Hauraki District Council | What Items can be Recycled?

What goes in the wheelie bin?

The wheelie bins are only to be used for:

• clean plastic, grades 1 and 2 only
• clean tins/cans
• paper and cardboard

What are plastic grades 1 and 2?

Drink and sports bottles, water bottles, milk bottles, cleaning products and personal care bottles (shampoo, conditioner and body wash).

All of these must have their lids removed and be rinsed clean – if you can’t get the lid off to rinse the bottle clean, don’t recycle it.

Did you know? Bottle lids can't go in the recycling as they fall through the gaps on the recycling sorting centre's converyor belt and cause blockages

What cannot be recycled in your wheelie bin?

x automotive parts
x batteries 
x bottle lids
x bubble wrap 
x ceramics 
x coffee capsules/pods
x crockery 
x disposal coffee cups 
x disposable face masks
x disposable gloves 
x disposable nappies
x electrical goods See Waihi E-Waste Depot
x engine oil bottles 
x food waste 
x garden waste 
x hot ashes 
x liquids
x oven ware
x paint or chemicals
x pizza boxes (has food contamination)
x plastics 3-7
x porcelain 
x polystyrene
x rubbish 
x takeaway cups
x tetra paks (e.g. milk, juice, ready-made custard containers) 
x tin foil 
x yoghurt containers

What goes in the blue crate?

The blue crates are to be used for:

• Glass only - empty and clean glass bottles and jars (clear, amber, blue and green).

What if I have too much glass for my crate?

Our contractors will accept extra glass bottles but they must be in an official blue crate. These are available for $15 dollars at any of our offices. Alternatively, our refuse transfer stations all accept recycling at no charge.

What cannot go in the crate?

x broken glass
x light bulbs
x fluorescent tubes
x pyrex dishes and ovenware
x china and crockery – cups, saucers, plates –
x drinking glasses
x window glass
x opal glass
x glass bricks
x medical and laboratory glass containers
x TV tubes See Waihi E-Waste Depot
x computer screens See Waihi E-Waste Depot