Gisborne Refuse Transfer Station is a purpose-built facility open to the public and commercial businesses for the disposal of general waste, green garden waste, and recycling. This site is cashless - EFTPOS/Paywave ONLY.
Also provided is a free recycling location to accept small quantities of cardboard/paper/aluminium and steel cans/glass bottles and jars/plastic bottles and containers marked with the 1-5 inside the triangle. Commercial quantities are accepted over the weighbridge.
Site safety:
- No parking on yellow lines.
- Obey staff instructions.
- Drive slowly, give way.
- Children and pets are to remain in vehicles.
- Covered footwear must be worn - no bare feet or jandals/sandals.
- We accept Paywave and EFTPOS only.
- Enter at your own risk; no responsibility is accepted for any damage, however caused.
Prices
| Description |
Minimum Weight (kg) |
Weighbridge weight per tonne |
Car/ute/trailer minimum charge |
| General |
50kg |
$527.00 |
$36.50 |
| Green |
50kg |
$241.00 |
$13.50 |
| Hardfill |
100kg |
$434.00 |
$44.50 |
| Cardboard |
100kg |
$253.00 |
$26.75 |
| Tin |
30kg |
$724.00 |
$30.40 |
| Glass |
80kg |
$327.00 |
$30.40 |
Notes
- General Waste: General household and commercial waste.
- Garden Waste: Lawn clippings, leaves, and tree trimmings, untreated only. No flax.
- Paper/cardboard: Recycling must be separated. Clean cardboard and paper. Contaminated or mixed products will be treated as general waste.
- Plastic/tin/aluminium/co-mingled: Plastic grade 1 and 2 only, tin and aluminium. Contaminated or mixed products will be treated as general waste. No polystyrene or poly panel.
- Glass: Recycling must be separated. Colour-sorted glass bottles and jars. Contaminated or mixed products will be treated as general waste. No windows or laminated glass.
- Hardfill/cleanfill: Concrete (no steel). Rock, rubble, sand, clay, soil, dirt, ceramics/tiles, asphalt, fibreboard, window or sheet glass. No contaminated soils.
- Putrescibles (hazardous): Obnoxious waste (Dead animals, offal, faeces, rotten organic material must be fully wrapped, bagged, and sealed).
- Waste Oil - $3.00 per litre.
- Weighbridge charge (each visit) - $20.
- GDC refuse stickers - $2.95 or bag dropoff. Limited to 5 stickers per purchase.
- All prices include GST.
Special waste
By prior arrangement only. Price on application.
- Treated timber
- Appliances
- Batteries
- Flexible plastic
Not accepted at this facility:
- Asbestos
- Tyres
- Paint
- Oils or petroleum
- Liquid waste
- Medical waste
- Car bodies
- Large commercial tyres
