What is changing?

What you need to know

In the Long Term Plan 2021 - 2031 we consulted on a number of changes and options for the future of our Council Rubbish and Recycling services. Council have now confirmed a plan to future-proof solid waste in the District and will be rolling out the following changes, next week, from Monday 2 August 2021. You should have new creates delivered under your mailbox by Friday 30, July 2021; ready for your new or updated service to start.

Didn’t get your new Crate(s)?

If you live in Waipukurau or Waipawa, and do not have a new teal crate for cardboard and paper under your letterbox, by Friday, 30 July,

please call the Council on 06 857 8060.

If you are based in Otडne, Tikokino, Ongaonga or Takapau and don’t have three new crates; red for glass, black for cans and plastics and teal for cardboard and paper, under your letterbox by Friday, 30 July, please call the Council on

06 857 8060.

I have my new Crate(s) - what now?

We recommend labeling all crates with the number and street address of your property. Recycling crates belong to the property and must stay there, even when you move.

Please have your crates to the kerbside by 7.30am on your designated Council rubbish and recycling collection day (refer to table on next page for your day).

Replacement of rural Drop-Off Centres with Mobile Recycling Trailers

With the introduction of kerbside recycling, we are expecting demand for the existing rural drop-off centres to change. As part of our service offering, we will no longer be providing the existing drop-off centres in Otडne, Tikokino, Ongaonga and Takapau. This service will instead be replaced by mobile trailers that will frequent rural areas of the District on a regular basis. These changes will come into effect once the new rural kerbside Rubbish and Recycling service is running smoothly. This includes being able to service areas of the District, that rural drop-off recycling centres have never been able to reach before.

Wheelie Bins in 2023

Through the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 process we heard from you that our current refuse bags are not the easiest or most practical to use. When given a choice of using a bag or a wheelie bin, you told us you would prefer a wheelie bin. From 2023 Council will provide a wheelie bin refuse collection service, instead of rubbish bags, to the townships of Waipukurau, Waipawa, Otडne, Tikokino, Ongaonga and Takapau. The cost of this wheelie bin will be covered by your rates, and will be a similar cost to the existing bag service.

You will still be able to buy rubbish bags beyond 2023, and dispose of these for FREE at Transfer Stations, however kerbside collection will no longer be available.

Kerbside Rubbish collection in coastal areas will remain.