Rural Recycling Stations
Methven Recycling Drop-off Facility
The Methven recycling drop-off facility is located at the corner of Methven Chertsey Road and Line Road.
This facility is unmanned and open to the public 24 hours a day for free drop off of recyclables.
It accepts:
Cardboard | Paper |
Aluminium and steel cans | Glass |
Plastics – Grades 1, 2 and 5 | Whiteware |
There is also a reusable household items drop-off facility here where household items can be dropped off.
You can drop off any tidy and reusable household goods for free.
Methven Greenwaste Drop-off Facility
This facility for greenwaste drop-off is located on the corner on Rakaia Barrhill Methven Road and Vaughans Road.
This facility is manned and operates:
- Wednesday 12.30pm – 2.30pm
- Sunday 12.00pm – 4.00pm
Rural Recycling Drop-off Facilities
Council provides self-serve rural recycling drop-off facility sites in the district.
These are located at:
- Willowby - Longbeach Road (beside the school)
- Mt Somers - Ashburton Gorge Road
- Mayfield - Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road (beside Mayfield fire and ambulance station)
- Staveley – Boyds Road (behind the Hall)
- Hinds – The corner of Hinds Arundel and Gills Roads
- Fairton - Fairfield Road (beside the school)
- Rangitata Huts - Wrens Road
- Haketere Huts - River Road
- Pendarves - Chertsey Kyle Road
- South Rakaia Huts
- Lauriston - Church Street
- Carew Peel Forest – Ealing Montalto Road (opposite the School)
These drop-off facility sites accept the following materials into the co-mingled bins:
Cardboard | Paper |
Aluminium and steel cans | Plastics - Grades 1, 2 and 5 |
All glass bottles must be sorted into the respective coloured bins provided | |
No domestic refuse is accepted at the rural recycling drop-off facilities, it must be disposed of at the Rakaia or Ashburton Resource Recovery Parks.