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    Kaikohe refuse transfers to new location

    There will be significant savings for ratepayers with the relocation of Kaikohe’s transfer station next month from Station Road to its former location on Carey Road off State Highway 15.

    The current Station Road transfer station site is leased by Waste Management New Zealand (WM New Zealand), where it processes commercial and kerbside rubbish collections before the waste is transported to Purewa Landfill, south of Whangārei.

    In August, the council awarded a 10-year contract to operate its network of refuse transfer stations and community recycling centres to Northland Waste Limited. This change of operator has prompted the relocation of the Kaikohe Refuse Station to the council-owned site on Carey Road from Sunday 1 December.

    This move will reduce costs by investing in council-owned assets rather than spending money to lease non-council premises. There will be no reduction in services.

    Opening hours

    Carey Road transfer station will continue the usual opening hours of:

    • Monday to Friday - 7.30am to 5pm
    • Saturday and Sunday - 9am to 5pm.

    Fees and charges

    The same fees and charges will apply at the new Carey Road location for services and drop offs of rubbish, green waste, and subsidised e-waste.

    Recycling and scrap metal (including whiteware) is free, as well as domestic quantities of batteries and waste oil.

    **UPDATE - Friday  29 November**

    Several readers have asked how much ratepayers will save moving the Kaikohe transfer station. We can’t provide an exact figure because that would ultimately depend on negotiations for either the sale or lease of the current, privately-owned Station Rd site. What we can confirm is:

    • Moving operations to the council-owned Carey Rd site required a one-off payment that covers operations for the next 10 years. That figure is commercially sensitive but is much less than purchasing Station Rd or signing a long-term lease for the site (e.g. tens of thousands compared to hundreds of thousands of dollars over the term of the contract).
    • The Station Rd site no longer suits current waste transfer needs.
    • Fire insurance for the Station Rd transfer building would be a big annual expense (not an issue at Carey Rd).