Green Waste Recycling

To recycle green waste at Amberley, Cheviot and Hanmer Springs transfer stations, it must not be contaminated or contain non-acceptable materials as complying green waste is shredded and sold at Amberley transfer station.

What types of green waste are accepted for recycling at Amberley, Cheviot and Hanmer Springs transfer stations?

• Tree branches up to 100 mm thick and shorter than 2.4m
• Shrub and hedge prunings under 100 mm thickness
• Green vegetative material e.g. perennials, vegetable plants and annuals, with no soil attached

What types of green waste cannot be recycled?

The following will be charged as general waste via the transfer stations.

• Large branches (over 100mm thick or longer than 2.4 m)
• Grass cuttings and straw
• Agapanthus
• Bamboo
• Flax and flax flower stalks
• Gorse
• Whole tussock plants and grasses
• Cabbage tree leaves, palm fronds and ivy
• Weeds with roots contaminated with soil
• Soil and compost heaps
• Material mixed with baling twine or string
• Oxalis and listed noxious weeds
• Mixed loads of rubbish and garden waste
• Animal manure

Garden Mulch

The Council has currently sold out of mulch, but will update this page and provide notification on Facebook when stock is available.