Solid Waste
To view informaton regarding a particluar topic please click on a title in the list below:
- Kerbside Collection
- Recycling
- Waste Transfer Stations
- Waste Transfer Station Fees
- Waste Transfer Station Hours
Kerbsite Collection
Budget Waste carry out a private kerbside refuse bag collection service in the following townships:
Wednesday - Bulls, Koitiata, Turakina, Ratana and Scotts Ferry
Thursday - Hunterville and Marton
Friday - Taihape
Rangitikei Enterprises also run a collection service (bins) to the following townships:
Wednesday - Bulls, Ratana and Turakina
Thursday - Hunterville, Marton and Ohingaiti
All inquiries regarding collection of waste from roadside should be directed towards either private company:
Budget Waste Phone - 06 344 4201
Rangitikei Enterprises Phone - 06 327 83336
Recycling
NOTE: Recycling is only available at Waste Transfter Stations. Please sort carefully into the correct bin. There is no charge for recycling.
Plastic Bottles
Please note it is plastic bottles only: Grade 1 - Plastic Soft Drink Bottles and Grade 2 - Plastic Milk Bottles.
Soft drink and milk bottles are chipped, washed, melted and made into new products like car bumpers and polar fleece.
NOTE: Plastic bags, polystyrene trays or cups, ice cream, margarine, yoghurt containers or plastic film will not be accepted. This is because items are made of many different types of plastic, which are not easily recycled and cannot currently be recycled by our re-processor.
Cans and Tins
Please note it is Steel Food Tins and Aluminium Cans only.
Once aluminium is collected cans are shipped overseas for reprocessing dependent where the demand is.
NOTE: Aluminium foil or trays will not be accepted.
Paper and Cardboard
Paper and cardboard recycling is available at the Bulls and Marton Waste Transfer Stations.
Including: Newspapers, Glossy Magazines, Junk Mail, Envelopes, Writing Paper, Old Phone Books, Egg Cartons, Corrugated Cardboard and Cereal Boxes (thin cardboard).
Oil, Paint and Hazardous Waste
Oil and other household hazardous waste is only accepted in small qualities for free at the larger transfer stations in Bulls, Marton and Taihape. They must be given to a Waste Transfer Station Operator in a secure container with information regarding the contents.
Agrichemical Containers
Agrichemical plastic containers can be returned for recycling to the Marton and Taihape Waste Transfer Stations. These containers must be triple rinsed. The containers will be recycled into culvert pipes.
Car Batteries and Empty Gas Bottles
These are accepted free of charge at the transfer stations.
Scrap Metal Recycling
Bins are available in Bulls and Marton for scrap metal items. Large items not easily handled should be discussed with Scrap Metal dealers who may be able to pick up items.
Contact Strong Metal Recycling phone 06 354 2974
NOTE: Glass recycling is not currently available in the Rangitikei District.
Waste Transfer Stations
What can be disposed of at the Waste Transfer Stations?
Typical household refuse, garden vegetation and old appliances and furniture
NOTE: All waste must be in manageable pieces
Fridge De-gassing
Fridges and freezers must be first de-gassed before being disposed of at the Waste Transfer Station. This is to recover the ozone depleting gases contained within the cooling systems of fridges and freezers. Leader and Watt or other applicance stores can de-gas fridges and freezers.
Car Bodies
Car bodies are not accepted at the Waste Transfer Station unless they are broken down into small manageable pieces (i.e.: can be lifted by one person).
Vehicles can be offered to a car dismantler/wreckers yard or stripped vehicles can be disposed of at sites out of the district (e.g.: Feilding Site - phone Manawatu District Council 06 323 0000).
Food Scraps
All domestic food scraps are to be suitably wrapped. Special requirements may apply to smelly loads or commericial food waste.
Landfill Access
Bonny Glen Landfill is owned by Midwest Disposals Ltd. Public access is not available. Enquiries regarding large trucks and special loads phone 06 357 8379.
Waste Transfer Station Fees*
| Load Size | Fee |
| Recycling | No charge |
| Oil and hazardous waste up to 20 L/kg | No charge |
| Bag | $1.60 |
| Wheelie Bin/44 Gallon Drum | $14.00 |
| Car boot load | $23.00 |
| Van/Utility | $23.00 |
| Small Trailer (deck up to 1.8m long) | $23.00 |
| Medium Trailer (deck up to 2.4m long) | $30.00 |
| Large Trailer (deck up to 3.0m long) | $45.00 |
| Overloads (loads greater than 1.5m in height) | Plus $9.00 on above |
| Oversize (deck over 3.0m long) | $90.00 |
| Overloads (loads less than 1.5m in height) | Plus $30.00 on above |
| Trucks - waste charges (per tonne) | $95.00 |
| Tyre Disposal - Car | $6.00 |
| Tyre Disposal - Truck | $18.00 |
| Tyre Disposal - Tractor | $24.00 |
| Whiteware (including washing machines, fridges, dryers) | $17.00 |
| E-Ware (Including computers, hard-drives, TVs) | $12.00 |
*Fees updated 1 July 2009
Waste Transfer Station Hours
| Monday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Saturday | 8:00am to 3:00pm |
| Sunday | 8:00am to 3:00pm |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 2:00pm to 4:00pm |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 2:00pm to 5:00pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Tuesday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Wednesday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Thursday | 7:30am to 2:30pm |
| Friday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Saturday | 8:00am to 3:00pm |
| Sunday | 8:00am to 3:00pm |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 2:30pm to 4:30pm |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 9:00am to 12:00pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | 7:30am to 11:30am |
| Saturday | 8:00am to 3:00pm |
| Sunday | 8:00am to 3:00pm |
