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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.