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Find out what goes in each bin
| Waste item | Bin type | Description | More info | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste item | Bin type | Description | More info | Keywords |
| Aerosol and air freshener cans | Recycling (yellow bin) | Aerosol, air freshener, deodorant spray | Put these items in the yellow bin e.g. aerosol, air freshener and deodorant spray. Make sure aerosol cans are empty before putting them in the yellow bin. | Keywords |
| Aluminium foil | Rubbish (red bin) | Tin foil, foil tray | Put these items in the red bin e.g. tin foil and foil trays. | Keywords |
| Aluminium foil pet food containers | Rubbish (red bin) | Aluminium foil containers, pet food | Put these items in the red bin e.g. aluminium foil pet food containers | Keywords |
| Arts and crafts | Rubbish (red bin) | painted or glitter cardboard or paper | Put these items in the red bin e.g. painted paper or cardboard, glitter paper or cardboard, craft glue | Keywords |
| Ash (cold) | Rubbish (red bin) | Ash, burnt timber, firewood, sawdust, timber offcuts | Put these items in the red bin e.g. ash, firewood, timber offcuts. Let ash cool for at least five days in a metal bucket or container before disposing in the red bin, otherwise it may cause a fire in your bin or in the collection truck. | Keywords |
| Baby formula tins (over one litre) | Rubbish (red bin) | Baby formula tins, baby formula cans | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Baking paper and grease proof paper | Rubbish (red bin) | Baking paper, grease proof paper | Put these items in the red bin e.g. baking paper and grease proof paper, | Keywords |
| Batteries - domestic | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | AA, AAA, C, D, cell batteries, alkaline cell, lithium, 9-volt | These items can't go in the kerbside bins e.g. AA, AAA, C, D, cell batteries. Batteries can cause fires in the collection trucks, potentially harming staff. You can take batteries to a Battery Recycling Station. Find out where at ccc.govt.nz/BatteryRecycling | Keywords |
| Batteries - vehicle | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | Lead, acid, car, boat, truck, vehicle, battery | These items can't go in the kerbside bins.It's FREE to drop off your vehicle battery e.g car, boat, truck (excluding e-vehicle batteries) off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. This is for household batteries only, not commercial batteries. | Keywords |
| Bedding | Rubbish (red bin) | Bedding, blankets, rugs, sheets, electric blanket, duvet, wool duvet | These items can't be recycled, please put them in the red bin. Examples include; bedding, blankets, rugs, sheets, electric blanket, duvet, wool duvet. If these items are in good condition can take to a second-hand store. | Keywords |
| Books (softcover and pages only) | Recycling (yellow bin) | Paperback, hardcover (remove hardcover or hardback from book and put in red bin), magazines | Put these items in the yellow bin e.g. magazines, paperback books and hardcover or hardback books (remove the hardcover, hardback or spiral binding from the book and put in red bin). | Keywords |
| Breads, pastry, flour | Organics (green bin) | Pastry, flour | Put these items in the green bin e.g. breads, donuts, pastries, croissants. | Keywords |
| Broken electrical appliances and kitchenware | Rubbish (red bin) | Frying pan, toaster, jug, stereo, lamps, microwave, power cord, calculator | Put broken items in the red bin e.g. frying pan, pots, toaster, stereo, lamps, headphones, earphones (please remove all batteries). | Keywords |
| Broken or damaged gaming or DVD players | Rubbish (red bin) | PlayStation, Xbox, video recorder, DVD player | Put these broken items in the red bin e.g. PlayStation, Xbox, video recorders and DVD players. If in a good condition, items can be accepted for free, subject to inspection, at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. | Keywords |
| Buckets | Rubbish (red bin) | Five litre buckets, sand buckets | Put these items in the red bin e.g.Five litre buckets, sand and toy buckets. These containers are not recyclable through the kerbside system. You may want to reuse these or donate them to a community garden. | Keywords |
