There’s a new place to take items that can’t go in your kerbside recycling bins, including e-waste, with the help of funding from the Henderson-Massey Local Board.
The EcoMatters Environment Trust’s Resource Recovery Depot has opened its doors to the public.
Located at Unit 9, 22 Moselle Avenue, just off Lincoln Rd, the depot is now open for recycling drop offs on Mondays and Tuesdays between 10am and 2pm.
Henderson-Massey Local Board chair Chris Carter says this is a great chance for residents of Henderson, Massey and Te Atatū to get their recycling sorted.
“It’s important that there are locally accessible options for residents to take their e-waste and items that can’t go in kerbside bins,” he explains.
“With this new service, we encourage locals to think about where their recycling can go and consider visiting the EcoMatters Resource Recovery Depot.”
The depot accepts e-waste, including old computers, tablets, small appliances, batteries and light bulbs.
EcoMatters works in partnership with organisations such as RAD (Recycle A Device) and Echo Tech to make sure suitable e-waste is re-used.
If an item can’t be re-used, it is dismantled and recycled with accredited facilities.
“It’s important to us that the partners we work with align with our values, which prioritises reusing and repurposing suitable items, and only recycling if there’s no other option,” says Carla Gee, EcoMatters CEO.
As a charity, EcoMatters charges a small fee to cover only the cost of processing e-waste.
However, some other items can be dropped off for free at the depot, including old mobile phones, Colgate branded oral care products such as toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes, disposable razors and stainless-steel razor blades and clean, empty ecostore packaging.
E-waste and a range of other items can also be dropped off at EcoMatters Environment Trust, 1 Olympic Place, New Lynn, from Wednesday to Sunday between 10am and 2pm.
For more information on accepted items and prices, visit ecomatters.org.nz/recycling.
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