• Plastics with the recycle symbol or. Look for the recycle symbol on the bottom or side of plastic containers. If it has a 1 or 2 inside the recycle arrows then you can put it in the recycle bin.
• Newspaper, cardboard, magazines, junk mail, envelopes and any
  other clean paper or cardboard
• Clean tin cans such as food cans and pet food cans.
• Aluminium drink cans
• Whole glass jars and bottles. (No sharp edges please)
  
  
  

Please rinse out your recyclables

An empty cardboard box can be used to hold extra recyclables. For the safety of your collector please put glass recycling in the green bin only as cardboard boxes can collapse.

What looks like recycling but can’t be recycled?

• Mixed paper (or cardboard) products such as waxed paper, carbon paper, milk or juice
  cartons. These are paper mixed with plastics, wax or foil and are not recyclable.
• Paper or cardboard with food scraps on are not recyclable.
• Paint tins are not recyclable in your green bins. Well washed paint tins can be recycled at
  Broadlands Road and some of the District Transfer Stations.
• Aerosols are not recyclable.
• Broken glass and windows are not recyclable through your green bin.
• Crystal and ceramics are not recyclable.

Green Bin Services

• Put your recyclables at the kerb by 7:30am on your regular rubbish day.
  Taupo Collection Days Map
  Turangi Collection days Map
  
• Please label your bin with your street address
• If you move, please leave your green bin at your old address. There should be a bin at your new address
• For new residents, or for lost or stolen green bins there is no charge for a green bin
• Additional green bins, and green bins for businesses can be purchased for $10 each.

What can I recycle at Broadlands Road Resource Recovery Park?

• All the recyclables you put in your green bin
• Greenwaste ($20.00 per tonne)
• Domestic quantities of Waste Oil
• Whiteware
• Scrap Metal including well washed paint tins

• Car Batteries
• Car Bodies
• Untreated Timber (if suitable for fire wood)
• Paint
• Agricultural Chemicals
• Concrete ($10 per tonne)
• Reusable Pre-Loved Goods from August 2007

Most recycling is free but a charge may apply to some recyclable materials.

What can I recycle at the District Transfer Stations?

Turangi (Tukehu St)

• All the recyclable items you put in your green bin
• Greenwaste
• Domestic quantities of Waste Oil
• Whiteware
• Scrap Metal including well washed paint tins

• Car Batteries
• Car Bodies
• Untreated Timber (if suitable for fire wood)
• Reusable Pre-Loved Goods
• Second-hand Furniture

Mangakino (Lake Rd)

• All the recyclable items you put in your green bin
• Greenwaste
• Domestic quantities of Waste Oil
• Whiteware
• Scrap Metal including well washed paint tins
• Car Batteries
• Car Bodies

Kinloch (Whangamata Rd)

• All the recyclable items you put in your green bin
  Greenwaste

Omori (Te Puke Rd)

• All the recyclable items you put in your green bin
• Greenwaste
• Whiteware
• Reusable Pre-loved goods

Whareroa (Whareroa St)

• All the recyclable items you put in your green bin