Rubbish disposal charges

You can find out more about waste management in Kāpiti in our Rubbish and recycling section. Please note that transfer stations are cashless, card and account payments accepted only.

Otaihanga landfill (cleanfill only)

Cleanfill (soils, sands, gravel).
Must meet the cleanfill acceptance criteria

$14 per tonne

$14 minimum charge.

Fees for green waste and gate fees at the Otaihanga, Waikanae and Ōtaki resource recovery facilities are all set by commercial collectors and operators and are therefore not included in the schedule.

Solid waste licence fee

$189.00 annually

Otaihanga Resource Recovery Facility charges

MidWest Disposals Ltd manages the Otaihanga Resource Recovery Facility and sets all gate charges for this site.

Category	Charge
Bag (<60L)	$5.40
Car boot	$21.00
Full car	$30.00
Station wagon/Ute/4WD	$45.50
Trailer/Van < 300kg	$57.50
Trucks, vans & trailers via weighbridge < 300kg = minimum charge	$191.20 per tonne $57.50 minimum charge
Polystyrene – bulk	$4,300.00 per tonne
Child car seats (recycling fee - optional)*	$10.00 per item
TVs, CRT monitors (recycling fee)**	$25.00 per item
Whiteware – stoves/dishwashers	$20.00 per item
Fridges/freezers (covers degassing & recycling)	$40.00 per item
Gas bottles	$6.00 each
Car bodies – stripped or unstripped	Not accepted
Car tyres	$8.00 per tyre
Truck/tractor tyres	$35.00 per tyre
Waste oil	$1.30 per litre
Household hazardous waste (chemicals) - up to 1 litre	$45.00 per unit
Demolition < 300kg = minimum charge	$191.20 per tonne $57.50 minimum charge
Special waste - stumps/logs < 300kg = minimum charge	$366.00 per tonne $115.00 minimum charge
Other cleanfill***	$85 per tonne
Weigh only	$14.00
Weigh – gross & tare	$22.00

Note: Asbestos is no longer accepted at the Otaihanga Landfill or the ORRF. If you require help disposing of asbestos, Worksafe provides a register of licenced asbestos removalists. The closest landfill accepting asbestos is Spicer Landfill in Porirua - find out about disposal requirements here.

* Child car seats can now be recycled through the SeatSmart scheme. Check out http://www.seatsmart.co.nz/ for more information.

** The actual cost of recycling TVs and CRT monitors is around $45 per item. The Council currently subsidises this cost by $20 per unit using Waste Levy money.

*** This rate applies to cleanfill that does not meet our local cleanfill acceptance criteria, such as broken concrete, bricks, rocks etc.

Ōtaki Resource Recovery Centre Charges

MidWest Disposals Ltd manages the Ōtaki Resource Recovery Centre and sets all gate charges for this site.

Category	Charge
Bags (<60L)	$5.00
Car boot	$20.00
Full car	$29.00
Station wagon/Ute/4WD	$44.00
Trailers/van < 300kg	$55.00
Refuse per tonne	$191.20 per tonne $55.00 minimum charge
Greenwaste - Bag	$3.00
Greenwaste - Car boot/Wool sack	$8.00
Greenwaste - Full car	$14.00
Greenwaste Station Wag/Ute/4WD	$16.00
Greenwaste - Trailer/Van < 250kg	$19.50
Greenwaste - Commercial per tonne	$78.00 per tonne $19.50 minimum charge
Car tyres	$8.00 per tyre
Truck/tractor tyres	$35.00 per tyre
Waste oil	$1.30 per litre
Gas bottles	$6.00 per item
TVs, CRT monitors (recycling fee)**	$25.00 per item
Whiteware	$20.00 per item
Fridge/freezers (Covers degassing & recycling)	$40.00 per item
Weigh Only - general	$14.00
Weigh Only - gross & tare	$22.00
Car bodies	Not accepted
Cleanfill	Not accepted
Hazardous waste	Not accepted
Liquid paint*	Not accepted

* Usable liquid paint can be taken to the paint exchange at Otaihanga transfer station

**The actual cost of recycling TVs and CRT monitors is around $45 per item. The Council currently subsidises this cost by $20 per unit using Waste Levy money.

Composting New Zealand Greenwaste Charges

Charges set by Composting New Zealand and apply at the Otaihanga and Waikanae drop-off sites.

Category	Charge
Per bag (<60L)	$3
Wool sack	$6
Car boot	$7
3 Door hatch	$10
Full car	$14
Double cab ute	$15
Van/heaped single cab ute	$18
Trucks - high side	$20 per cubic metre
Trucks - low side	Measured as trailers
Stumps	From $100

Trailers

Trailer size	$15	$16	$18	$20	$30	$40
Less than 6ft or 1.83mtrs
Less than 8ft or 2.44mtrs
Less than 10ft or 3.048mtrs
Less than 12ft or 3.65mtrs
Greater than 12ft or 3.65mtrs	Minimum charge $50.00		Based on water level. Excess will be measured and charged accordingly

Free drop off

The following items can be dropped off free-of-charge for recycling or safe disposal:

Kerbside recyclables (Waikanae, Otaihanga, Ōtaki)
Large (flattened) cardboard boxes (Waikanae, Otaihanga, Ōtaki)
Useable paint (Otaihanga, or ask your retailer if you can return tins)
Batteries, including car batteries (Otaihanga, Ōtaki)
Cellphones (Otaihanga, Ōtaki)
Fluorescent light bulbs including eco-bulbs (Otaihanga)
Plastic agrichemical containers (Ōtaki, first Tuesday of each month, 9am-3pm; check http://www.agrecovery.co.nz/programmes/container-recycling/ for details)