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Rubbish and Recycling Fees and Charges

Costs related to bin collections and services at resource recovery parks in the Mackenzie District.

Rubbish and Recycling Fees and Charges


Solid Waste

Charges for off-loading of waste by the public at a Resource Recovery Park.

Waste Accepted via Weighbridge

Fees 2025/26
Refuse - fee per tonne $458.50
Green waste - fee per tonne $94.00
Metal - fee per tonne $78.00
Clean Fill - fee per tonne $52.00

Waste NOT Accepted via Weighbridge Refuse

Fees 2025/26
Refuse per cubic metre $120.00
Refuse minimum charge $12.00
Mattress - single (per item) $24.00
Mattress - double (per item) $40.00

Green Waste

Fees 2025/26
Green waste per cubic metre $27.50
Green waste minimum charge $12.00

Clean Fill

Fees 2025/26
Clean fill per cubic metre $60.00

Car Body

  Fees 2025/26
Car body $160.00

Recyclable Materials

Fees 2025/26
Co-mingled recycling and glass (other than recyclable materials specified below)No charge
Whiteware – fee per item$35.00
Electronic waste - Televisions - fee per item$20.00
Electronic waste - Photocopiers small and medium (under 0.5m3) - fee per item$31.00
Electronic waste - Photocopiers large (over 0.5m3) - fee per item$53.00
Electronic waste - all othe miscellaneous items are accepted at no chargeNo charge
Metal - fee per cubic metre$25.00
Metal minimum charge$8.00
Polystyrene - domestic quantities under 1 cubic metreNo charge
Polystyrene - quantities 1 cubic metre and over - fee per cubic metre$10.00
Childs car seat - each$5.00

Tyres

Fees 2025/26
Car and 4WD tyres – per tyre $0.00
Truck tyres – per tyre $0.00
Tractor tyres – per tyre $0.00
  • Note: All tyres accepted at no charge under the national Tyrewise scheme.
  • Tyres must be clean and rimless, max 5 tyres per drop off

Solid Waste - Administration

Additional Roadside Collection Bins
Fees 2025/26

Additional set of bins

  • one off administration charge for the supply of a second set of bins for a property (no charge for supply of first set of bins), this administration charge is additional to the annual cost of the service.
$95.00

Annual cost of additional roadside collection bins (per set of bins).

  • The cost of this service in 24/25 is $370.00 (per set of bins) starting from July 2025. The cost of the bins for 25/26 will be pro-rated accordingly based on the month ordered and an invoice sent out for this cost.
  • The annual cost of the service for subsequent years will be added to your rates invoice from the next rating year, starting in July 2026.
$370.00

Commercial Waste

Fees 2025/26
Commercial recycling - per tonne including GST*$281.00
Commercial refuse - per tonne including GST*$433.00
Commercial glass - per tonne including GST*$83.00

* Commercial waste, recycling and glass fees apply to material disposed of from a Commercial Waste Operator as per the Solid Waste Bylaw - Twizel Resource Recovery Park only.