tree
- Toi Toi / Cutty Grass
- General Refuse
- Tree stumps larger than 100mm in diameter
- Yucca
For more information on the process visit the VCU
Technology web site on
www.vcutechnology.com.
Cleanfill
Cleanfill includes clay, soil, bricks and small pieces of
concrete. Cleanfill is charged at $90 per tonne and
$37 per ute/van/trailer (up to 400 kgs) from domestic
sources and $110 per tonne from commercial sources (minimum
charge $45).
Large blocks of concrete are not accepted at the Station.
Compost and mulch
The production of compost/mulch from green waste taken to the Refuse
and Recycling Station is contracted to Perry Waste Services.
The product is a "stabilised mulch" - mulch which has gone through the initial composting process, but has not yet turned to compost.
It is stabilised in the sense that it will no longer generate heat.
The mulch can be purchased from:
- Perrys Environmental at Gate 3 at the transfer
station (50 The Concourse)
Phone (09) 836 5560 for prices.

Public use of the weighbridge
The weighbridge can be used to weigh a car or boat etc. The charge is
$10.

Disposal of reuseable furniture
and whiteware
Residents may drop off reuseable furniture and whiteware
free of charge. The following conditions apply:
- The furniture must be brought in a
reusable condition ie. not in need of repair, infected
with borer, etc.
- The furniture and/or whiteware must be brought in
separately from other rubbish
- Furniture must be clean and dry
- Items not accepted by transfer station staff must be
removed by resident or a disposal fee will be charged.
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