Kerbside Recycling

Recycling Collected at the Kerbside

Hangarua | Recycling Wheelie Bin

✓ Clean aluminium and steel cans
✓ Clean rigid plastics graded 1, 2 & 5
✓ Newspapers and magazines
✓ Flattened cardboard boxes

See more about what can and cannot go into the Hangarua | Recycling wheelie bin

Also view Frequently Asked Questions about Recycling Plastics

Karaehe | Glass Crate

✓Clean glass bottles
✓Clean glass jars

See more about what can and cannot go into the Karaehe | Glass Crate

Para Kai | Food Scraps

Your food scraps, collected weekly will go to Living Earth at Tirohia Energy Park, just outside Paeroa, where it will be processed for composting.

✓ Meat, fish, small bones and cooled fat
✓ Egg shells and soft shells e.g. prawn shells
✓ Bread, pastries, cakes and biscuits
✓ Coffee grounds and tea leaves (not tea bags)
✓ Fruit and vegetable stalks and peels
✓ Rice, grains, cereals and noodles
✓ Leftovers and plate scrapings, spoiled food and dairy products

See more about what can and cannot go into Para Kai | Food Scraps bin