Find out when we’re collecting your bins these holidays
There’s no bin collection on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
From 25 December until 5 January, Wednesday–Friday collections are a day later (Thursday–Saturday). There are no changes to Monday and Tuesday collections.
Please put your bins out by 6am. Thanks for bin good.
Recycling – yellow bin
Helps us to recycle. Paper, cans, cardboard, glass, plastic bottles and containers. Collected every two weeks.
Rubbish – red bin
By putting the right stuff in the red bin, you’re keeping the other bins free of contaminants. Collected every two weeks.
Organics – green bin
Help us to make our organic compost. We take food and garden waste. Collected weekly.
Find my collection day
Collection day details for kerbside collection service, inner-city bag collections and community collection points.
EcoDrop transfer stations and Resource Recovery Centres
Locations for disposing of large quantities of waste or items that are not collected through the wheelie bin service.
Hazardous waste
Learn about the safe disposal of hazardous items, including gas bottles, car batteries, fire extinguishers and more.
Christchurch bins mobile app
Download this free app and keep up to date with your rubbish and recycling information.
Bin item lookup
Find out what goes in each bin, or what can be dropped off for free at the EcoDrop recycling centre.
My bins
Information on your wheelie bins, including reporting lost, stolen or missing bins and changing bin sizes.
How we're going
Fact, stats and grants on rubbish and recycling in Christchurch.
Do more to help with rubbish and recycling
Information, educational resources and downloads.
Banks Peninsula transfer stations and collection points
Transfer stations and collection points let you dispose of green waste, rubbish and recycling.
Organics Processing Plant
Our composting facility in Bromley, operated by Living Earth, receives all the food and green waste from green bins.
Burwood Landfill
A section of Burwood Landfill is available for the disposal of soils that contain low levels of contaminants.
Kerbside changes
From 1 February 2024, new national standards to kerbside bin collections are in place. Find out more.