Community Recycling Centre
Small Goods Recycling
We have a small goods recycling drop off location in the Hataitai Community House. In partnership with the Sustainability Trust and TerraCycle NZ we collect a range of products.
You can drop items off 10am - 2pm Tuesday - Friday.
We accept:
Clean and dry plastic lids #2 and #5 of all colours
All brands of empty hair aerosol containers (must be empty and have caps on)
such as dry shampoo/ hair spray
Empty skincare packaging
including all containers, tubs and glass.
also includes flexible plastic skincare packaging, including sheet mask outer packaging
Clean and dry metal jar lids
*Please note that if there is no number in the plastic lid, it cannot be recycled through this collection process.
We cannot accept plastic lids with glue, paper, or thermal inner seal.
When in doubt, leave it out.
Curtain Bank Collection
The Hataitai Community House is also a Wellington Curtain Bank drop off point.
The Wellington Curtain Bank upcycles preloved curtains and gives them to low-income families in the Wellington Region. Because we up-cycle curtains for homes, we have some strict requirements about what we can accept.
They desperately need donations of good quality, mould-free curtains to continue helping families in need. Can you help?
We take:
• Good quality, mould-free curtains
• Fabric rolls or large offcuts of fabric
• Tracks and hooks
• Rolls of white/cream or grey, poplin/polyester/cotton or calico
We don’t take:
• Dirty, sun-damaged or mouldy curtains
• Curtain rods or brackets
• Any type of blinds
• Netting
