Auckland Public Drop-Off Point

The Reclaim Difference

Reclaim offers a drop-off point for members of the public to unload readily recyclable material in an environmentally sustainable way.

This drop-off point follows source separation principles, whereby waste is separated at source by material type before any processing occurs. This method helps to maintain material integrity and keep contamination to a minimum, so that Reclaim can make sure any items dropped off are recycled.

Please see the drop-off guidelines for more information.

Auckland Public Drop-Off Facility Guidelines

The Public Drop-Off Area is located at 218 Station Road, Penrose, down the drive to the left. It is open Monday-Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm and is closed on public holidays and weekends.

Please find bins for each material stream below.

Drop-off Guidelines

Cardboard

Acceptable Items

Flattened corrugated cardboard

Cardboard cores less than 1.5 metres in length

Unacceptable Items

Plastic Corflute

Cardboard boxes which have not been broken down (unflattened)

Chilltainer (aluminium lined carboard)

Cardboard cores longer than 1.5 metres (please cut down cores longer than this to fit in bin)

Paper

Acceptable Items

Office Paper

Box board (cereal boxes)

Newspaper

Tissue paper

Unacceptable Items

Paper with a plastic laminate (photocopier ream cover)

Non-recyclable paper alternatives (plastic laminate, rock paper)

Ring binders (please remove paper from ring binders before disposing of in here)

Glass

Acceptable Items

Please separate into amber, green and clear colours

Clean glass jars and bottles

Please make sure these are clean and any residual liquid/food is removed

Unacceptable Items

Broken glass

Reinforced glass (car/house window)

Electronics glass

Items with residual liquid/food

Anything that is not a bottle or jar

Plastic Bottles

Acceptable Items

# 1 plastic bottles and containers (PET). Example: plastic drink bottle

# 2 plastic bottles and containers (HDPE) under 10L in size. Example: milk bottle

Please make sure these are clean and any residual liquid/food is removed

Unacceptable Items

Plastic containers with #3, #4, #5, #6 or #7 on it

Plastic items with no numbers on them

Items with residual liquid/food

Plastic Film

Acceptable Items

Clean, clear #4 (LDPE) plastic film

Clean, clear pallet/shrink wrap

Unacceptable Items

Coloured plastic film (any number)

Plastic film which has residual waste on it (food, powder, liquid)

Plastic film which is not clearly LDPE. If the plastic sounds like a crunchy leaf when you crush into a ball, then it is unacceptable.

If you bring material in a plastic bag, please remove it from the bag before disposing of it in the correct bin.
Please note that we do not accept any types of polystyrene or plastic foam.

If you are producing large or regular amounts of recyclable material as part of your operations and would like to learn more about your options, please get in touch with our friendly team