Rubbish and Recycling

Waste is any solid, gaseous or liquid materials that are unwanted and thrown away. It's rubbish, junk, refuse, trash and garbage. The amount of waste generated across Southland District equates to about 370kg per person per year.

Seven transfer stations, with refuse, green waste and recycling services, are found throughout the district, along with 11 recycling drop-off centres, including three at the transfer stations, and two greenwaste sites. Tokens need to be bought from your local Council Office for use at the transfer stations, which do not hold cash.

What is left over after recycling is transported to the regional landfill at Kings Bend.

Council has partnered with its neighbouring local authorities - Invercargill City and Gore District - to establish WasteNet, which is working to provide waste management solutions for the region. Over the next three years, a new Southland waste management and minimisation plan will be developed.

Southland District has 7 transfer stations throughout the region, and their location and opening hours are listed below.

Hours of Operation

Township	Location	Days	Hours
Lumsden	Oxford St	Thursday	4pm to 5.30pm
		Sunday	3.30pm to 5.30pm

Otautau	Otautau-Drummond Hwy	Tuesday	10am to 12noon
	Thursday	10am to 12noon (winter) 6pm to 8pm (summer)
		Saturday	10am to 12noon
		Sunday	10am to 12noon

Riverton	Havelock St	Monday	3pm to 5pm
		Wednesday	3pm to 5pm
		Friday	3pm to 5pm
		Saturday	11am to 1pm, 3pm to 5pm
		Sunday	3pm to 5pm

Rakiura	Horseshoe Point Road	Monday	9.30pm to 4.30pm
		Wednesday	9.30pm to 4.30pm
		Thursday	9.30pm to 4.30pm
		Friday	9.30pm to 4.30pm
		Saturday	8am to 12.30pm

Te Anau	Manapouri-Te Anau Hwy	Monday	2pm to 4pm (winter) 2pm to 6pm (summer)
		Tuesday	2pm to 4pm (winter) 2pm to 6pm (summer)
		Wednesday	2pm to 4pm (winter) 2pm to 6pm (summer)
		Thursday	2pm to 4pm (winter) 2pm to 6pm (summer)
		Friday	2pm to 4pm (winter) 2pm to 6pm (summer)
		Saturday	2pm to 4pm (winter) 2pm to 6pm (summer)
		Sunday	2pm to 4pm (winter) 2pm to 6pm (summer)

Winton	Florence St	Monday	2pm to 5.30pm
		Wednesday	2pm to 5.30pm
		Friday	12noon to 5.30pm
		Saturday	1pm to 5pm (winter) 11am to 5pm (summer)
		Sunday	2pm to 5pm (winter) 1pm to 5pm (summer)

Wyndale	Wyndham-Edendale Hwy	Monday	11.30am to 1pm, 4pm to 6pm
		Wednesday	4pm to 6pm
		Thursday	7pm to 8pm
		Friday	4pm to 6pm
		Saturday	11.30am to 12.30pm, 4pm to 6pm
Wallacetown *greenwaste only	Clyde Street	Sunday	3pm to 5pm
Riversdale *greenwaste only	Dunn and Cody Road	Saturday (first of each month)	3.30pm tp 5pm

Sites are closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Anzac morning.

Transfer Station Charges

The charges at all Council transfer stations are:

ITEM	Refuse	Recycling
Cars	$10	-
Ute-type loads & small trailers	$24	$12
Tandem trailers & high-sided trailers	$52	$26
Truck, per 1000kg gross weight	$60	-
Truck, per tonne confirmed by weight docket	$120	-
Unstripped car body surcharge	$108	-
Stripped car body	$34	-
Car tyres	$6	-
4WD tyres	$12 -

Recycling and Reuse includes:

Greenwaste - separated clean greenwaste (where accepted). Excludes soils, flaxes, branches over 150mm diameter and tree stumps.
Scrapmetal - separated clean scrapmetal (where accepted).
Reuse/Recyclables - domestic household recyclables, including cardboard, glass, plastic (types 1 and 2), aluminium and tin cans. Reuse items which are deemed reusable by the attendant. All recyclables and reuse items have to be clean from contamination.

Hazardous waste from the same individual or organisation in excess of 10 kilograms or 10 litres will be subject to special charges by negotiation with the engineer or his delegated representative on a case-by-case basis.

All loads over 8 tonnes gross weight at compacting transfer stations (Winton and Te Anau) and 3 tonnes gross weight at non-compacting transfer stations (all others) WILL NOT be accepted unless you have written approval from the Group Manager Assets and Services or his agent.

Disposal of greenwaste at Riversdale and Wallacetown and all transfer stations is free for carloads and $12 for utes and trailers. The disposal charge covers the cost of treating the waste once sufficient quantities have been stockpiled. In terms of treatment the waste is shredded and left to naturally compost. It is also available for people to take away free of charge.