The previous amnesty in 2009 saw about 1557kg of hazardous waste diverted from landfill.
Hazardous Waste supervisor John Larcombe said while this year's collection had been "a little bit quiet", he was pleased with the amount of waste handed in by Wakatipu residents.
The most common hazardous waste dropped off had been paints, herbicides and pesticides.
Hazardous waste includes glues, paints, cleaners, chemicals, old and new fertilisers, fats and oils, fluorescent light bulbs, circuit boards, aerosols and lighters and needs to be disposed of carefully so as not to affect people's health or the environment.
The collection moved to Wanaka yesterday and would continue today with all of the waste handed in being trucked by Transpacific Industrial Solutions, a hazardous substance management company, to Christchurch, Mr Larcombe said.
"The worst of it gets sent to Europe for incineration. The rest will be treated in New Zealand by Transpacific Auckland and Christchurch."
Mr Larcombe said Wakatipu residents did not need to wait for an amnesty to dispose of their hazardous substances - if they had anything they wanted to get rid of they could contact the council personnel, who would then either advise what should be done with the item, or organise someone to pick it up.
The total amount of waste collected would likely be known tomorrow.
