Refuse Transfer Stations
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 and Locations
Extended summer operating hours for our seven transfer stations have now finished. We are now operating to our non-summer hours.
Click here(PDF, 51KB) to download the non-summer 2023 Refuse Transfer Station hours or check the tables below.
Coromandel Town
Phone: 07 866 7616
Note: From 13-26 March we have arranged with our contractor to extend the operating hours of the Coromandel Town Refuse Transfer Station (RTS) due to roading damage, should customers wish to take the material to the RTS in this period. The Coromandel RTS will be open daily for the next fortnight from Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm, and Saturday and Sunday will be usual operating hours 9.30am – 4pm.
Monday
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CLOSED |
| Tuesday |
CLOSED |
| Wednesday |
9:30am - 3pm |
| Thursday |
CLOSED |
| Friday |
9:30am - 3pm |
| Saturday |
9:30am - 4pm |
| Sunday |
9:30am - 4pm |
| Public Holidays |
9:30am - 4pm |
Matarangi
24/7 drop-off facility for pre-paid Council rubbish bags and recyclables
Phone: 07 866 5427
| Monday |
1:30pm - 5:30pm |
| Tuesday |
CLOSED |
| Wednesday |
CLOSED |
| Thursday |
1:30pm - 5:30pm |
| Friday |
CLOSED |
| Saturday |
10:00am - 5:30pm |
| Sunday |
10:00am - 5:30pm |
| Public Holidays |
10:00am - 5:30pm |
Pauanui
24/7 drop-off facility for pre-paid Council rubbish bags and recyclables
887 Hikuai Settlement Road, Pāuanui
Phone: 07 864 7949
| Monday |
CLOSED |
| Tuesday |
1:30pm - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday |
CLOSED |
| Thursday |
CLOSED |
| Friday |
1:30pm - 5:30pm |
| Saturday |
10:00am - 5:30pm |
| Sunday |
10:00am - 5:30pm |
| Public Holidays |
10:00am - 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 |
10:00am - 5:30pm |
| Sunday |
10:00am - 5:30pm |
| Public Holidays |
10:00am - 5:30pm |
Thames
102 Burke Street, Thames
Phone: 07 868 9637
| Monday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Tuesday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Wednesday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Thursday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Friday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Saturday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Sunday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Public Holidays |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Whangamatā
Whangamatā - 24/7 drop-off facility for pre-paid Council rubbish bags and recyclables
The site will be open from 8.30am to 5.30pm over the six-day Beach Hop festival period from Wednesday 22 March to Monday 27 March because of the cancellation of Kerbside recycling collections over the last two weeks of March. Find out more about this service change on our Kerbside page.
2755 SH25 Waihi-Whangamatā, Whangamatā
Phone: 07 865 9723
| Monday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Tuesday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Wednesday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Thursday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Friday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Saturday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Sunday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Public Holidays |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Whitianga
237 South Highway, Whitianga
Phone: 07 866 2954
| Monday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Tuesday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Wednesday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Thursday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Friday |
8:30am - 2:30pm |
| Saturday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Sunday |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
| Public Holidays |
10:30am - 5:30pm |
Materials accepted at your local RTS
In addition to ordinary household waste, the following items are also accepted in household quantities;
- Car Batteries
- Dry Cell Batteries
- Fire Extinguishers
- Fluorescent Tubes/Energy Saving Bulbs
- Used Engine oils
- LPG bottles
- Old Flares/EPIRBs
- Hazardous/chemical waste in domestic quantities, garden pesticides etc.
- Paint
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
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.