What does not go in your yellow bin?
No dead animals, no green waste, no building waste. Remember
recycling is hand sorted!
❌ Plastics 3, 4, 6, 7 or ungraded
❌ Soft Plastic, e.g bread bags, Plastic bags (full or empty) *
❌ bubble wrap
❌ Aluminium foil or trays
❌ Takeaway Coffee cups
❌ Food scraps
❌ Aerosols, e.g. fly spray or deodorant spray
❌ All types of batteries
❌ Clothing, shoes, and bedding
❌ Nappies
❌ Lids, tops, caps, pumps, or trigger sprays - Due to their small size, they fall through the sort line machinery and are unlikely to make it to their end destination to be made into a new item. Some lids are made of mixed materials – like a metal outer and plastic liner - and sometimes the lid is a different type of plastic to the bottle or container.
❌ Liquid paperboard cartons (e.g. milk, juice, ready-made custard cartons) *
❌ Large plastic or metal cans (more than 4L)
❌ Polystyrene
❌ Cookware, pyrex, mirrors, drinking glasses
❌ Gas bottles and pressurised canisters
❌ Electronic/electrical items **
❌ Medical waste
❌ Garden waste **
❌ Building waste
❌ Dead animals
❌ Paint or chemical containers
* see Recycling Soft Plastics and LPB (TetraPaks) for collection bin locations in the Hauraki district
** these items can be taken to the Refuse Transfer Stations
