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Council Facilities Holiday Hours

CODC Service Centres are closed from 3pm Tuesday 24 December 2024 until 8.30am Monday 6 January 2025. For pool, library and transfer station hours see below link. Report urgent issues by calling 03 440 0056. More info see HERE
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Other Recycling Opportunities

Waste TypeLocationMore information
Agricultural Chemical
containers 		Alexandra Transfer Station
Horticentre Cromwell
PGG Wrightson, Cromwell
PGG Wrightson, Ranfurly
Roxburgh Transfer Station 		Containers must be empty and TRIPLE-RINSED. See AgRecovery website for more details: Agrecovery | Container Recycling
NO COST.
Agricultural LDPE 10-
25kg bags 		Horticentre, Cromwell Bags must be empty and shaken out. See AgRecovery website for more details: Agrecovery | LDPE Bag Recycling
NO COST.
Batteries All transfer stations
All household batteries accepted including rechargable power tool and toy batteries and button batteries. Batteries must be undamaged, not leaking or corroded to be accepted. No cost.
Bottle tops (wine and beer) Cromwell Pharmacy Collected by Cromwell Lions for Kidney Kids
NO COST.
Cartridges
(ink & toner) 		PaperPlus - Alexandra and Cromwell Brands: HP, Brother, Epsom & Canon accepted. No non-OEM (original equipment manufacturer) accepted. NO COST.
Cell phones (Old) Alexandra Library
Cromwell Library
Ranfurly Service Centre
Roxburgh Service Centre 		Re: Mobile raised money for ocean conservation. Please leave battery on phone but remove SIM card if you wish. NO COST.
Child Car Seats
Alexandra Transfer Station, Cromwell Transfer Station
SeatSmart recycling scheme subsidised by CODC. $10 COST
Coffee machine pods Nichols Garden Centre, Cromwell Brand: Nescafe only. NO COST.
Lightbulb recycling Mitre 10 – Alexandra and Cromwell All typical, traditional household bulbs – fluorescent & LED. No bulbs with broken glass accepted. NO COST.
Pet Food Packaging
VetEnt - Ranfurly and Cromwell
All brands of Royal Canin & Eukanuba cat and dog dry food bags and wet food pouches.
NO COST.
Plant pot recycling

(Marked no.5 plastic – PP)

Mitre 10 – Alexandra and Cromwell Check for no.5. Clean pots, no dirt! NO COST.
Polystyrene packaging

(expanded polystyrene)

Mitre 10 – Cromwell Domestic quantities only 2 rubbish bags at a time max. NO COST. For commercial quantities call 0800 86 33 73
Spectacles (prescription glasses)
Cromwell Pharmacy, Alexandra Community House
These glasses are collected by Cromwell Lions Club and sent to help those with poor or low vision in the Pacific Islands. NO COST.

Soft Plastics

Soft Plastics recycling has returned to Central Otago. Read more HERE.

This is a non-Council Scheme. To find out more see LINK.

Soft plastic refers to grocery bags, bread bags, bubble wrap, plastic wrappers of products such as biscuits, chips, anything you buy that has a soft plastic sleeve – the type of plastic that is not suitable for the Central Otago District Council kerbside recycling service.

You may have noticed the return of the distinctive bins that belong to the Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme at the various locations that take this type of recycling, which include:

  • Alexandra: Countdown, The Warehouse and – coming soon – New World.
  • Queenstown: Countdown, New World and The Warehouse - Five Miles Shopping Centre.
  • Wānaka: New World Three Parks and The Warehouse.
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