How the service works
The Council provides a kerbside wheelie bin collection to all properties on a collection route that pay a Uniform Annual General Charge and a Waste Minimisation Charge on their rates. This includes most properties in Christchurch.
The standard kerbside wheelie bin collection service includes:
| Colour of bin lid | Size of standard bin | Used for | Collection schedule |
| Red | 140 litres | Household rubbish (non-recyclable or non-organic) | Fortnightly |
| Yellow | 240 litres | Household recycling | Fortnightly |
| Green | 80 litres | Organic waste - food scraps and garden trimmings | Weekly |
To ensure your bins are collected:
- Put your bins out either the night before the day of collection, or before 6 am on collection day.
- Put your bins at the kerbside, with the handle facing your house.
- Allow half a metre between the bins and any obstructions, eg. trees.
- Don’t overfill your bins – the lid must be closed flat for collection and bins weighing more than 70 kgs may not be emptied.
- Don’t place items next to your bins - they will not be collected.
- Only use the bin allocated to the property.
- After your bins have been emptied, take them in by 11 pm on collection day.
Read the Waste Management Bylaw 2009 for the full list of terms and conditions around the use of the kerbside wheelie bins.
Collection days
Find out the collection day for each of the kerbside wheelie bins at your property, and whether you are in the ‘week one’ or ‘week two’ collection area by entering your address below:
You can also download a collection calendar for your area by clicking on the links below:
Kerbside Collection Calendars 2012 - February to July [PDF 397KB]
Public holidays
Kerbside collection continues as normal on all public holidays except the following:
- Christmas Day
- New Year’s Day
- Easter Good Friday
- Anzac Day.
- Exception: 2012 Anzac Day (25 Apr) collection will be held as usual.
If these public holidays fall on a:
- Monday or Tuesday – place your bins out for collection before 6 am on the Saturday before your normal collection day.
- Wednesday, Thursday or Friday – place your bins out for collection before 6 am on the Saturday following your normal collection day.
Frequently Answered Questions
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