| Cardboard ice cream container | Rubbish (red bin) | Cardboard ice cream container | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Cardboard trays for coffee and drink cups | Recycling (yellow bin) | coffee cup cardboard tray, coffee cup cardboard holder, coffee cup holder, coffee cup tray, takeaway coffee tray, takeaway coffee holder | Put these items in the yellow bin. | Keywords |
| CDs - DVDs and CDs | Rubbish (red bin) | DVD, CD discs | Put these items in the red bin. If in a good condition these items can be accepted for free, subject to inspection, at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. | Keywords |
| Cellphones, smartphones | Rubbish (red bin) | Cellphones, smartphones | Put these items in the red bin (with the battery removed). Or drop them off for free at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. | Keywords |
| Ceramics | Rubbish (red bin) | Crockery, cups, mugs, plates | Put these items in the red bin e.g. broken crockery, cups, mugs, bowls and plates. Please wrap in newspaper first. If in a good condition, items can be accepted for free, subject to inspection, at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. | Keywords |
| Cheese, yoghurt, eggs | Organics (green bin) | Cheese, yoghurt, eggs, butter | Put these items in the green bin e.g. dairy products cheese, yoghurt, butter, eggs and egg shells. | Keywords |
| Chemicals - dry and liquid | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | Chemicals | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. It's FREE to drop chemicals off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. Free only for household hazardous waste items e.g. no more than 20 kg or 20 litres at one time. | Keywords |
| Cigarettes | Rubbish (red bin) | Cigarettes, smokes | Put these items in the red bin e.g. smokes, tobacco and cigarettes. | Keywords |
| Clean plastic bottles | Recycling (yellow bin) | Plastic bottles with the numbers 1, 2 or 5 on them | Put plastic bottles (under three litres) with the numbers 1, 2 or 5 in the yellow bin. Examples include; milk, juice, soft drink and water bottles. Empty, rinse and put all lids and tops in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Clean plastic containers | Recycling (yellow bin) | Plastic containers with the numbers 1,2 or 5 on them | Put plastic containers with the numbers 1,2 or 5 in the yellow bin. Examples include; shampoo, detergent, ice cream containers, empty cleaning and chemical containers and family sized yoghurt containers. Empty, rinse and put all the lids and tops in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Cleaning paper, wipes | Rubbish (red bin) | chemicals, paper, paper towels | Put these items in the red bin e.g. wipes, baby wipes, paper towels used cleaning and paper with chemicals all need to go in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Cling film | Rubbish (red bin) | cling film, glad wrap, food wrap, cling wrap | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Clothing | Rubbish (red bin) | Used clothing | Put damaged clothing in the red bin. Good quality clothing can be donated to a second-hand clothing store. | Keywords |
| Coat hangers | Rubbish (red bin) | Coat hangers | Put these items in the red bin e.g. plastic, metal and wooden coat hangers. | Keywords |
| Coffee pods and sachets | Rubbish (red bin) | Coffee pods, pods, tea sachets, coffee sachets | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Compostable and bio-degradable bags | Rubbish (red bin) | Compostable bags, bio-degradable bags | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Computers, monitors and laptops | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | Computers, laptops, monitors, screens | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. Please take computers, laptops, monitors, screens etc can be accepted for free, subject to inspection, at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. | Keywords |
| Containers over 3 litres | Rubbish (red bin) | Water bottles, protein powder tubs, oil containers, cleaning containers | Put these in the red bin e.g. water bottles, protein powder tubs, oil containers, cleaning containers | Keywords |
| Corks | Rubbish (red bin) | cork, corks, bottle cork | Out these in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Damaged shoes, boots and sneakers | Rubbish (red bin) | Footwear, shoes, boots, sneakers | Put damaged footwear in the red bin. Good quality footwear can be donated to a second-hand clothing store. | Keywords |
