Refuse Transfer Stations
Some RTS sites may close due to storm related issues.
Friday 3 February
Update on RTS sites as of 9:30am
Tairua – Open from 9.00am
Whitianga – Open from 8.30am
Thames – Open from 8.30am
Whangamata –Open from 8.30am
Coromandel – Open from 9.30am
Pauanui – Due to open at 12.30pm
Matarangi – Due to open at 12.30pm
This may be subject to change at short notice due to weather conditions and road closures. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page and this website page for the latest updates.
Our Refuse Transfer Stations don't take cash for payment, but welcome Eftpos, debit and credit cards. The move to going cashless is helping us streamline our service and keep our team members and customers safe.
Transfer Station Regular Hours & Locations
Our seven transfer stations are open to extended summer operating hours from Friday 16 December to Sunday 19 February 2023. As per our summer schedule, they will be open on the Monday public holidays of Anniversary and Waitangi weekends.
Click here(PDF, 115KB) for the summer 2022/23 Refuse Transfer Station hours or check the tables below.
Coromandel Town
525 Hauraki Road, Coromandel Town
Phone: 07 866 7616
Monday
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9:30am - 4pm |
Tuesday |
9:30am - 4pm |
Wednesday |
9:30am - 4pm |
Thursday |
9:30am - 4pm |
Friday |
9:30am - 4pm |
Saturday |
9:30am - 5pm |
Sunday |
9:30am - 5pm |
Public Holidays |
9:30am - 5pm |
Phone: 07 866 5427
Monday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Tuesday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Wednesday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Thursday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Friday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Saturday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Sunday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Public Holidays |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Pāuanui - 24/7 drop-off facility for pre-paid Council rubbish bags and recyclables
887 Hikuai Settlement Road, Pāuanui
Phone: 07 864 7949
Monday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Tuesday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Wednesday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Thursday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Friday |
12:30pm - 5:30pm |
Saturday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Sunday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Public Holidays |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Tairua - 24/7 drop-off facility for pre-paid Council rubbish bags and recyclables
3 Red Bridge Road, Tairua
Phone: 07 864 7639
Monday |
9am - 4pm |
Tuesday |
9am - 4pm |
Wednesday |
9am - 4pm |
Thursday |
9am - 4pm |
Friday |
9am - 4pm |
Saturday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Sunday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Public Holidays |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Thames
102 Burke Street, Thames
Phone: 07 868 9637
Monday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Tuesday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Wednesday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Thursday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Friday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Saturday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Sunday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Public Holidays |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Whangamatā - 24/7 drop-off facility for pre-paid Council rubbish bags and recyclables
2755 SH25 Waihi-Whangamatā, Whangamatā
Phone: 07 865 9723
Monday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Tuesday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Wednesday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Thursday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Friday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Saturday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Sunday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Public Holidays |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Whitianga
237 South Highway, Whitianga
Phone: 07 866 2954
Monday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Tuesday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Wednesday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Thursday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Friday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Saturday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Sunday |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Public Holidays |
8:30am - 5:30pm |
Materials accepted at your local RTS
In addition to ordinary household waste;
- Car Batteries
- Dry Cell Batteries
- Fluorescent Tubes/Energy Saving Bulbs
- Used Engine oils in household quantities
- LPG bottles
- Old Flares/EPIRBs
- Hazardous/chemical waste in domestic quantities, garden pesticides etc.
- Paint in household quantities
Please hand these items in at the RTS for appropriate disposal - do not place them in the general rubbish pit.
Materials not handled by your local RTS
- Clean fill, hard fill, trees, stumps etc.
- Offal, dead stock / large animals
- Bulk liquids
- Radioactive wastes
- Explosives
- PCB wastes
- Asbestos or products containing asbestos
- Fuel, more than 2 litres
- All timber lengths of 1.2 metres and over will not be accepted
- E-waste such as old computers, tablets and mobile phones. The Seagull Centre in Thames will take these for a koha to help cover the cost of recycling them
Fees and Charges
All fees and charges are inclusive of GST.
Transfer Station
(Solid Waste Fees) |
Units |
2022/2023 |
Where no weighbridge available: |
Un-compacted waste |
Per cubic metre |
$85.00 |
Compacted waste |
Per cubic metre |
$247.00 |
Green waste |
Per cubic metre |
$59.00 |
Where weighbridge available: |
Waste |
Per tonne |
$260.00 |
Green waste |
Per tonne |
$164.00 |
Unofficial refuse bags |
Per bag |
$5.00 |
Small carrier bag of rubbish |
Per bag |
$2.00 |
Designated recyclables |
Per cubic metre |
No charge |
Tyres car - without rim* |
Per tyre |
$7.50 |
Tyres car - with rim* |
Per tyre |
$12.50 |
Tyres 4X4 - without rim* |
Per tyre |
$17.50 |
Tyres 4X4 - with rim* |
Per tyre |
$22.50 |
Tyres truck - without rim* |
Per tyre |
$20.00 |
Tyres truck - with rim* |
Per tyre |
$25.00 |
Tyres tractor* |
Per tyre |
$60.00 |
LPG bottles |
Per bottle |
$6.50 |
Car bodies - stripped** |
Per car |
$25.00 |
Car bodies - unstripped |
Per car |
$75.00 |
Whiteware |
Per item |
$10.00 |
*Tyres should be left whole, not cut. We can no longer accept cut tyres as the landfill no longer takes them. |
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**Stripped car body means windows, seats and fuel tanks are removed. |
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A note about Green Waste:
Our Refuse Transfer Stations do not accept fibrous plants such as flax, cabbage trees, bamboo and similar plants, as green waste. Instead, these are considered general waste and are charged as such to dispose of.