Our New Service: What's Changed

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Our rubbish and recycling services changed on September 2023, with a new weekly food scraps collection and brand new general rubbish wheelie bin to replace the pre-paid yellow bags.

You can download a copy of the flipchart included with the bins

Flipchart guide to your kerbside bins (PDF, 1.3MB)

You'll be using four bins in total but not all at once:

the new 140-litre wheelie bin for landfill general rubbish,
the new food scraps bin,
your current recycling wheelie bin,
and your current glass recycling crate.

Why the new service?

Food scraps bin

The new food scraps service will result in less waste going to landfill. When food scraps break down in landfill they give off greenhouse gases like methane, which are harmful for the environment. Getting food scraps out of landfill and collected to make compost is a much better use of the resource and gets the goodness back into the soil, where it belongs.

General rubbish wheelie bin

We are replacing single-use yellow plastic bags for rubbish collection with a 140-litre wheelie bin collected fortnightly. The new 140-litre rubbish bin holds the equivalent of two-and-a-third yellow pre-paid bags. Yellow bags will not be collected at the kerbside from 1 September 2023.

How is it paid for?

All of your recycling and food scraps collection will be paid for through a solid waste targeted rate. This makes it easier for all households to participate in waste reduction, resulting in less household waste going to landfill.

Rubbish collection payment will be via a Pay As You Throw (PAYT) system. You will need to buy a PAYT tag for $8 from a participating retailer and attach that tag to the rubbish bin lid before collection. This PAYT system for rubbish bins means that each household is only paying for the rubbish they generate. You only need to put your rubbish bin out for collection when it is full or when you feel it needs emptying, not just because it is the collection day.

Your collection days

The collection day for your area, area maps and collection calendars can be found on the Collection Days page.

Refuse Transfer Stations

From 1 September 2023, the Waihī and Paeroa Refuse Transfer Stations will be managed and operated by Hauraki District Council.

A new Ngātea Recycling & Green Waste Drop-off Centre, at River Road, Ngātea opened in March 2024.

Waihī and Paeroa Refuse Transfer Stations

Open: 10:00am to 4:00pm Wednesday to Sunday
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays and all Public Holidays

Payment by Eftpos, debit and credit cards only.

Ngātea Recycling & Green Waste Drop-off Centre

River Road, Ngātea

Recycling Bins will be available 7 days, 7am - 7pm.

Recycling is free to drop off. Please place clean items into the correct bins:

Soft plastics (keep items separate, not all stuffed into one bag).
Tetrapak/Liquid paper board (cleaned and cut open to lie flat)
Glass bottles and jars (green, white and brown glass bins), no lids
Plastics 1, 2 and 5 only (clean, no lids, don't squash containers)
Paper
Cardboard
Tin and Aluminium

Green Waste can only be dropped off from 12:00 to 4:00pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays (when Council staff will be in attendance). Fees apply