| Dialysis tubing and bags | Rubbish (red bin) | Dialysis tubing | Put these items in the red bin. Double bag them first. | Keywords |
| Disposable gloves | Rubbish (red bin) | Disposable gloves | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Dry and empty paint tins and cans | Rubbish (red bin) | empty or dry paint cans and paint tins | Put these items in the red bin e.g. empty or dry paint cans and paint tins. | Keywords |
| Egg shells | Organics (green bin) | All shells, including egg shells | Put these items in the green bin. e.g. egg shells and sea shells. | Keywords |
| Electrical appliances and kitchenware (in working condition) | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | Frying pan, toaster, jug, stereo, lamps, microwave, | If these items are in good condition, they can be accepted for free, subject to inspection, at an local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. This is for household items only, not commercial appliances. | Keywords |
| Face masks | Rubbish (red bin) | disposable face masks, face masks, disposable masks, single-use face masks, medical face masks | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Fire extinguishers | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | Fire extinguishers, fire retardant | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. It's FREE to drop these off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. This is for household hazardous waste items only, not commercial hazardous waste items. | Keywords |
| Fish 'n' chip wrappers | Organics (green bin) | Paper used for food | Put these in the green bin. | Keywords |
| Flares | None | Distress flares | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. Out-of-date or time-expired flares may be taken back to marine retail outlets to dispose of appropriately or contact the Police for advice. Do not incinerate old flares or put them in the rubbish. If they ignite, they can cause fires. Parachute flares fired horizontally are very powerful and may cause serious injuries and burns. | Keywords |
| Flattened cardboard, cardboard rolls and egg cartons | Recycling (yellow bin) | Boxes, egg trays, toilet roll tubes, paper towel roll | Put these items in the yellow bin e.g. put clean flattened cardboard boxes, egg trays, cardboard roll tubes, paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls and cereal boxes. | Keywords |
| Flax and cabbage tree leaves | Rubbish (red bin) | Flax, cabbage tree, yukka tree, palm tree leaves, bamboo leaves | Put these items in the red bin. Flax and cabbage tree leaves damage the shredder at the organic composting facility. | Keywords |
| Food scraps and leftovers | Organics (green bin) | Food scraps, leftovers, food waste, food | Put these items in the green bin e.g. leftover takeaways or meals, vegetable, fruit, expired or moldy food. | Keywords |
| Food soiled paper and cardboard | Organics (green bin) | pizza boxes, fish and chip paper, burger bags, paper towels, tissues and shredded paper. | Put these items in the green bin and remove any tape or stickers before disposing. e.g. pizza boxes, fish and chip paper, burger bags, paper towels, tissues and shredded paper. | Keywords |
| Fridges, ovens, dish washers | EcoDrop recycling centre | Whiteware, kitchen appliances | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. It is FREE to drop these off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. This is for household whiteware items only, not commercial whiteware items. | Keywords |
| Fruit; apples, bananas, pears, kiwifruit | Organics (green bin) | Fruit, apples, bananas, pears, kiwifruit, berries etc | Put these items in the green bin. This includes all types of fruit or fruit pieces at any stage of decomposition and pits, fruit seeds and stones. | Keywords |
| Fungicides | EcoDrop recycling centre | Liquid copper fungicide | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. It's FREE to drop chemicals off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. Free only for household hazardous waste items e.g. no more than 20 kg or 20 litres at one time. | Keywords |
