Recycle vapes at your nearest recycling station

We’re now accepting vapes at our battery recycling stations throughout the district.

It’s free of charge to recycle your used batteries and vapes at Broadlands Road Landfill and Resource Recovery Centre and Tūrangi, Mangakino and Kinloch Transfer Stations.

Taupō District Council actively supports reducing the amount of rubbish that is sent to landfill through recycling programmes and partnerships such as the battery recycling stations.

✔️ Visit your nearest battery recycling station and deposit your single use and rechargeable AA, AAA, C, D and 9V size batteries, cell phone batteries, laptop batteries and vapes. These batteries usually weigh less than 1kg and are used in devices such as toys, cameras, remotes, torches, and cordless power tools. Vapes can be recycled whole.

❌ Please don’t put batteries or vapes in public rubbish and recycling bins, send to landfill or place in your kerbside rubbish and recycling. Pierced, leaking or damaged batteries will not be accepted as these can be harmful to staff handling them.

♻️ When you recycle batteries responsibly, the batteries are collected in safe containers then transferred securely to facilities which specialise in safe battery sorting and recycling. Collecting and recycling batteries means that valuable components can be saved for reuse, and it keeps them out of landfill.

Help us look after the place we love by recycling and disposing of your rubbish responsibly. To find out more about our free battery recycling service visit www.taupo.govt.nz/rubbish.