Our three-bin kerbside service reduces waste going to landfill. By putting the right items in the right bin, you’re helping our city to reduce waste and save money.
Organics – green bin
Help us to make our organic compost. We take food and garden waste. Collected weekly.
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.
Find my collection day
Collection day details for kerbside collection service, inner-city bag collections and community collection points.
My bins
Information on your wheelie bins, including reporting lost, stolen or missing bins and changing bin sizes.
Christchurch bins app
Download this free app and keep up to date with your rubbish and recycling information.
EcoDrop transfer stations and recycling centres
Locations for disposing of large quantities of waste or items that are not collected through the wheelie bin service.
Organics Processing Plant
Our composting facility in Bromley, operated by Living Earth, receives all the food and green waste from green bins.
Do more to help
Information, educational resources and downloads.
How we're going
Fact, stats and grants on rubbish and recycling in Christchurch.
Hazardous waste
Learn about the safe disposal of hazardous items, including gas bottles, car batteries, fire extinguishers and more.
Bin item lookup
Find out what goes in each bin, or what can be dropped off for free at the EcoDrop recycling centre.