Recycle unwanted items

 Here are some ways to recycle those unwanted items  

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Aluminium cans  

• Pakeke Lions pay for cans - Woolworths car park on Saturdays 9am-11am
• Kerbside recycling collection
• AllBrites recycling depot, Innes Street 
• Schools and church groups may collect cans

Batteries  

Vehicle and boat batteries accepted at:

• Gisborne Autoelectrics, 159 Carnarvon Street
• Benson Bros, Kahutia Street

Books and magazines

• Hospital, doctors waiting rooms, charitable organisations
• Kindergartens, childcare facilities and Kohanga Reo
• Box outside Sun City pharmacy 
• Kerbside recycling collection
• AllBrites recycling depot, Innes Street

Building materials

• Hallrite Building Recyclers, 71 Awapuni Road or
• Advertise in the Eastland Trader or Gisborne Herald

Car bodies or wrecks  

• Parts2Go, Grey Street
• Eastland Autowreckers, 212 Stanley Rd, pickup available
• M E Jukes and Son, 180 Stanley Road, phone 021-250-3664 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)

Cellphones

• Wilcom in Customhouse Street accept old telecom cellphones
• Digital Mobile, 116 Gladstone Road, phone 868 6776 accept vodafone cellphones
• AllBrites recycling depot, Innes Street

Clothing - good, clean used

• Friends and families (dress up for children)
• Kindergartens, childcare facilities and Kohanga Reo
• Charitable organisations
• Flea market or garage sale
• Advertise in the Eastland Trader or Gisborne Herald

Commercial waste

The Waste Exchange is a unique service that helps businesses connect their unwanted materials and recyclables with new owners through a web-based forum and free phone forum.

Through the waste exchange businesses can:

• find alternatives to the landfilling of unwanted materials
• save on disposal costs
• support community groups and schools by registering re-usable materials

Through the waste exchange everyone can:

• access re-usable materials
• access information about local recyclers and regional recycling services
• reduce rubbish going to landfill

All Waste exchange registrations are part of a community supporting the reduce, re-use and recycle philosophy.

Think before you throw - a call to The Waste Exchange could be a better solution!

For more information visit www.nothrow.co.nz or call 0800 NOTHROW (0800 668 4769)

Computers

• Dell accept used and unwanted PCs, phone 0800 440 603
• The Ark 09 272 2676 accept used and unwanted PCs www.the-ark.co.nz
• eDay - annual drop-off day check eDay information 

Concrete and bricks

• M E Jukes and Son, 180 Stanley Road

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Farm waste  

• Chemical containers at AgRecovery, Matawhero
• AllBrites, Innes Street

Fire extinguishers & gas bottles

• Cylinder Test Laboratory, 1/55 Carnarvon St

Glass bottles and jars  

• Kerbside recycling collection
• AllBrites recycling depot, Innes Street 
• Kindergartens, childcare facilities and Kohanga Reo
• Useful for jams/pickles etc, advertise in the Eastland Trader or Gisborne Herald

Garden waste

• Tree pruning can be put aside for kindling or firewood
• Hire a shredder or use a contractor (look under tree services in the yellow pages)
• Employ a green waste contractor (look under lawn mowing services in the yellow pages)
• Judds, McDonalds Road who make and sell compost
• AllBrites, Innes Street - see their opening hours 

Household items 

• Second-hand Sundays - February and October each year
• Charitable organisations or church groups
• Advertise in the Eastland Trader or Gisborne Herald
• Second-hand dealers

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Knitting wool 

• Charitable organisations, church groups
• Kindergartens, childcare facilities, schools and Kohanga Reo
• Rest homes

Metal 

• Gisborne Bottle and Scrap Metal, 265A Grey St - hey pay for copper, brass and aluminium
• M E Jukes and Son, 180 Stanley Road - they pay for non ferrous metals

Paint 

• Resene Colourshop in Gladstone Road
• Kindergartens, childcare facilities, schools and Kohanga Reo
• Eastland Trader or Gisborne Herald
• AllBrites depot, Innes Street

Paper and cardboard

• Kerbside recycling collection
• AllBrites recycling depot, Innes Street 
• Kindergartens, childcare facilities and Kohanga Reo

Printer or photocopier cartridges

• Toner Recycling Centre P: 0800 180 160

Plastic containers and bags

• Kerbside recycling collection
• AllBrites recycling depot, Innes Street 
• Kindergartens, childcare facilities and Kohanga Reo
• Rest homes want ice cream containers

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Soil, dirt, topsoil 

• M E Jukes and Son, 180 Stanley Road

Spectacles - eyewear

• Drop them into any optician, they are used in developing countries.

Timber 

• Rimu and other native timbers are used by people making furniture
• Secondary schools or polytech for use in the wood work room
• Hallrite Building Recyclers, 71 Awapuni Road
• Advertise in the Eastland Trader or Gisborne Herald
• AllBrites, Innes Street

Tyres

• Service station or specialist tyre company
• AllBrites, Innes Street

Whiteware 

When you purchase a new appliance, ask the sales agent to take your old appliance.

• stoves, washing machines and dryers accepted at Gisborne Bottle and Scrap Metal Dealers, 265A Grey Street
• AllBrites, Innes Street

Waste oil

• AllBrites, Innes Street

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