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Guides, booklets and videos about rubbish and recycling.
Bin guides and videos
(external link)'Bin Good' booklet 
- English [PDF, 12 MB]
- Te Reo Māori [PDF, 9.9 MB]
- Farsi [PDF, 9.8 MB]
- Hindi [PDF, 10 MB]
- Traditional Chinese [PDF, 9.8 MB]
- Japanese [PDF, 10 MB]
- Nepali [PDF, 10 MB]
- Tagalog [PDF, 9.9 MB]
- Samoan [PDF, 9.9 MB]
- Arabic [PDF, 10 MB]
- Tigrinya [PDF, 10 MB]
- Russian [PDF, 10 MB]
- Korean [PDF, 13 MB]
Top 10 tips
Videos
- Are you putting the right plastics in your recycling bin? (video)(external link)
- What can go into your yellow bin (video)(external link)
- What can go into your red bin (video)(external link)
- What can go into your green bin (video)(external link)
- Fire Service NZ: Disposing of hot ash waste (video) (external link)
- The recycling process (video)(external link)
The recycling separation process
What can go in wheelie bins
Hazardous waste items
Dispose for free at one of the EcoDrop recycling centres.
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