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About us

In June 2005 Meta NZ Ltd took over operation of Christchurch's three refuse stations, with the intention of moving their focus away from the traditional disposal of refuse, and further towards recovery of resources. The new, more positive name better represents the innovative vision of process and recovery that the EcoDepots are all about. Now, when you have material you no longer want or need, you’ll be taking it to an EcoDepot.

The EcoDepots are places where waste is reworked; everything you bring into them is sorted, processed and transported elsewhere. Reusable items go to the SuperShed, recyclables (e.g. scrap metal or timber) go to other processors, and green is taken to Metro where it is composted before being passed onto a local company for marketing. Refuse, of course, is transported to Kate Valley, where it is disposed of in the landfill.

To fully utilise our existing resources, protect future resources and minimise the size of landfill it is important that only what can truly not be reused in any other way goes into the refuse pit. The EcoDepots are committed to recovering anything possible.

The way the EcoDepots operate and how they are designed will change significantly in coming months and years. Before, you just took your ‘waste’ to the dump and dropped it off – what happened to it then was someone else’s problem. But at the EcoDepots the emphasis is going to change towards reuse, recycling and recovery, and that will be something that everyone will be responsible for.

Already you can drop off recyclables before the weighbridge, and you pay less to drop off sorted green than to dispose of refuse, but the categories of reusable or recyclable materials before the refuse pit will gradually increase. Your efforts to sort reusable or recyclable material out, rather than dispose of it in the pit, will be rewarded because you will pay less in disposal charges.

We plan to make a practical change for the better, and that will help us all to change how we think about waste and what we do with it. Together we can find real solutions to Christchurch’s waste problems.