If you live in a kerbside recycling area, you can recycle glass, aluminium and steel cans, plastics (numbered 1 - 7) in your bin. Paper and cardboard should be tied in a bundle, or boxed beside your recycle bin. Click on the collection calendar link below to view the Council recycling areas and the day the collection occurs. Check the label on your bin to find out if you are a week one or two collection.
South Auckland recycling collection calendar 2011 - 2012 (pdf, 644kb)
Your recycling bin needs to be placed out on the kerb with your rubbish bag by 7.00am on your collection day. If you have any questions about what should go into your recycling bin then contact Customer Services on 09 237 1300 or visit the contact us section.
Recycling Drop-off locations
If you do not live in the townships with a collection service you can take your recyclables to a Refuse Transfer Station or a Rural Recycling Depot. Follow the link below for the location and opening times of your local service.
Transfer stations and recycling depots in Franklin District
Tips for 'What' and 'How' to recycle
Click the link below to download Council's recycling brochure.
Recycling Brochure (pdf, 160kb)
Items Accepted in your Council recycling blue bin include:
Paper and Cardboard: Items Accepted -
- Newspapers, magazines, advertising flyers and glossy brochures.
- Office and computer paper, cards and envelopes, calendars.
- Cereal and other food packaging boxes and corrugated egg cartons.
- Telephone books and paperbacks.
- Cardboard boxes and paper or cardboard wrapping materials (any thickness).
Preparation
- Keep paper and cardboard clean and dry.
- Place all paper items in a bag, tied at the top to make sure it doesn’t blow away.
- Flatten cardboard.
- Council also has a supply of free 'No Junk Mail' stickers which can be used to cut down on the amount of waste paper your household gets each week. If you would like one of these please call in to our offices and get one from the pamphlet stands in the customer service areas.
Glass: Items Accepted -
- Clear, green and brown glass bottles and jars only.
- NO other types of glass and no broken glass should go in your recycling bins.
Preparation:
- Remove all caps and corks, then rinse.
Plastic: Items Accepted -
You can recycle plastics broadly described as rigid household containers, (which have the number 1-7 stamped in a triangle on them) like:
- Soft drink bottles
- Milk bottles
- Juice bottles
- icecream containers
- Yoghurt tubs
- Sauce bottles.
What can't be recycled:
- Polystyrene
- Plastic bags
- Garden waste
- Plastic packaging
- Disposable nappies
- Light bulbs
- Mirrors
- Computers
Tin and Aluminium Cans: Items Accepted -
- Cans and tins only
- For other items see below.
Preparation:
- Remove lids from tin cans and place inside
- Wash and squash all cans.
Other Recyclables
There are many other items you can recycle. Check out the Auckland Regional Council’s Recycler database by following the link below:
Auckland Regional Council’s Recycler database
(http://recycler.arc.govt.nz/Search.aspx?dir=households)
In addition to this, metals including aluminium, steel, brass, iron, copper and zinc, as well as batteries and radiators can be recycled at the following locations:
• Hewes Metals
197 Manukau Rd, Pukekohe
Ph: 238 6986
• SJ Metals
3 Adams Drive, Pukekohe
Ph: 09 238 3974
office@sjmetals.co.nz
www.sjmetals.co.nz
How are materials recycled?
Some items are recycled within local markets in New Zealand, while other items are shipped overseas for recycling in international markets such as China. Recycled products made from ‘post-consumer’ materials - those items residents put out in Council’s kerbside collection, can include:
• plastic pipes, packing crates, buckets and even fibre made into clothing;
• steel rods and construction beams;
• aluminium cans;
• glass bottles and jars, home wares such as vases, and glass is also used in swimming pool filters and in aggregate for asphalt; and
• recycled paper and cardboard products such as boxes.