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Inner central business district (CBD) rubbish and recycling services

Eligibility

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The inner CBD is the area around Queen Street, Karangahape Road, Albert Street, and Quay Street. Each rated property within the inner CBD is provided with 104 official red rubbish bags, and 156 official clear recycling bags a year.

The official bags are provided at six-monthly intervals and can hold rubbish and recycling volumes equivalent to the service provided to suburban Auckland ratepayers.

The cost of rubbish and recycling services will be part of the rates bill. Ratepayers who do not use the service will not be able to receive a refund, as the service is funded from general council rates.

Alternative services will be provided to some multi-tenancy dwellings. These have already been identified and visited to decide what service would suit best.

Delivery

The next delivery of 52 red rubbish bags and 78 clear recycling bags will take place from Tuesday 2 to Saturday 20 August 2011. This delivery is for the period September 2011 to February 2012 inclusive.

If you do not receive any official bags and believe you are entitled to them, please contact us after Monday 8 September 2011 to check your delivery details. If you are a tenant, please check with the property owner first.

Note: Bags must always be signed for on delivery.

Some customers have arrangements to collect their bags in person rather than have them delivered. During the week, 2 to 4 August 2011 letters will be sent to these customers advising where they can collect their bags.

Collections

• put out only the following for kerbside collection:
  • Auckland Council official rubbish and recycling bags - see recycling for what can go in your recycling bags
  • bags or bins of licensed commercial collectors
  • paper and cardboard for recycling - see recycling for further information
• rubbish and recycling should be put out between 5pm and 5.30pm Monday to Saturday, and midnight to 4am every day. There are thirteen collections per week
• rubbish and recycling not in an official bag ie unmarked or black rubbish bags, or placed on the kerb outside of collection times, will be treated as illegal dumping and could result in a fine for those responsible

See also Public holiday collections

Additional services

Where a property has more than one separately used or inhabited part (SUIP, ie more than one household or business), then additional services (104 rubbish bags and 156 recycling bags) are available at $185 (including GST) for each additional service. A maximum of one service per SUIP is available. See Your rates in 2010/2011 for more information on SUIPs and rating policies for 2010/2011.

If you purchase an extra set in any month but June you will be charged a pro-rata cost for the balance of the rating year. Contact us to find out if you are eligible for additional packs.

Additional bags

If you have more rubbish than you can fit in your official bags, additional official packs (two rubbish and three recycling bags) are available through Auckland Council Front of House, 1 Greys Avenue, Central City at the recommended retail price (RRP) of $7.30 incl GST.

The packs are also available from the following inner city FIX stores but Auckland Council can't guarantee that the retail outlets will use the recommended price.

The bags may not be on display so you will need to ask for them at the counter.

Official red rubbish bag

Rubbish

Put your 'domestic-type' rubbish that cannot be recycled in your official red rubbish bags.

Note: do not put garden rubbish, hazardous rubbish (such as paints, batteries, household cleaners and garden chemicals), trade waste or liquids in your bags.

See also Hazardous waste disposal, Garden rubbish disposal

Business waste

Your official red rubbish bag is for residential 'domestic-type' rubbish. Under the Auckland City Consolidated Bylaw, council is responsible for collecting only 'domestic-type' rubbish, and not rubbish that results directly from business activity.

An example is food thrown out by food retailers. Surveys have shown that this makes up half the rubbish collected by Auckland Council in the inner city. This waste is the responsibility of the business.

For ideas about reducing waste, see Wastewise

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Updated November 2011