Residential Rubbish and recycling

Waste Minimisation

Residential rubbish and recycling

North Shore City Council provides rubbish, recycling, paper and cardboard collection services for all households in North Shore City.

Rubbish collections
Household rubbish is only collected if it is in an official prepaid rubbish bag. The orange 40 and 60 litre bags can be purchased from council area offices, supermarkets, dairies and major service stations. The price of the bag covers the cost of collecting and disposing of your rubbish.
All official rubbish bags from residential and business properties in North Shore City are collected and taken to the Redvale landfill, 30km north of Auckland in the Rodney District.

Rubbish, recycling and paper/cardboard is usually collected between 7:30am and 4.30pm on weekdays. To ensure your rubbish is collected, place all items on the kerbside by 7:30am.

Rubbish collection day
Recycling calendar
Public holiday collections
Inorganic collections

Information about commercial rubbish and recycling

Getting your rubbish ‘right’

Tie your rubbish bags up securely
Keep rubbish bags to a reasonable weight (40 litre bags up to 10kg, 60 litre bags up to 15kg)
Do not put garden waste in your rubbish bag
To deter animals from ripping the rubbish bags, put them out on the morning of collection not the night before
To save money on rubbish bags try reducing, reusing and recycling as much rubbish as you can here are some ideas

Recycling
Recycling involves separating and collecting useful materials from your rubbish so that they can be manufactured into new raw materials and products.

Recycling reduces waste and landfill costs and makes better use of our natural resources. You can help the environment further by choosing products in recyclable packaging.

All North Shore households are provided with a mobile bin (link to MRBs FAQs) for recycling plastics, glass, aluminium and steel cans, and aerosol containers.

If you do not have a mobile recycling bin or it has been damaged in any way please contact Actionline on 486 8600 or by email actionline@northshorecity.govt.nz

Residential recycling is collected every fortnight.

Items for your mobile recycling bin:

All plastic bottles and containers with the numbers 1 to 7 in the recycling triangle can be put out for recycling. This includes ice cream containers and lids, yoghurt pottles, dip containers and takeaway containers.
Glass bottles and jars (no broken or window glass and no mirrors)
Aluminium and steel cans
Aerosol containers (remove plastic top)
Where possible, items should be washed and squashed so that more can fit in your mobile recycling bin.

Examples of plastics that can be recycled:

Code/Number	Common Uses
PET	Soft drink and water bottles, salad domes, biscuit trays, shampoo bottles, detergent bottles, squeezy bottles, fruit punnets, fruit juice bottles, liquid soap containers, household cleaners and vitamin containers.
	Milk bottles, vitamin containers, fruit juice bottles, detergent bottles, sunscreen bottles, shampoo bottles, dishwashing powder container and household cleaners.
	Detergent bottles.
	Squeezy bottles, ice cream container lids and plastic plates and cups.
	Dip containers, ice cream containers tubs, margarine containers, plastic plates, cups, large yoghurt containers and cutlery and squeezy bottles.
	Large yoghurt containers, yoghurt pottles, dip containers, ice cream container tubs and lids. *Does not include polystyrene meat trays, foamed polystyrene hot drink cups and polystyrene packaging
	Squeezy bottles, plastic plates and spreadable butters.

Paper and cardboard recycling
Paper and cardboard can be recycled, but does not go in your mobile recycling bin.

Do’s	Don’ts

Put paper and cardboard in plastic bags and tie handles together or bundle and secure with twine or string.	Tetra pak cartons, waxy paper or items covered in food are not recyclable.
Put paper and cardboard on the ground beside your mobile recycling bin.	Do not place paper and cardboard in or on top of your recycling bin.

Please consider those using the footpath when putting items out for collection - put your recycling on the kerbside wherever possible and leave 50cm between bins so contractors can retrieve the bin easily.

Items not for recycling:

Polystyrene

Unfortunately, North Shore City Council does not yet have a market for polystyrene packaging. This means that items like polystyrene meat trays, foam hot drink cups and polystyrene fillers should not be put out for recycling even though they may have a recycling symbol on them. These items should be broken up and put in the pre-paid rubbish bags.