Welcome to Wāhi Tukurua - Mercury Bay’s Resource Recovery Centre
Looking for the Whitianga Resource Recovery Centre?
You’ve found us! Wāhi Tukurua is Mercury Bay and Whitianga’s community resource recovery centre. We are located beside the Whitianga Refuse and Recycling Transfer Station on South Highway, Whitianga.
Help us bring national zero waste ideas back to Whitianga
This October, we're hoping to send our Operations Manager, Megan, to the Zero Waste Hui in Christchurch. It's an opportunity to learn from leading zero waste practitioners from across Aotearoa and bring practical ideas, new connections and proven approaches back to support our volunteers and community.
Our goal is to raise $4,000 to cover the costs of attending. Every dollar invested helps strengthen our local waste minimisation efforts by ensuring the latest knowledge and inspiration make their way home to Whitianga.
Theme: Bringing National Insights Home to Whitianga Volunteers.
If you'd like to help make this happen, please consider making a donation. Together, we can invest in the people who are helping build a more sustainable future for our community.
We’re taking part in the Support Local campaign!
That means when you shop with us at Wāhi Tukurua and spend $20 or more before 16 August, you can enter the weekly prize draws, plus go in the draw for the grand Support Local prize.
So if you’ve been meaning to pop in for a browse, now’s a great time.
You’ll be supporting local, grabbing a bargain, helping keep useful items out of landfill, and maybe even winning something while you’re at it.
Come and see what treasures you can find.
Got items too good to throw away - Donate to us!
Got items too good to throw away?
Drop items off at our site Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 2pm.
Visit our shop Tuesday to Saturday 9:30am - 3:30pm.
We’ve also got a truck ready to collect from your home, whether it’s a few bits or a whole house load. Book a pick up below. Your generosity directly benefits your neighbours and our shared environment.
Looking for items? - Contacts us
- we might have something stashed away!
Meaning: The place of doing things again and again / Place of Recycling
Wāhi: (noun) location, locality, place, part, piece, portion, section, share, segment, allocation.
Tukurua: (verb) (-tia) to repeat (an operation), do a second time, replicate, recycle, redo.
Mercury Bay’s Resource Recovery Centre
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