| Furniture | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | chairs, couches, sofas, tables | If these items are in good condition, they can be accepted for free, subject to inspection, at an local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. | Keywords |
| Garden waste, lawn clippings | Organics (green bin) | Put these items in the green bin e.g. lawn clippings, flowers, weeds, leaves, garden waste, bark | Keywords | |
| Gardening pots | Rubbish (red bin) | Plastic pots, gardening pottles, seedling containers | Put these items in the red bin e.g. gardening pots, trays and containers. If these items are in good condition ask your local gardening store if they want to re-use them. Mitre 10 have a takeback scheme - https://www.mitre10.co.nz/potrecycling | Keywords |
| Gas bottles, gas cylinders | EcoDrop recycling centre | Gas bottles, gas cylinders, gas canisters | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. It's FREE to drop these off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. This is for household hazardous waste items only, not commercial hazardous waste items. | Keywords |
| General waste | Rubbish (red bin) | Broken toys, cups, plates | Put these items in the red bin e.g. wrappers, perfume bottle, packaging, strapping, packets, broken cups, tupperware, lunchbox, backpacks, handbags, plates and toys. | Keywords |
| Glass - general | Rubbish (red bin) | Glass jug, dish, wine glasses, mirrors, lightbulbs, window glass, broken glass | Put these items in the red bin. For example broken glass, glass jugs, wine glasses, mirrors, dishes, light bulbs, window glass. Please wrap in paper before putting in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Glass bottles/jars | Recycling (yellow bin) | Wine bottle, drink bottle, beer bottle, glass jars | Put these items in the yellow bin. Examples include; wine and beer bottles, soft drink and juice bottle and glass jars. Rinse, empty and put tops or caps in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Guns, bullets, ammunition | None | Ammunition, bullets, guns | Items like these can't go in the kerbside bins. Contact the Police firearms disposal or a local gun club. | Keywords |
| Hair, pet fur | Organics (green bin) | Fur, hair | Put these items in the green bin. | Keywords |
| Hardcover books | Rubbish (red bin) | Books with hardcover or hardback, notebooks, spiral binding | Put these in the red bin | Keywords |
| Herbicides, garden spray | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | Versatill, clopyralid | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. It is FREE to drop herbicides off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre at a transfer station. Free only for household hazardous waste items e.g. no more than 20 kg or 20 litres at one time. | Keywords |
| Home decor | Rubbish (red bin) | Rugs, homeware, wallpaper offcuts, hot water bottle | Put these items in the red bin. Examples include; wallpaper offcuts, ornaments, bedding, curtains, photo frames and rugs. If these items are in good condition can take to a second-hand store. | Keywords |
| Hose, sprinkler system | Rubbish (red bin) | Garden hose, sprinkler system, plastic hose fittings | Put these items in the red bin e.g. hoses, pipes and hose fittings. These items can damage the recycling plant. | Keywords |
| Insulation packaging MyFood bag | Rubbish (red bin) | Insulation packaging My Food Bag, plastic bags, wool packaging | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Kitchen bin rubbish bag | Rubbish (red bin) | Plastic bin tidy | Put these items in the red bin e.g. plastic waste bin bag, kitchen plastic bag | Keywords |
| Kitchen paper towels | Organics (green bin) | Shredded paper, serviettes | Put these items in the green bin. Examples include; food-soiled paper, serviettes, kitchen paper towels, margarine paper and butter paper. | Keywords |
| Lids, caps and tops | Rubbish (red bin) | Bottle tops, caps | Put these items in the red bin e.g. bottle tops, caps and container lids. Lids are too small to go through the recycling processing plant. | Keywords |
| Liquid or drink cartons | Rubbish (red bin) | Juice, dairy, coconut water and alternative milk cartons or boxes | A liquid carton takeback scheme is being trialed at the EcoDrop Recycling Centres. Otherwise, put these items in the red bin. Examples include; milk and juice cartons, coconut and almond milk cartons, Tetra Pak and coconut water cartons. | Keywords |
