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Rubbish, recycling and organics

The Christchurch 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.

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Organics – green bin

By putting the right stuff in the green bin, you’re helping us to make our organic compost. We take food and garden waste. Collected weekly

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Recycling – yellow bin

Put the right stuff in the yellow bin, it helps us to recycle.
Paper, cardboard, cans, glass, plastic bottles and containers. Collected every two weeks.

Have we bin good?
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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.

Ash, timber and sawdust

Find my collection day

Find the collection day and details for wheelie bins, inner-city bag collections and community collection points.

Kerbside collection service

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.

My bins

Information on your wheelie bins, including reporting lost, stolen or missing bins and changing bin sizes.

Do more to help

Information, educational resources and downloads.

Battery recycling
Guides, information and videos
Love food hate waste
Other recycling schemes
School programmes

How we're going

Fact, stats and grants on rubbish and recycling in Christchurch.

Waste statistics
Waste minimisation grant
Composting food packaging at events

Hazardous waste

Learn about the safe disposal of hazardous items. These include BBQ gas bottles, helium bottles, car batteries, fire extinguishers butane camping gas and more