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Guides, booklets and videos about rubbish and recycling.
Plastic bags and liquid cartons are no longer accepted in the yellow bin, these now need to be put in the red bin.
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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