Our three EcoDrop transfer stations each contain Resource Recovery Centres that accept a wide range of unwanted household items for free, including hazardous items and excess recycling. Green waste and general rubbish can also be disposed of for a fee.

Your safety is our priority

Please follow these important guidelines when visiting any of our transfer stations. This will help protect yourself, your whānau, other site users and our staff.

Children and pets must remain in vehicles

Transfer stations are active industrial sites with heavy machinery and many moving vehicles. For their safety, children and pets must remain secured in your vehicle at all times. 

Refuse pit safety

Do not enter the refuse pit under any circumstances. If you accidentally drop something into the pit, remain outside the area and signal the loader operator from a safe distance. Alternatively, locate a member of staff or advise the team at the weigh bridge station. 

There may be debris on the ground. Please wear suitable, fully-enclosed footwear when using the transfer station facilities. 

Trailer safety

It's important to secure your load using tie-downs, nets or ropes before heading to the transfer station, as material can shift during the journey or come loose from the trailer, creating hazards and litter on our roads. Never ride on a trailer while on site, this is extremely dangerous and strictly prohibited. 

When loading your trailer, try to place general refuse closest to the tow bar with reusables and recyclables closest to the tail gate. This will make unloading much easier and safer when you arrive at the transfer station. 

See tips and tricks on securing your load(external link).

Be aware of machinery

Transfer stations are busy places with high levels of traffic from a range of operational vehicles and other users of the station. Please stay alert and be aware of your surroundings at all times. Follow all signage and staff instructions. 

Opening hours

Ōtautahi Christchurch EcoDrop Resource Recovery Centres are open from 7am to 4.30pm, seven days a week and closed on Good Friday, Anzac Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Locations

Fees

Visit the EcoDrop website for fees(external link)

Banks Peninsula

View Banks Peninsula transfer stations, collection and recycling point locations and fees

Drop for free

A wide range of household reusable items are accepted for free at the EcoDrop Resource Recovery Centres. They are then sold at the EcoShop(external link).

Items must be of good, reusable quality and are accepted upon inspection. Items must be dry, free from rips, stains, fades, wear and tear and not broken. If you would consider an item fit for sale or to give to a friend, then it is likely to be accepted at a Resource Recovery Centre. 

Acceptable items

  • Anything metal in working or non-working condition including fridges, whiteware, washing machines, metal jugs, metal blenders, metal toasters, pots and pans, dehumidifiers and heat pumps. 
  • Antiques and collectables.
  • Appliances, such as lamps in good condition. Broken appliances may be able to be fixed at the EcoShop.
  • Bathroom accessories.
  • E-waste, such as computers, laptops, monitors, mobile phones, tablets, wires and cables in working or non-working condition. 
  • Furniture, such as armchairs, sofas, tables, desks, and cabinets with no stains, or rips.
  • Heat pumps and dehumidifiers in working and non-working condition.
  • Kitchenware, such as plates, cups, glasses, bowls, and storage containers.
  • Music equipment and collections.
  • Pet supplies.
  • Scrap metal.
  • Sports and leisure equipment.
  • Televisions must be in working condition and must have an HDMI port.
  • Tools and garden equipment.
  • Toys and games.

Items that are not accepted

  • Anything that is ripped, stained, wet or broken.
  • Alternative milk and liquid cartons.
  • Bedding, such as mattresses, sheets, pillows, and duvets.
  • Computer monitors smaller than 21 inch.
  • Kitset items unless in their original box. This includes furniture items that have been dismantled. 
  • Lightbulbs.
  • Plastic plant pots.
  • Polystyrene.
  • Printer cartridges.
  • Soft plastics.
  • Televisions such as plasma, CRT TV, glass screens or televisions without an HDMI port
  • Wooden organs. 

Find out where you can recycle these items via alternative recycling schemes.

Drop for free

Many hazardous household items that are not safe to go in any kerbside bin are accepted for free at EcoDrop Resource Recovery centres. For more information on what's accepted, please visit EcoCentral(external link).

Acceptable items

  • Agrichemicals
  • Batteries, such as vehicles, tools, household batteries, and vapes.
  • Chemicals, such as unwanted, unused or old household liquid chemicals, cleaners and dry chemicals. In original packaging if possible.
  • E-waste, including any item where the battery cannot be easily removed, such as electronic toothbrushes and laptops.
  • Gas bottles and canisters, such as LPG gas bottles, butane camping gas canisters, helium bottles, CO2 cylinders, aerosol cans, fire extinguishers and nitrous oxide canisters.
  • Paints and solvents.
  • Tyres. Each customer can drop off a maximum of five tyres, clean and off their rims, for free at each visit. Tyres used for commercial purposes are not eligible to be disposed of for free.
    • Bicycle tyres, tyres for non-motorised equipment such as prams, and pre-cured rubber for retreads are not currently accepted
  • Waste oils, such as unwanted, vehicle and cooking oil.

Items that are not accepted

Drop for free 

Extra recycling is free to drop at EcoDrop Resource Recovery Centres.

Acceptable items

  • Clean food and drink tins and cans. No lids.
  • Clean glass bottles and jars only. No lids.
  • Clean plastic bottles, trays and containers numbered 1, 2 and 5 only. No smaller than 100ml or bigger than 4 litres. No lids. 
  • Paper and cardboard larger than an envelope.

Large quantities of green waste can be dropped at the EcoDrop transfer stations for a disposal fee based on weight.

Acceptable green waste

  • Branches.
  • Fresh garden matter.
  • Lawn clippings.
  • Leaves.
  • Rose pruning.
  • Shrub and hedge trimmings.

Fees

Visit the EcoDrop website for fees(external link)

Large quantities of rubbish can be dropped at the EcoDrop transfer stations for a disposal fee based on weight.

Acceptable rubbish

Fees

Visit the EcoDrop website for fees(external link)