Transfer stations

For all enquiries please contact 03 755 7594, or after-hours on 0800 88 66 55. These sites are proudly run by EnviroWaste.

Hokitika Transfer Station

84 Hau Hau Road, Kaniere 7811
7 days a week: 9.00am – 4.00pm

At the Hokitika Transfer Station, clean recycling - including glass - can be deposited for free.

There is a collection area for items that can be reused. Check with the operational staff for what can be left for free (eg. tables, chairs, couches, desks, etc).

Disposal charges for other items are listed in the Current fees and charges.

Green Waste

Most garden waste is accepted at Hokitika Transfer Station, including clean soil. 

The following is not accepted:

• Flax
• Bamboo
• Toi Toi
• Pampas
• Cabbage Trees
• Tree Stumps bigger then 100mm

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E-waste

You can drop off your e-waste free of charge at the Hokitika Transfer Station  during operating hours. Staff will inspect all e-waste received to ensure it is clean, dry and an accepted item.

What is accepted?

• Computers, laptops/notebooks, tablets/palmtops, and associated cables.
• Computer monitors and projectors, including CRT/LCD/flat-panel monitors and parts(e.g. internal hard drives and CD drives).
• Printers, scanners, and multi-functional devices (MFDs) including: toners and ink cartridges contained within a printer where they cannot reasonably be removed.
• Computer peripherals and accessories (e.g. mice, keyboards, web cameras, USB’s and modems).
• Cameras & video cameras.

What is not accepted?

• TVs
• Whitegoods
• Consumer electronics
• Loose batteries
• Toner and ink cartridges

Mobile phones, phone charges and cables continue to be accepted for recycling through the Noel Leeming partnership programme with RE:mobile; a cellular phone recycling scheme.