| Liquids, solvents, sprays, oil | EcoDrop recycling centre | Oil, paint, water, solvents, garden sprays, cleaning product | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. Please don't put any liquids in the kerbside bins. It is FREE to drop these off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre at a transfer station. Free only for household hazardous waste items e.g. no more than 20 kg or 20 litres at one time. | Keywords |
| Makeup, cosmetic and hygiene products | Rubbish (red bin) | Plastic and glass roll on deordorant, makeup, cosmetic tubes | Put these items in the red bin e.g. roll on deodorant, makeup, cosmetics, makeup and cosmetic containers, jars, bottles etc. | Keywords |
| Meat and bones | Organics (green bin) | Lamb, beef, goat, pork, bones, fish | Put these items in the green bin. Examples include; lamb, beef, goat, pork, bones, chicken, chicken carcass. You can put cooked and uncooked meat products, bones, fat and skin in the green bin. | Keywords |
| Medicine packets | Rubbish (red bin) | medicine packets, blister pack, pill packets | Put these items in the red bin e.g. medicine packets, medicine packs, Blister pack, pill packets, medicine sachet packs | Keywords |
| Metal | Rubbish (red bin) | Tools, pans, fry pans, building material, reinforcing, knives, cutlery, | Put these items in the red bin e.g. Tools, pans, fry pans, building material, reinforcing, knives, cutlery. It is FREE to drop household metal off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre. You may wish to search online for a scrap metal dealer. NOTE: if paint tins still contain paint, please search paint for instructions. | Keywords |
| Metal and aluminium cans and tins | Recycling (yellow bin) | Food and drink cans and tins | Put items under one litre in the yellow bin e.g. drink cans and food tins. Please empty and rinse first. If the lids are still attached, push them into the can and these can be recycled. If lids are removed please put them in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Metal lids | Rubbish (red bin) | Metal lids, jar lids, glass bottle lids, wine, beer bottle, glass jars | Put these in the red bin. Examples include; metal lids, jar lids, glass bottle lids, wine, beer bottle and glass jars lids. | Keywords |
| Netting bags and produce bags | Rubbish (Red bin) | fruit, oranges, lemons, limes, produce, groceries, citrus | Please put these items in the red bin e.g. netted fruit bags, produce bags, netted shopping and grocery bags | Keywords |
| Packets and wrappers | Rubbish (red bin) | Biscuit wrapping, chip packets, biscuit inners and trays | Put these items in the red bin. Examples include; biscuit, chocolate and roll-up wrappers, chip packets, biscuit inners and trays. | Keywords |
| Paint | EcoDrop recycling centre | Paint can, paint, spray can, paint bucket | These items can't go in the kerbside bins e.g. paint, spray cans. It is FREE to drop paint off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre at a transfer station. Free only for household hazardous waste items e.g. no more than 20 kg or 20 litres at one time. Alternatively see if your paint brand has a return scheme. | Keywords |
| Paper | Recycling (yellow bin) | Newspaper, magazines, phone books, brochures, envelopes, | Put these items in the yellow bin (no smaller than a standard envelope) e.g. newspaper, magazines, non-tinfoil wrapping paper, phone books, brochures, paper bags, brown paper bags with handles and envelopes (including window envelopes). | Keywords |
| Pens and pencils | Rubbish (red bin) | Pens, pencils | Put these items in the red bin e.g. pencils, pens, crayons, paint brushes, felts and markers. | Keywords |
| Personal hygiene | Rubbish (red bin) | Personal, hygiene, sanitary items, disposable nappies, baby wipes, sanitary pads | Put these items in the red bin e.g. disposable nappies, baby wipes and sanitary pads. | Keywords |
| Pesticides, rat and slug bait, | EcoDrop Recycling Centre | Rat bait, slug bait, bait, spider spray, poison, toxic | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. It is FREE to drop these off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre at a transfer station. Free only for household hazardous waste items e.g. no more than 20 kg or 20 litres at one time. | Keywords |
| Pizza boxes | Organics (green bin) | Cardboard used for food | Put these items in the green bin. | Keywords |
