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Closed for Repairs

On Thursday, the 26th of September, the Dargaville Resource Recovery Park (199 Awakino Road, Dargaville) will be closed until 1pm for maintenance and repairs. We will close at 4pm on this day, like normal. You can check out the other days and hours we are open, here... https://www.kaipararefuse.co.nz/dargaville-resource-and.../...

New Standardised Recycling Guidelines

As of today: 1 Feb 2024, kerbside recycling is being standardised for all of NZ to make it easier for you to recycle right ♻These changes are part of a central government effort to reduce contamination in our recycling, and make it less confusing than the different rules previously existing between districts....

SUMMER 2023-24 EXTRA COLLECTIONS

With holiday crowds, there is a huge increase in population over the summer months in some areas. We will be running extra collection days for those areas as follows:...

Christmas 2023 Collection changes

NO RUBBISH OR RECYCLING COLLECTIONS ON CHRISTMAS DAY – MONDAY 25TH DECEMBERChristmas day will be a day off for all Kaipara Refuse Staff so we can enjoy our Christmas pudding!NORTHERN RUNPouto, Te Kōpuru, Glinks Gully and Baylys BeachCollection will be FRIDAY 22nd December 2023 (instead of 25th December - Christmas day) PLEASE HAVE BAGS OUT BY 8am as collection times will differ from usual!!ALL OTHER COLLECTION DAYS REMAIN THE SAME THROUGHOUT DECEMBER AND JANUARY for the northern run.EASTERN R...

Now collecting #5 plastic!

Its nice to be able to share some good news!As of Monday 4th April, Kaipara Refuse will be accepting #5 plastics. This includes things like icecream containers, yoghurt containers etc. This means that we now accept #1 clear plastic, #2 and #5's!!! So, if any of your plastic has these numbers on the bottom inside the recycling symbol, give them a clean, and place them in your yellow recycling bag for collection, or take them into one of our recycling centres in Ruawai or Dargaville....