Household hazardous wastes should not be taken to the landfill, nor placed into your kerbside rubbish collection.
Options for disposal include
Currently Telecom and Vodaphone will accept your redundant cellphones. Noel Leeming will accept old appliances. Old paint is being accepted at Placemakers and Resene shops. Special conditions to use these services may apply.
Council holds an annual Household Hazardous Waste collection. The 2009 collection will be held between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, 5 September at the Upper Hutt City Council Depot, Rural Fire Service, Park Street, Upper Hutt and on Sunday, 6 Spetember at the Riverbank Carpark off Rutherford Street in Lower Hutt.
Read the poster for Hazardous Waste Collection 2009 (PDF 107kb)
The collection is free and is for any waste that is toxic, corrosive, or considered hazardous and can't be put out for kerbside collection or taken to the landfill. This includes paints, solvents, kitchen cleaners, garden sprays, pesticides, gas cylinders, pool chemicals, car batteries, petrol and oil. The collection also includes old appliances (including refrigerators, washing machines, stoves) and furniture that can be repaired for resale at the WasteSmart retail store, 25 Goodshed Road in Upper Hutt.
The collection does not accept asbestos, medical waste, ammunition, explosives nor commercial waste.
E-Waste is any form of electronic waste that requires disposal. E-waste tends to be a major source of toxins in landfills.
Some companies who wish to be environmentally responsible are accepting redundant equipment if you purchase new equipment from them.
You can take your spent compact fluorescent bulbs and tubes to the shops listed (fluorescent tubes) for safe recycling and disposal when you purchase new bulbs and tubes from them.
Hutt City Council accepts different types of E-Waste at its annual Household Hazardous Waste collection.
Council will be collecting the following types of E-Waste;
If you can't wait for the annual free household hazardous waste collection there are commercial operators who will dispose of your waste for a fee. Ring the Council on 570 6666 for details of these companies.