| Plastic cups, plates and utensils | Rubbish (red bin) | plastic cups, wine glasses, plates and utensils | Put these in the red bin e.g. plastic cups, plates and utensils | Keywords |
| Plastic lids and tops | Rubbish (red bin) | Plastic lids, lids | Put these items in the red bin e.g. lids or tops on milk, yogurt, butter, margarine, soft drink and juice. | Keywords |
| Plastic meat trays | Recycling (yellow bin) | clean plastic meat trays | Put clean plastic meat trays with the numbers 1, 2 or 5 in the yellow bin. | Keywords |
| Plastic milk bottles | Recycling (yellow bin) | Plastic milk bottles | Put these items in the yellow bin e.g. milk, chocolate, coffee and other flavoured milk bottles. Empty, rinse and put all lids and tops in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Plastic strapping | Rubbish (red bin) | Strapping, ties, rope, cord | Put these items in the red bin e.g. strapping, ties, rope and cord. These items can damage machines at the recycling processing plant. | Keywords |
| Plastic water bottles | Recycling (yellow bin) | plastic water bottles | Put these items in the yellow bin e.g. plastic water and drink bottles. Remove lids and put it in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Polystyrene | Rubbish (red bin) | Polystyrene meat trays, polystyrene packaging | Put these items in the red bin e.g. polystyrene meat trays and polystyrene packaging. | Keywords |
| Polystyrene meat trays | Rubbish (red bin) | Polystyrene meat tray | Put these items in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Poo and animal waste | Rubbish (red bin) | Faeces, poo, animal waste, kitty litter, cat litter, feathers | Put these items in the red bin including animal fur and feathers. Please bag faeces, animal waste and cat litter. | Keywords |
| Printed photos | Rubbish (red bin) | photos, photography, printed photos, photography prints, photo films | Put these in the red bin | Keywords |
| Printer and ink cartridges | EcoDrop recycling centre | Printer cartridges, ink cartridges, | These items can't go in the kerbside bins e.g. printer cartridges and ink cartridges. It is FREE to drop paint off at your local EcoDrop Recycling Centre at a transfer station. | Keywords |
| Radioactive waste | None | Medical waste | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. Low-levels generated from hospitals and laboratories, along with industry smoke detectors may be dropped off at a transfer station. Any other radioactive waste needs to be disposed of through a licensed medical waste disposal facility. | Keywords |
| Razors and blades | Rubbish (red bin) | Razors and blades | Please wrap in paper before putting in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Receipts and tickets | Rubbish (red bin) | Receipts, plane tickets, airline tickets, event tickets, concert tickets | Put these items in the red bin | Keywords |
| Seat belts, belts | Rubbish (red bin) | Belts | Put these items in the red bin. These items can damage machines at the recycling plant. | Keywords |
| Sharps | None | Needles, syringes | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. Sharps and needles require specialist disposal, contact your healthcare provider. | Keywords |
| Shells, seafood, fish | Organics (green bin) | Shells, seafood, fish | Put these items in the green bin. | Keywords |
| Shredded paper | Organics (green bin) | shredded paper, shredded office paper, shredded packaging paper | Put these items in the green bin. | Keywords |
| Small bits of paper (smaller than an envelope) | Organics (green bin) | small bits of paper, ripped paper | Put these items in the green bin e.g. ripped paper, small pieces of paper, small paper notes | Keywords |
| Small dead animals | Red | Dead small animals such as rats, mice and birds | Small dead animals such as rats, mice and birds can be double-bagged and placed in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Small plastic items | Rubbish (red bin) | Credit cards, loyalty cards, pill bottles, small yoghurt pottles | Put these items in the red bin e.g. credit cards, loyalty cards, toothbrush, pill bottles. If the plastic item is smaller than an individual yoghurt pottle, we cant' recycle it. | Keywords |
