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 2009.

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 scrap wood, suitable for a variety of purposes, is available from the transfer station throughout the year. All the wood has been recovered from the waste stream at the Waitakere Refuse & Recycling Transfer Station, 50 The Concourse, Henderson.

Green waste

• Bamboo
• Flax
• Palm
• Cabbage Tree
• Toi Toi / Cutty Grass
• General Refuse
• Tree stumps larger than 100mm in diameter
• Yucca

Cleanfill

Cleanfill includes clay, soil, bricks and small pieces of concrete.  Cleanfill is charged at $127 per tonne and $33 per ute/van/trailer (up to 260 kgs) from domestic sources and $127 per tonne from commercial sources (minimum charge $33).

Large blocks of concrete are not accepted at the Station.

Compost and mulch

19 September 2008

Sales of compost and mulch has been temporarily suspended until further notice.

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

Waitakere residents may drop off household quantities of reuseable furniture and whiteware free of charge (proof of residency required eg. telephone/power bill or rates demands, etc). 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.