Resource Recovery Centre

Located at 81 Maria Place, the Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre is a one-stop shop for recycling drop-offs, green waste, and waste minimisation.

For general recycling, the front of the centre is open 24/7 and accepts plastics 1, 2 and 5, paper and cardboard, and glass bottles and jars.

The interior part of the centre – where you can drop off green waste (for a fee) and recycle certain items including household batteries, soft plastics, e-waste and whiteware – is open 9.00am - 4.30pm.

You can now recycle up to five tyres and plasticised food and beverage cartons (like soy milk cartons) for free at the Resource Recovery Centre, along with polystyrene (white only) at a small cost. View the polystyrene guidelines here(PDF, 153KB)

For more information, view the dropdowns below.

Items that can be recycled at the centre for free

plastics 1, 2 and 5 (must be clean)
plasticised food and beverage cartons (like soy milk containers) - please cut open and rinse (you can leave the lids on). Check out the visual explainer here
soft plastics
tins and cans
glass bottles and jars
car batteries
household batteries
used toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes
clothing (in the Savemart clothing bin)
tyres (up to five motorised vehicle tyres per person for free, thanks to the Tyrewise product stewardship)

Price list for drop-offs

Type of material	Measure	Cost
Greenwaste	Car boot	$10
	Small garden bag (pensioners only)	$5
	Wool sack/fadge	$8
	Ute (tray)	from $15
	Small trailer (level load)	from $20
	Small trailer (caged)	from $30
	Large trailer (level load)	from $30
	Large trailer (caged)	from $40
Polystyrene (white only)	Per 100g	50c
Whiteware	Fridge or freezer	$15
	Oven, dryer or washing machine	$10
E-waste	Small appliances (microwave, kettle, laptop etc.)	$5
	Larger appliances (desktop computer, monitor, TV etc.)	$10
Child car seat	Per car seat (clean, no polystyrene)	$5
Waster motor oil	Each litre of oil	50c
Rubbish bags	Standard rubbish bag	$5
	Large rubbish bag	$8

Common items that cannot be recycled at the centre

agricultural chemicals
bubble wrap
cameras
concrete
cooking oil
crop protection netting
farm silage wrap
furniture
garden chemicals
garden spray containers
irrigation pipe
mobile phones
paint
rubber
toys
treated timber
window glass

For more information on where to recycle/dispose of the items above, check out our handy Can I recycle it? search tool.

Recycling education

The Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre has a recycling classroom on site and can offer tours of the recycling facilities for school students showing what happens to our recycling and talking about ways we can reduce the waste sent to landfill.

Book a trailer

The centre has a recycling trailer available for events that can be booked. Make a booking here

Image of recycling trailer

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