| Smoke detector | Rubbish (red bin) | Smoke alarm, house alarm, | Put these items (with the battery removed) in the red bin e.g. smoke detectors and alarms. | Keywords |
| Soft plastics | Rubbish (red bin) | All bags, shrink wrap, bubble wrap, shopping bags, plastic bags, chip bags, biscuit trays, biscuit packets | Put these items in the red bin or take it to a Soft Plastics Takeback bin. For locations visit recycling.kiwi.nz/store-locator. Examples include; plastic bags, bubble wrap, shopping bags, chip packets, frozen food bags, cereal inner packets and shrink wrap. Note: biscuit trays are not taken in these bins, put these in the red bin only. | Keywords |
| Soil, dirt, compost | Rubbish (red bin) | Dirt, compost, potting mix | Put small amounts of soil in your red bin. Trucks can't lift bins over 70kg. Take large amounts of dirt, soil, potting mix and cleanfill to the EcoDrop Transfer Station. | Keywords |
| Stones, rocks, gravel | EcoDrop transfer station | Stones, rocks | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. These items damage the collection vehicles and machines at the processing facilities.Take these to your local EcoDrop transfer station as hardfil. | Keywords |
| Storage containers | Rubbish (red bin) | Large storage container, home organiser, storage boxes/bask | Put these items in the red bin e.g. storage boxes, clothes basket, home organiser. You may wish to reuse them or donate them to a school or non-profit organisation. | Keywords |
| Supermarket checkout bags | Rubbish (red bin) | Plastic supermarket checkout bags | Put these items in the red bin e.g. supermarket bags, fabric bags, tote bags, plastic bags. | Keywords |
| Takeaway coffee and drink cups | Rubbish (red bin) | Takeaway coffee and drink cups, Glopac cups | Put this item in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Takeaway food containers | Rubbish (red bin) | Takeaway coffee cups, compostable packing, Eco food packaging, takeaway containers, takeout boxes, biodegradable containers, takeaway soft drink cups | Put these items in the red bin. Examples include; takeaway coffee and soft drink cups, bio and compostable packing, eco food packaging, takeaway containers, takeout boxes. These items contain plastic. | Keywords |
| Tea bags, coffee grounds | Organics (green bin) | Tea bags, coffee grounds, tea leaves | Put these items in the green bin e.g. tea bags, tea leaves, coffee grounds and coffee beans. | Keywords |
| Timber | Rubbish (red bin) | Off-cuts, treated timber, sawdust, timber trellising, building | Put these items in the red bin e.g. timber off-cuts, treated timber, sawdust, processed timber. | Keywords |
| Tin foil and pie trays | Rubbish (red bin) | Aluminium wrapping, pie trays | Put these in the red bin e.g. tin foil, oven/pie trays, foil wrapping paper and aluminum wrapping. | Keywords |
| Tissues, used tissues | Organics (Green bin) | Tissues, used tissues | Put these items in the green bin. | Keywords |
| Tussock | Organics (green bin) | tussock, lawn, grass | Please put these in the green bin e.g. tussock, lawn, grass | Keywords |
| Tyres and wheels | EcoDrop transfer station | Car, 4x4, vehicle rubber wheels | These items can't go in the kerbside bins. Take to your local EcoDrop transfer station. Please don't put in the kerbside bins as it damages the collection vehicles and machines at the processing facilities. | Keywords |
| Vacuum dust | Rubbish (red bin) | Vacuum cleaner/contents | Put these in the red bin. | Keywords |
| Vegetables, carrots, kumara, beans, pumpkin | Organics (green bin) | Cooked, raw, decomposing vegetables | Put these items in the green bin. This includes cooked or raw vegetables and vegetable pieces at any stage of decomposition. | Keywords |
| VHS tapes | Rubbish (red bin) | Video tapes | Put these in the red bin. These items are not recyclable through the kerbside service. | Keywords |
| Wire | Rubbish (red bin) | Florist wire, fencing wire | Put these items in the red bin e.g. florist wire and wiring. For large bales of wire you can take it to the EcoDrop Recycling Centre. | Keywords |
| Wooden plates, skewers and sticks | Rubbish (red bin) | wooden and bamboo plates, cutlery, skewers, ice block sticks, ice cream sticks, kebab skewers, takeaway skewers | Put these items in the red bin e.g. Wooden and bamboo plates, cutlery, skewers, ice block sticks, ice cream sticks, kebab skewers, takeaway skewers. | Keywords |