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

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.

Note:

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.