Find your nearest recycling centre or transfer station and check their opening hours.
Please only drop off your recycling during opening hours. We don't want it blowing around. All plastic, metal and glass needs to be thoroughly washed in hot water.
Bring your recycling and e-waste here, including batteries from handheld devices and lead-acid batteries (mostly from cars and some power tools). This facility also accepts Tetra Pak and other liquid paperboard packaging, and household quantities of motor oil, cooking oil and polystyrene packaging. You can also recycle children's car seats here, and buy bags of compost – as well as compost bins so you can make your own at home.
545-573 Ferguson Street
Standard hours:
Payment: Cash, Eftpos or Paywave
Visit the Rubbish and recycling fees and charges page for more details.
Bring your recycling and green waste here, and buy compost and mulch. Tyre recycling is available. We accept untreated wood. The fee is $45/T.
General waste not accepted.
Address: Tip Road, Palmerston North
Bring your recycling, green waste and general rubbish here.
Address: Mulgrave Street
Palmerston North has one refuse transfer station for general rubbish, which is privately owned and operated by Enviro NZ. There is a fee to use this service, however rubbish in Palmerston North City Council rubbish bags will be accepted for free.
31 Matthews Ave
For hours and pricing, please see the Enviro NZ website.
Never dump rubbish at our drop off points. We have CCTV cameras in place, and you will risk a $400 illegal dumping fine. Take your rubbish to the Enviro NZ Transfer Station instead.