The Tāmaki Zero Waste Hub, at 153 Pilkington Road in Glen Innes, is a community recycling centre and social enterprise, owned by Zero Waste Aotearoa. It has a reuse shop with second-hand and upcycled goods, a recycling drop-off, and collection and pick-up by appointment. A community of reuse artists, upcyclers and volunteers works on site. All profits go back into community-led resource recovery. The hub also gives free and low-cost goods to whānau and community groups, and it trains young people and people returning to work.
The hub takes in goods from Auckland Council's Inorganic Collection Service, including furniture, toys, bikes, cookware, whiteware and electrical appliances. Marae, schools, community groups, charities and upcyclers can collect those items free of charge, but only for reuse or upcycling, not recycling. Groups that want to collect regularly must register as approved collectors. In the past year, the hub says it received about 1,035 tonnes and passed about 73 tonnes back to the community. Since 2023, it says it has distributed about 465 tonnes across its Tāmaki and Wairau hubs.
Our pick in Glen Innes for a second-hand bike or a piece of furniture with a second life.