Don’t miss the truck: Get your recycling out by 7am
Tai Daniel and James Rally with one of the new Auckland Council recycling trucks.
From Monday 3 July, recycling collection routes in central and south Auckland will be changing slightly to make things more efficient.
Your collection day will not be changing. However, you may notice that your recycling is collected at a new time of day.
To make sure no one misses out, we’re asking you to make sure your recycling is kerbside by 7am.
“We don’t want people to miss the truck, so we are reminding everyone to have their recycling bins out at the kerbside by 7am on their usual collection day,” says Ian Stupple, General Manager Waste Solutions.
“It’s okay to put your recycling bin out the night before if that is easier for you.”
Is anything else changing?
You might also spot a new recycling truck fleet in central and south Auckland.
The new trucks feature Auckland Council’s recycling mascots Tin Can and Plastic providing helpful reminders about getting it right on recycling day.
The new recycling trucks will be on the streets from Monday 3 July.
The new contractors operating recycling services in central and south Auckland are JJ Richards, Envirowaste and Smart Environmental.
Can I still recycle the same things?
For most of us in central and south Auckland, the new trucks and a different collection time will be the only noticeable changes to our recycling service.
You can continue to recycle containers from the kitchen, bathroom and laundry, including plastic bottles and containers, glass bottles and jars, tins and cans, and paper and cardboard as well as milk and juice cartons (such as Tetra Pak®).
Remember though, you can’t put plastic shopping bags, whether full or empty, or other soft (scrunchable) plastic in your Auckland Council recycling bin. Many supermarkets now have collection bins for these items.
Check what can and can’t go in your recycling bin with our recycle search tool.
We will contact the very small group of people directly who will have bigger changes to their recycling collection.
To check your recycling collection day, use our collection day search tool.