Tens of thousands of tonnes of steel and concrete from Wellington's earthquake demolition sites will be recycled.
It will take 3000 truck loads to remove 36,000 tonnes of concrete and 700 tonnes of steel from the Reading Cinema car park site.
A corner of the building has already been removed and demolition is on track for completion by March.
Wellington City Council site manager Phil Becker says the rubble will be recycled.
"They'll be removing that concrete and steel to a third party recycling yard where it'll be separated and the concrete will be crushed and made available for reuse."
Becker said it would probably end up back at the Tory St site when the hole from the demolition is filled.
Becker said the building's foundations would be dug out, including a small area of ground that is contaminated.
Wellington City Council project manager Gunther Wild said demolition material from 61 Molesworth St would also be recycled.
He said in total there was 6000 tonnes of demolition rubble, including 300 tonnes of steel.
"We are looking to sort through as much of that as possible, pulling out any steel, copper and aluminum," he said.
Meanwhile, one of the nine cars trapped in the Reading Cinema car park can now be seen as demolition progresses.