Only 8 more district councils to go before District Council E-Waste, Tyre, Oil and child car seat recycling facilities are on the site! It’s taking a bit of time, but I have also been refining the behind-the-scenes processes, so it’s getting easier to add new locations across categories. The time consuming part is picking through the different websites to make sure I don’t miss any locations!
(If you know of any locations not on the site, please do let me know!)
I am currently trialling a plug-in for RecycleMap that will allow users to choose to view the website in Te Reo Māori. I’m currently working out the kinks, as the plug-in seems to have issues with some special characters. In the meantime, please do check it out (Click the NZ Flag in the top right corner of the screen) and provide feedback and suggestions, I’d love to know your thoughts!
Doing my evening trawl of council websites for new recycling locations (such an exciting life I lead) and what do I find? A LINK TO RECYCLEMAP!! This marks the first time I’ve come across a link back to the RecycleMap project from a site out there on the internet. I’ve got a warm fuzzy feeling inside!
After the unfortunate fire last week at the Abilities group site, I’ve now removed the markers for their map categories. It is unfortunate, and I sincerely hope that the group is able to secure a new site and continue to do the amazing work that they do. A GiveALittle page has been set up to help the group, which employs over 100 people with disabilities.
Just a small update regarding a bug fix, where previously on some of the map pages, the site footer was appearing on marker listings, obscuring the listings. This has now been fixed!
In other news, the site is now at 3130 markers!
The map page for waste oil recycling is now live. At the time of writing it includes oil recycling locations for about 1/5 of district councils, along with Super Cheap Auto stores that offer an engine oil recycling scheme. Over the coming days I will continue to add more council facilities for oils, along with E-waste and tyres.
3041 to be precise, as of 20/04/25. Big milestone!
Still working on E-Waste, Tyres & Oils across district council facilities. Once this is done, E-Waste and phone recycling available via other schemes will be next on the list!
Car seats, with around 50 locations across the motu, is now live on RecycleMap. The scheme is run by SeatSmart, with many district councils and baby supply shops participating. 70% of the materials in car seats can be recycled (Straps, metals, plastics), but it’s a tricky thing to process, so unfortunately there are usually fees associated with dropping off your old car seats for recycling. The good news it that these fees are often subsidised!
In other news, we’re also now at 2988 marker locations, only 12 more to go until there are 3000 locations live!
The E-waste and electrical items map is now live. I am still populating it, but there is a reasonable amount of markers to make it live. E-Waste pretty much covers anything with a battery or a plug. A sub-category includes old mobile phones. Note that many places have fees for the disposal of E-Waste, but will take phones for free.
In other news, we’re now at 2938 map markers. Very close to 3000 markers across RecycleMap!
Also, Waste Oil recycling and Childrens Car seats are still being worked on in the background. They will be coming soon, once I’ve worked through the majority of council facilities that would take them.
Just under 100 drop off locations are currently live on the newly added Tyres map. Check it out!
Tyres can be dropped off for recycling, free of charge, at these locations because of the Tyrewise stewardship scheme, where the cost of the recycling is included in the purchase of new tyres. Just make sure that your tyres are clean and free of dirt, with their rims removed.