Kia Ora and welcome to Nelson ReUse & Recycle Centre

…”keeping local resources and treasures out of the landfill and making them available to the community”

The Nelson ReUse and Recycle Centre is a division of the Nelson Environment Centre. Over the years, the profits generated have helped a variety of environmental initiatives including The Mururoa protest fleet, Genetic Engineering awareness, Greenpeace, Waimarama Community Gardens and the Brook Sanctuary.
 

Electronic Waste recycling now available

Nelson ReUse and Recycle Centre have opened their doors for year-round recycling of electronic waste (e-waste), with the launch of an onsite e-Cycle depot.

NRRC is one of the flag-ship sites for the nationwide e-Cycle project (www.e-cycle.co.nz), which will have 21 sites up and running by the end of September 2011.

E-waste is the fastest growing type of waste in the world (estimated at 80,000 tonnes per year in NZ) and is more toxic than normal household rubbish.

Electronic devices are a complex mixture of several hundred materials. Some are valuable, e.g. gold, silver, platinum and palladium, which occur in the circuit boards of desktop computers. However, many devices such as TVs and CRT monitors contain toxic heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium and beryllium, and hazardous chemicals such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic is also frequently used. Generally, the older the equipment, the more toxic material it contains.

Now thanks to the government’s Waste Minimisation Fund, NRRC has found the solution they’ve been looking for to recycle these hazardous materials.  The e-Cycle Project is a partnership between RCN, a national leader in e-waste recycling and CRN (Community Recycling Network), a national grass root recycling organisation, of which Nelson Environment Centre is a member.  The request for government funding of e-Cycle was supported by many local authorities including Nelson City and Tasman District Councils with the setup at NRRC done in liaison with Nelmac and NCC.

There will be a charge for people dropping off old computers, televisions and other e-waste to cover the costs of safe and responsible recycling. These costs include labour, freight, the use of dismantling equipment and other logistics costs.

Charges are: (subject to change)

PC's:

  • Desktop $7.50
  • Laptop $7.50
  • Servers $7.50
  • Network Equipment $6

CRT Displays $25
LCD Monitors $7.50
TVs - up to 14" $25; 14-21" $30; 21 to 32" $35 and above 32" $50
LCD/Plasma TVs $30

Desktop printers $11.50
Photocopiers (small to medium) $46
Photocopiers (large) $69
Scanners $11.50

UPS' $12
Fax machines $11.50
Cellphones - Free
Microwaves $11.50

DVD's/Videos $7.50

Stereos & radios - Portable/compact $7.50; Large $10

If any businesses have large quantities of material or have queries on specific items then please contact Murray Simms at NRRC (03 548 5603) directly to organise a time to drop-off the material or to arrange a collection.