Rubbish
Auckland Council's kerbside rubbish collection is a service provided to households, collecting and disposing of household waste that is being sent directly to landfill.
Find information about your rubbish collection day, late or missed collections and public holiday collections.
Recycling
Do you think recycling is confusing?
To ensure you don't contaminate your kerbside recycling in find out what's accepted and what's not. Also find ways to dispose of unwanted items by reducing, reusing, repurposing, and recycling as much as they can.
Food scraps
Keeping your food scraps out of the rubbish is a great way to help us achieve our goal of zero waste by 2040.
Think PINK for Auckland Council Compostable Bin Liners.
Find out more about the food scraps service and where to purchase our compostable bin liners.
Inorganic Collection
Reusable or repairable items recovered from inorganic collections are currently provided to local community recycling centres, as well as charities who can register to receive items.
Don't delay book your collection today.
Hauraki Gulf Islands
Hauraki Gulf Island waste services. There are limited waste services on the islands within the Hauraki Gulf.
We encourage all boaties and visitors to reduce the amount of waste they bring to the islands by planning ahead. However if they must dispose of any waste, here's what they need to know.
Illegal Dumping
Litter and illegal dumping continues to increase as Auckland expands and it is costing ratepayers to clean it up. It is everyone’s responsibility to take action whenever they see illegal dumping.
Find out what you can do if you see illegal dumping in your neighbourhood.
How many recyclables can you correctly sort into the bin?
Recycling. It's great for the environment and if you're doing your part to recycle - great! However, are you recycling right?
If you think your recycling knowledge is legendary, then play the Recycle Right game to see if you actually - Recycle Right.
Recycle right
Think pink for compostable bin liners
Council compostable bin liners are easy to use, they don’t take up much space in your kitchen, keep your food scraps caddy clean and tidy and help keep the smells away.
Roadside recycling collections
We know that recycling is much better for the environment that committing used items forever to landfill. Not sure if something can go in your roadside recycling bin?
Find your rubbish, recycling, and food scraps collection day.
Collection day search
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