– Welcome to the Southern Regional Landfill –

The Southern Regional Landfill has been carefully designed to provide a safe and considered disposal of waste while limiting environmental impact.
It is not open to the public with only authorised users able to dispose or transport waste.

The landfill is consented to receive a wide range of waste that includes:
permitted waste, special waste, some accepted hazardous waste and controlled waste.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TYPES OF PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED WASTE

Southland Based Waste

WasteNet Southland was formed in early 2000 to manage the municipal waste within the Southland District Council, Invercargill City Council or Gore District Council (including Stewart Island) regions.

There is a number of authorised users permitted to dispose or transport waste on behalf of Wastenet Southland. These users are required to adhere to strict disposal protocols and testing.

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Out Of Region Waste

The Southern Regional Landfill also accepts various waste from out of region areas to enable the safe disposal and reduction of waste throughout the lower South Island.

There is a number of authorised users permitted to dispose or transport waste. These users are required to adhere to strict disposal protocols and testing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We have collated our more frequently asked questions in an easy to read part of this website.

If you have a question that is not included then please do not hesitate to contact us directly and we will endeavour to help in any way possible. Alternatively if you are Southland based please do not hesitate to visit the WasteNet Southland website – wastenet.org.nz

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Reduce. Recycle. Reuse.

To reduce landfill waste we support the following local organisations in their recycling initiatives:

Recycling

Recycle South
Recycling Depot:
  • 28 Ettrick St, Invercargill
Services include:
  • Bale wrap recycling
  • Agricultural Plastic
  • E-waste
  • Business Collections
Ag Recovery
Gore

Advance Agriculture Ltd
14 Tamworth Lane

 

Farm Source
Cnr Railway and Dundas St

 

Invercargill

NZ Farm Source
61 Bill Richardson Drive

 

PGG Wrightson
232 Dee St

 

Lumsden

VetSouth Ltd
44 Diana St

 

Otautau

Farm Source
84 Main St

 

Winton

Farmers Dipping Company

48 Ashton St, Limehills

 

NZ Farm Source
18 Winton - Hedgehope Highway

 

Wyndham

NZ Farm Source
9 Balaclava St

Wastebuster Recycling
Services include:
  • Repair services
  • Food Rescue
  • Slow Fashion
  • Reuse shop
  • Building materials
  • Re-Action
  • Recycle

189 Ballantyne Road

The Garage Re-Use Shop

Proceeds from the Garage ReUse Shop help local families build a brighter future for themselves with Habitat for Humanity Invercargill

Invercargill
303 Bond St

Bluff
75 Suir St

Garston
9 Garston Athol HWY

Gore
Toronto St

Lumsden
35 Oxford St

Manapouri
205 Hillside Manapouri Road

Mokotua
12 Clearwater Rd

Mossburn
1525 Mossburn Lumsden HWY

Ohai
10 Richmond St

Otautau
5 Bridport Rd

Riversdale
26 Berwick St

Riverton
1 Havelock St

Te Anau
Te Anau Manapouri HWY

Tokonui
23 McEwan St

Tuatapere
51 King St

Winton 
193 Florence Rd

Wyndham
190 Edendale Wyndham Rd

 

 

Metals

Phonenix Metalman Recycling
Services Include:
  • Steel
  • Aluminium
  • Brass
  • Copper
  • Motors Stainless steel
  • Lead
  • Zinc
  • Batteries

Dunedin
Cromwell
Invercargill

Phone: 0800 727 2778

Sims Metal

Scrap Metal They buy:

  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Cans
  • Batteries
  • Cable
  • Commercial and residential Air conditioners
  • Compressors 
  • Copper Pipes
  • Boilers
  • Drill bits
  • Dryers
  • Electric motors
  • Kitchen sinks
  • Freezers- Commercial and residential
  • Guttering
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Hot water Cylinders
  • Mag wheels
  • Old ladders
  • Old whiteware
  • Radiators
  • Refigerators
  • Roofing Iron
  • Stainless steel 
  • Tapware
  • Titanium Parts
  • Transformers
  • Washing Machines
  • Water heaters
  • Window air conditioners
  • Oven/stoves
Batteries

Batteries 

Mitre 10

  • Invercargill
  • Winton
  • Gore
  • Te Anau

Lithium Batteries

Phonenix Metalman - 297 Bond Street, Invercargill

Miscellaneous

Waste Management
Services include:
  • Bulk Hazardous
  • Bulk Standard
  • Chemical Packaged waste
  • Certified tanker collections
  • Contaminated Soil
  • Roadsweepings
  • Agrichemicals
  • Asbestos containing materials
  • Laboratory chemicals
  • Witness destruction
  • Aerosols
  • Battery recycling
  • Chemist Collections
  • Waste tracking
  • Intractable wastes

Oamaru Transfer Station
13 Industrial Place

Dunedin Transfer Station
32 Wickliffe St

 

Resene
Services include:

Resene PaintWise programme.  Unwanted paint and paint packaging can be returned to designated Resene Colourshops

WasteNet Southland
Services include
  • Solvents
  • Glue
  • Chemicals
  • Petrol and Oil
  • Batteries
  • Pool Chemicals
  • Medicines
  • Nail polish
  • Shoe polish
  • Cleaners
  • Wood treatments
Waste Oil

Southland

Southoil - Contact Southoil

Otago

Wastec - Contact Wastec

Agricultural

AgRecovery
Drop off locations

Gore

Advance Agriculture Ltd
14 Tamworth Lane

Farmsource
Cnr Railway and Dundas St

Invercargill

Fasrmsource
61 Bill Richardson Drive

PGG Wrightson
232 Dee Street

Recycle South
210 Branxholme Makarewa Rd

Lumsden

VetSouth
44 Diana St

Otautau

Farmsource
84 Main st

Winton

Farmers Dipping Company
48 Ashton St

Farmsource

18 Winton - Hedgehope Hwy

Wyndham

Farmsource
9 Balaclava St

 

 

Plasback
Services include:
  • Bale wrap recycling
  • Agricultural Plastic
  • Ecolab drums recovery
  • Vineyard nets
  • Bulk bags/fertliser bags
  • Polypropylene twine

Waste Acceptance

A quick look at what can and can’t be disposed of at the landfill.

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Accepted at Landfill
Accepted at Landfill with conditions

Some conditions may include testing results, odour control and Special Waste Permits. All need to be booked in for delivery 48hrs in advance

Not accepted at Landfill