A – Z Reuse & Recycling Directory
It’s been developed to help households and businesses find out what items can be reused or recycled locally, or how they can be disposed of safely. Just scroll down the page, find the waste item you’ve got, click on it and you’ll get the information you need – it’s as simple as that!
Various local Facebook groups exist that offer the option to donate, swap, sell or buy goods for reuse – more details can be found here
For further information on kerbside collections from homes, check out the Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council websites or visit one of their offices in the region.
We try to keep this guide as up to date as possible but things can change quickly in the world of waste, so if you can’t find what you are looking for or the information is out of date, please contact Waste Education Services (WES) at the Nelson Environment Centre to let us know. You can contact us on 03 545 9176 or send us an email.
The listing of outlets through this guide does not imply a recommendation.
Agricultural/Farm Chemicals
Agricultural/Farm Chemical Containers & Drums
Agricultural/Farm Plastics & Other Non-chemical Waste
Aluminium & Steel Cans – see Cans
Antiques
Appliances
C
Cameras – see Electronic Waste
Cans – Aluminium & Steel
Cardboard
Carpet & Rugs
Cartridges – including printer/photocopier ink/toner
Child Car Seats
China, glassware, pottery
Clothes, Linens & Curtains etc.
Clothes Dryers (electric) – see Appliances
Coffee Grounds
Computers – see Electronic Waste
Cooking Fats & Oils
Confidential Waste – documents/disks etc.
Concrete
Construction & Demolition
Curtains – see Clothes, Linens & Curtains
F
Food Waste
Fridges & Freezers – see Appliances
Furniture
G
Game Consoles – see Electronic Waste
Glass
Garden Waste/ Greenwaste
H
Hardfill/Hardcore
Hazardous Waste
Horticultural Waste – see Agricultural/Farm Chemicals, Agricultural/Farm Chemical Containers, or Agricultural/Farm Plastics & Other Non-chemical Waste
House Parts/Windows etc.
I
None listed
None listed
L
Light Bulbs
Linens – see Clothes, Linens & Curtains
LPG Bottles
M
Machinery/Tools
Metal – see Scrap Metal
Microwaves – see Appliances
Mobile Phones
N
None listed
O
Oil (including liquid, drums, filters, rags etc)
Ovens – see Appliances
Paint
Pallets
Paper
Photographic, X-ray Film & Fixer
Photocopiers – see Electronic Waste
Photocopier Toner Cartridges – see Cartridges
Plasterboard
Plastics 1-7
Plastics – Soft
Polystyrene (Expanded)
Printers – see Electronic Waste
Printer Cartridges – see Cartridges
Q
None listed
R
Rubber – see Tyres
Rugs – see Carpets & Rugs
S
Scrap Metal
Stereos – see Electronic Waste
T
Telephones – see Mobile Phones or Electronic Waste
Timber
Tin foil
Tools – see Machinery/Tools
Topsoil
TVs – see Electronic Waste
Tyres
None listed
V
Viticulture Waste – see Agricultural Chemicals, Agricultural Chemical Containers or Agricultural/Farm Plastic & other Non-chemical Waste
W
Washing Machines – see Whiteware
Whiteware
Wood – see Timber
Workshop Waste – see Oil
X
X-ray Film & Fixer – see Photographic, X-ray Film & Fixer
Y
None listed
Z
None listed