The following can be recycled via Hurunui's transfer stations; items not listed must be treated as waste. Sorting of recycling prior to arrival at the transfer stations is encouraged.
- Newspapers, magazines, brochures, catalogues, leaflets, pamphlets, office paper and telephone directories.
- Cardboard - flattened and clean.
- Clean food and drink tins and cans - make sure not to squash them.
- Clean plastic bottles, trays and containers - larger than a yogurt pot and smaller than 4 litres, these are:
- Number 1 plastics - soft drink, juice and water bottles with no lids
- Number 2 plastics - milk bottles, bathroom and laundry product bottles with no lids.
- Number 5 plastics - yoghurt, margarine and ice cream tubs with no lids.
- Scrap metal and whiteware - excludes bundles of wire.
- Vehicle and fencing batteries - excludes EV batteries.
- Hazardous Waste details the types of hazardous waste accepted by individual transfer station.
- Clothing - Amberley transfer station.
- Cleanfill - Amberley transfer station.
- Green (garden) waste.- Amberley, Cheviot and Hanmer Springs transfer stations.
- Electronic waste.
- Toner cartridge's and drums.
- Child car seats.
- Aluminum coffee pods - Amberley and Hanmer Springs transfer station weighbridge offices.
- Aluminum wine bottle lids.
- Empty and triple rinsed agricultural chemical containers via Agrecovery at Culverden, Cheviot and Waiau transfer stations. PGG in Amberley and Farm Source in Culverden also provide drop off points..
- LDPE bags from participating brands via Agrecovery at the Amberley transfer station. Farmlands and PGG in Amberley, PGG in Cheviot and Farm source and Farmlands in Culverden also provide drop off points.
Please remember
- Amberley and Hanmer Springs transfer stations - cans and tins, plastic numbers 1, 2 and 5, paper and cardboard must be clean and loose when put in the recycling containers.
- Cheviot, Culverden and Waiau transfer stations - cardboard must be flat and tied in bundles not exceeding 7kgs.
- A number of other recycling schemes are available to help increase diversion from landfill..
