You can drop off your e-waste to our premises where most of the items are whipped off to Abilities to be sustainably dealt with. All items are broken down into their base components and either recycled locally or sent to an ISO accredited recycling plant overseas.
This is great – where and when can I drop it off?
There are drop-off options available seven days a week:
Resource Recovery Depot: Unit E, 489 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland.
Monday 10am-2pm
Tuesday 9am-1pm
Summer Hours: our depot will open again from 9am Tuesday 9 February 2021. Until then, recycling drop-offs can be taken to our EcoHub & Store during their usual opening hours (listed below).
EcoMatters Store: 1 Olympic Place, New Lynn, Auckland.
Wednesday 10am-2pm
Thursday 10am-2pm
Friday 10am-2pm
Saturday 10am-2pm
Sunday 10am-2pm
We’re closed on public holidays.
The only large appliances we can accept are fridges and freezers, which can be dropped off at the Resource Recovery Depot. Unfortunately, we can’t accept other large items such as washing machines and extra large TVs.
For items such as batteries, toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes, and lightbulbs go to Recycling Weird Stuff
E-waste Service Costs:
| E-Waste Rate Guide | |
|---|---|
| Effective 22 July 2020, subject to change | |
| Item | Cost (GST incl) |
| Computer Items | |
| Desktops | $5 |
| All flat screen computer monitors | $10 |
| All CRT computer monitors | $15 |
| Hard drive (No certificate of destruction) | $3 |
| Hard drive (With certificate of destruction) | $10 |
| Laptops | $5 |
| Laptop batteries | $2.50 |
| Misc. computer items i.e. mice, keyboards, etc. | $2 each |
| Tablets/iPads | $5 |
| Printers | |
| Small printers, scanners, fax machines | $10 |
| Medium printers, scanners (photocopiers) | $25 |
| Consumer Electronics | |
| CRT TVs 20" and larger (Max size: 30") | $35 |
| CRT TVs 20" or smaller | $20 |
| All flat screen TVs | $15 |
| Speakers | $5 |
| Stereos | $5 |
| Telephones, mobile phones | $2 |
| DVD/VCR players | $5 |
| Household Appliances | |
| Small (Kettle, toaster, hair dryers, irons, food processors, fan heaters etc) | $5 |
| Medium (Microwaves, vacuum cleaners, oil heaters, dehumidifiers etc) | $10 |
| Fridges & Freezers (only at the Resource Recovery Depot) | $20 |
| Please note fridges & freezers are the only large items that we accept. | |
| Batteries | |
| Alkaline | $3 per kg |
| Non-alkaline (button, rechargeable, Lithium, Ni - Mh, phone) | $5.50 per kg |
| Mixed batteries | $5.50 per kg |
| UPS Devices | $5 each |
| Small lead-acid batteries (Look like mini car batteries, used for security systems + more) | $2 each |
| Lithium car batteries | Free |
| Misc. Items | |
| Wires, cords, modems, anything that needs to be sorted into a box | $3 per kg |
| VHS tapes/CDs/Floppy disks | $3 per kg |
| CD and DVD cases only (sorry, no VHS tape cases) | $3 per kg |
| Empty printer ink and toner cartridges of any brand (but not external packaging) | $3 per kg |
