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Rubbish & Recycling Education

Wairoa District Council provides for waste management through a variety of facilities and services. Council is committed to promoting responsible waste management solutions for the district and is keen to work with groups or individuals to improve their waste management.

Council staff or contractors are happy to talk to schools, community groups, marae or individuals about ways to reduce the amount of waste being produced and better ways to deal with what is produced.

Refuse Collection

Refuse collections are a user pays service provided by the Wairoa District Council's Waste Management Contractor Smart Environmental (0800 424 990).

Where can I buy Official Refuse Bags?

Official refuse bags are available from the following locations:

Wairoa

• Wairoa District Council
• New World Supermarket
• Mahia Avenue Dairy
• McLean Street Dairy
• Riverview Dairy

Mahia

• Mahia Beach Store
• Mahia Service Station (Opoutama)

Domestic rubbish collections Routes

• SH2 from Waihua to Kotemaori Settlement Road
• SH2 from Wairoa to Morere. The collection point stops at Tunanui Road, Morere
• Tiniroto Road from Frasertown through to Te Reinga and Ruakituri Road
• SH38 from Frasertown to Waihi Road

Please note that any households living off the State Highway may bring their refuse to the State Highway for pick-up.

Tuai Refuse Collection

Collection managed by Ruapani ki Waikaremoana Trust T/A Waikaremoana Contracting.

06 837 3876

info@lakelodge.co.nz

Collection takes place every Thursday Morning - we encourage everyone to recycle and to minimise their residual waste.

Green Waste: By Special Arrangement (contact us on one of the numbers above)

Whiteware: By Special Arrangement (contact us on one of the numbers above).

Raupunga/Mohaka/Kotemaori Refuse Collection

Collection managed by Waipapa Recycling.

Nathan, +64 27 6600 093

Refuse Collection days

• From Wairoa to Mahia (but not including Wairoa), including Nuhaka and Māhanga - collections will be weekly on Mondays.
• Wairoa township collection is done on Tuesdays.
• From Frasertown to Waihi Road (and including Frasertown) - collections will be weekly on Thursdays.
• From Frasertown to Ruakituri (but not including Frasertown), including Te Reinga - collections will be weekly on Thursdays.
• From Waihua to Kotemaori Settlement Rd, including Mohaka and Raupunga, collections will be weekly on Fridays.
• Tuai Village including Onepoto village, Waimako papakainga, Tu Kuha papakainga, Piripaua village, SH38 (from Onepoto to Pakowhai Bridge) on Thursdays from 8.30am.

Recycling

The kerbside recycling collection for the Wairoa Urban area & Frasertown takes place weekly on Wednesdays.

Please ensure recycling doesn't weigh more than 12kg per bin. Recycling has to be in an official Council recycling bin. There are two official Council recycling bins, the old 60l bin and the new 45l bin. A maximum of 2 recycling bins will be picked up from each household.

Recycling in the rural areas is on the first and third Sunday of each month and at the following locations:

• Kotemaori – Kotemaori Hall 10.00am-11.30am
• Raupunga – Former fire station 12.00pm–2.00pm
• Mohaka – Old pub site 2.30–4.30pm
• Ruakituri – Opposite school 3.30pm-3.45pm (2nd Sunday of the month only)
• Te Reinga – Opposite school 4.00pm-4.15pm (2nd Sunday of the month only)
• Nuhaka – QRS metal yard 12.00pm-02.00pm
• Mahia – 376 Kaiwaitau Rd 09.00am-11.30am.
• Tuai - Kokako Rd (intersection with SH38) & Piripaua Rd (Piripaua Power Station intersection with SH38) from 8.30am(every Friday)

RECYCLING IS FREE FOR DOMESTIC USERS

We accept the following:

• CANS - Rinsed aluminium & steel cans
• GLASS - Clean bottles & jars (remove the lids & rinse, no window glass, lightbulbs, glassware or mirrors)
• PAPER - Newspaper, magazines, junk mail, all other clean paper
• CARDBOARD - Flatten all boxes (not milk cartons, drink cartons or tetrapaks)
• PLASTICS - Types 1-7 rigid containers, including clear plastic meat trays (Not Accepted: supermarket shopping bags, bread bags, Polysterene (including black meat trays), no bags, wrap or film)

Commercial customers please contact Smart Environmental to discuss your requirements (0800 424 990).

Wairoa Landfill & Recycling Centre

The Wairoa Landfill is located on Fraser Street and is managed by Smart Environmental.

(06) 838 8456 or 0800 424 990

• Eftpos is available at the Wairoa Landfill.

Landfill hours

• Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday 8am to 2pm
• Except ANZAC Day - open from 1pm to 5pm
• Closed 25/26 December, 1 January, 2 January, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.