Rubbish and recycling

Here you will find information about disposal of your household and recyclable refuse, and what you can do to help keep Auckland city clean and rubbish free.

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Choose your collection area

For collection dates, what can be recycled, and more ...

• Inner central business district (CBD) - view the map to see whether your property is in the inner CBD
• Auckland isthmus - excluding the inner central business district (CBD)
      New recycling service for Auckland isthmus - effective from Monday 30 June 2008
• Waiheke Island
• Great Barrier Island
• Rakino Islands - no kerbside collections

Of the 'Rubbish and recycling' guide

Recycling

• Recycling symbols - the symbols and what they mean
• What happens to recycling materials - how and where they go for reuse
• The Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) - the new recycling sorting facility

Alternative disposal options

• Inorganic collections - for residential Auckland isthmus properties only (excluding CBD and businesses)
• A-Z guide of reuse, recycling and disposal - what and how to reuse and recycle a range of household items.
• Plastic bags - how to reuse or dispose of plastic bags
• Polystyrene - about polystyrene and how to dispose of it
• Rubbish barges - refuse and recycling options for boaties at Waiheke and Great Barrier Islands over the holiday period
• Cigarette butt bins - help keep Auckland city's streets clean of cigarette butts
• Hazardous waste - how to dispose of hazardous materials
• Garden and food waste - what you can do with your organic stuff
• Transfer stations - another option for rubbish disposal
• Re-use and recycling options - finding outlets for reusable and recyclable materials
• Christmas tree disposal - disposing of trees after Christmas

More useful information

• Waste education for schools - Auckland City Council's waste education programmes
• Targeted rates charges for large residential complexes - the proposed charges for 2007/08
• WA$TED! Waging war on waste - an environmental make-over series that proves you don't have to be extreme to be green
• Public holiday collections - changes to collections following public holidays
• Junk mail - about the national 'Voluntary Code of Practice' to encourage responsible delivery of advertising material
• Come on: Be a Tidy Kiwi - reduce rubbish on our streets and in our waterways
• Dumped rubbish - for problems with rubbish dumped on public property
• Reduce your rubbish - national campaign website
• Wastewise - cut business waste in the CBD
• Waste management plan - tackling the mounting rubbish problem
• Waste management in multi-tenancy dwellings - outlines ways to address refuse and recyclables storage and collection

Contact us if you require information that is not on these pages.

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