Transfer Stations

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There are transfer stations located in Masterton, Riversdale and Castlepoint.

The Masterton transfer station can be found at 1 Nursery Road and accepts household and commercial general waste. It also accepts hazardous waste like paints, chemicals, household batteries, vehicle batteries, gas bottles and e-waste in small quantities for free. This waste needs to be separated from landfill so you need to let operators in the kiosk know if you have hazardous waste.

All recycling is free, but it must be taken to the recycling centre and sorted.

Opening Hours

Castlepoint
19 Jetty Road

Wednesday

Sunday

09:00am – 12:00pm

10:00am – 02:00pm

Riversdale
1171 Homewood Road

Wednesday

Sunday

Sunday in Dec, Jan & Feb

1:30pm – 4:30pm

1:30pm – 7:30pm

Masterton
1 Nursery Road

Phone: 06 377 5624

Monday to Friday

Saturday

Sunday + Public Holidays

Anzac Day

7:30am – 4:30pm

8:30am – 4:30pm

10:00am – 4:00pm

01:00pm – 4:30pm

The Masterton Transfer Station is closed on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday.

Call the Masterton Transfer Station on 06 377 5624.

What you can bring

Household Rubbish
Electronics
Laptops, Computers, CD & DVD Players, Routers etc.
Household Appliances and Whiteware
Household Batteries
Car Batteries
Garden Waste
Paints (not commercial quantities)
Chemicals (not commercial quantities)
Gas Bottles
Tyres
Sawdust
Compost
Polysterene can be put into a sealed box or bag and tied off to reduce fly away polysterene. We do not accept large pieces or commercial volumes of polystyrene in kerbside collections or at transfer stations.

Please advise the kiosk if you have the following material, which must be managed at the appropriate area and may require documentation:

Hazardous wastes
Agrichemicals
Large tree stumps
Clean fill
Liquids
Sludge
Gas cylinders
Fencing wire
Bagged offal and animal carcasses
Paints/oil/solvents and their containers
Commercial loads of sawdust and shavings
Whiteware
Green waste

What you can’t bring

Asbestos
Hot ashes
Emergency flares
Ammunition
Flax, bamboo, cabbage tree leaves, and ginger root must be disposed of as general refuse, not taken to green waste

Landfill Fires

There has been a big increase in the number of fires happening in landfills. There are three major causes of landfill fires:

Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
Discarded Emergency Flares
Hot Ashes

The lithium-ion batteries in mobile phones, tablets, laptop computers, gaming and other mobile devices has led to an increase in the number of fires occurring in landfills. When these batteries are ruptured they can explode or the thermal reaction that occurs when exposed to oxygen starts fires within the adjacent waste.

Emergency flares are often discarded when they pass their ‘Expiry Date’. These devices are explosive and contain chemicals that are highly reactive and can cause fires when they’re activated.

Hot ash which is more common in winter, is the third major fire starter. Ideally ash should be wet and left for a week before disposal.

Battery Recycling

You can now recycle household batteries at the following locations:

Masterton Transfer Station, 1 Nursery Road
Riversdale Transfer Station, 1171 Homewood Road, Masterton
Castlepoint Transfer Station, 19 Jetty Road, Masterton
Wairarapa Resource Centre, King Street, Masterton

Place a piece of masking tape over the positive terminal end so that it doesn’t come into contact with the metal of other batteries.