Collections in all areas except Richmond remain the same this holiday period.
Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on a FRIDAY this year so some rubbish and recycling collections IN CENTRAL RICHMOND will be one day later.
If your usual collection day is Friday 25 December 2020, then your rubbish will be collected on Saturday 26 December 2020.
The same changes will apply for New Year’s Day with rubbish collected on Saturday 2 January 2021.
All other collections days remain the same. Please remember to have bins out by 7.00am.
Extra collections will be happening from Monday 21 December 2020 to Sunday 14 February 2021in Kaiteriteri.
From now only we’ll only be collecting plastics that can be recycled in New Zealand – these are the ones labelled with 1, 2, and 5. These three plastic types are the most common, representing around 85-90% of the plastics we use. Most of the containers that you use will still be recycled: soft drink and water bottles, clear plastic meat trays, plastic milk bottles, bathroom, kitchen, and laundry products, and ice-cream, butter and takeaway containers.
The plastics that we will not collecting anymore are plastics 3, 4, 6 and 7. These plastics are used in some food and product packaging like single serve yoghurt pottles and most sour cream containers. These cannot be recycled in New Zealand and are very difficult to find an overseas market for. There is also concern that some of these plastics may not be recycled appropriately.
So please start thinking about the plastics that you buy, reduce plastic where you can, starting checking the number and aim to buy only 1, 2 and 5 so less plastic goes to landfill.
This change came into effect on 1 July 2020.
Download poster of plastic recycling changes (pdf, 572 KB)
Download poster of plastic recycling examples
Download poster of our top ten recycling tips
Download the 2020/2021 Recycling Collection Calendar here (pdf, 2.1 MB).
Download the calendar and keep a copy on your device.
Download your kerbside recycling guide (pdf, 3.4 MB)
Please put glass in the blue crate, put paper, plastics 1, 2 & 5, cardboard and cans in the yellow-top.
Collections in all areas except Richmond remain the same this holiday period.
Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on a FRIDAY this year so some rubbish and recycling collections IN CENTRAL RICHMOND will be one day later.
If your usual collection day is Friday 25 December 2020, then your rubbish will be collected on Saturday 26 December 2020.
The same changes will apply for New Year’s Day with rubbish collected on Saturday 2 January 2021.
All other collections days remain the same.
Please place your recycling bins and bags on the roadside in a location where our drivers can see them clearly. If you leave the area prior to collection day or have an excess, you can drop your official rubbish bags and recycling at any Resource Recovery Centre free of charge.
Make sure you do not overfill your recycling bin or glass crate, or it will not be collected.
If you need a second crate for glass, you can buy one from any council office or RRC for $20.
Extra collections will be happening from Monday 21 December 2020 to Sunday 14 February 2021in Kaiteriteri.
Collections take place every day except for Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday.
The normal kerbside collection days and areas are:
| Day | Kerbside collection area |
|---|---|
| Monday | Golden Bay, Mārahau, Kaiteriteri, Riwaka, Brooklyn |
| Tuesday | Motueka |
| Wednesday | Moutere, Coastal Tasman, Māpua, Ruby Bay, Redwood Valley, Appleby, Northern Hope (including Clover Road and Main Road Hope and Lower Queen Street) |
| Thursday | St Arnaud, Tapawera, Tadmor, Belgrove, Wakefield, Brightwater, Southern Hope (South of Main Road Hope and Bateup Road), Upper Richmond (including Hill Street odd numbered houses and above) |
| Friday | Central Richmond (inside Gladstone Road, Champion Road, Hill Street, Bateup Road / Hart Road) |
Here's how you can check:
You can also call the Council on 03 543 8400 to check your collection day.
Please note that our district is geographically widespread and not all areas are serviced – if you would like your area to be considered for an extension of service, please contact your local Council office.
Only recycle empty, unbroken glass bottles and jars.
Glass can be clear, brown, blue or green.
If you don’t have one, or if you would like another, contact your local Council office.
If you’ve got a large amount of recycling you can drop it free of charge, seven days a week at any Resource Recovery Centre.
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