Resource Recovery and Recycling

It's easy to find the Resource Recovery Centre, situated across the road from Blenheim’s transfer station in Wither Road Extension. Since the centre's opening at the end of 2008, increasing numbers of Marlburians have regularly been dropping their recyclables through the front wall slots of the big blue building.

There is no charge to drop recyclables off, but we do ask that users are careful to drop only the corresponding type of recyclable material into the correct slot. We also ask that containers are empty and clean as they have to be handled by staff to be processed.

The sorting and baling happens inside the building and these activities can be viewed through the wall slots. Bales of steel, aluminium, plastics, paper and cardboard are sold to offset the cost of operating the facility.

• Kerbside Recycling Collection
  The kerbside recycling collection occurs weekly in Blenheim and Picton on the same day as rubbish bag pick-up day.  New households please contact Council about how you can pick up a crate and information about the materials that can be placed in the crate for recycling.  Replacement crates can be purchased from Council at $15 each.
• Greenfingers Composting
  Greenfingers operates a green waste composting site just past the Blenheim Transfer Station on Wither Road east extension.
• Mulch Report
  The Marlborough District Council, in partnership with HortResearch, the Marlborough Research Centre, Marlborough Grape Growers and the Wine Consortium of Montana, Cloudy Bay and Matador Estate have been involved in trialling mulches in vineyards for a period of four years.
• Recycling at the Transfer Stations
  Information on items that can be recycled at the transfer stations.
• Resource Recovery Centre
  Council operates the Resource Recovery Centre opposite the transfer station in Wither Road Extension, Blenheim.
• Re-use Shop
  Anything that can be re-used can be dropped off at the Re-use Shop, located at the Blenheim Transfer Station, instead of adding to the landfill.