Refuse and recycling

• Collection days after the long weekends (Anniversary & Waitangi)
• Things you need to know about the collections
• Refuse collection days
• Recycling
• Inorganic collection

 Collection days for the long weekends (Anniversary & Waitangi)

Due to the public holidays on Monday 30 January (Anniversary Day) and Monday 6 February (Waitangi Day) there will be no refuse and recycling collections on those days. These will be collected on the following Tuesdays For the next two weeks all refuse and recycling will be collected one day later than usual, including Friday's which will be collected on the Saturday. 

Things you need to know

• Refuse and recycling collection (where available) is on the same day each week
• Refuse bags and recycle bins must be out by 8.00am (7.30am in Tuakau)
• You are allowed to put out a maximum of two bags of rubbish per household. In prepaid areas (Raglan and Tuakau) you can put out any number of bags
• In areas where collection is not prepaid, please use black plastic rubbish bags available from the supermarket, farm fertiliser bags or tied supermarket plastic bags
• Xtreme Waste provides a prepaid refuse bag collection in Raglan. Standard 60 litre bags cost $2.50 each and smaller 35 litre bags cost $1.50 each. The bags are available from Raglan BP petrol station, Raglan 4 Square store, Foodmarket (Wainui Road), Te Uku store, Xtreme Waste and the Council’s Raglan office. $41 for 1m3 drop-off refuse
• In Tuakau township, residents have a wheelie bin service. In other Franklin areas residents must purchase pre-paid bags (please note all collection services in the Franklin Waikato district area are the same as they were under Franklin District Council)
• A bag must not weigh more than 20kg
• There is usually no refuse collection on statutory holidays
• If your refuse collection day falls on a statutory holiday, collection will be one day later (Friday collections will be made on Saturday)
• All other collections for the rest of the week will also be one day later
• All bottles/jars must go into the recycle bin - bottles left in cardboard boxes will not be collected as these boxes fall apart when wet and collection staff have been injured by broken bottles

Refuse collection days

If your refuse or recycling is not collected please contact your nearest Council office.

• For more information on refuse and recycling in Raglan, please see the Xtreme Waste website.
• To find out what day your rubbish will be collected on please see the Rubbish Collection Day District Map

Recycling

Recycling must be put in a  recycling bin provided by Council. Not all households in the district receive a refuse and recycling service, due to the cost to service remote areas. The Waikato district has recycling depots that accept recyclable materials at no cost to you. The cost of providing a weekly refuse/recycle service is charged through your rates.

To find out if you get the refuse and recycling service please call your local Council office.

If you need a new bin, they are available from the Council offices in Huntly, Tuakau and Ngaruawahia for $15.00 each.

For more information about recycling please see our Recycling information flyer.

Recycling depots

Waikato district recycling depots are located at:

Please note: Disposal fees are set by Recover NZ and Xtreme Waste.

What to recycle:

• Sorted glass
• Metals
• Paper
• Cardboard
• Plastics coded 1,2 and 5
• Aluminium and steel cans

What not to recycle:

• Please note: we do not recycle supermarket bags, other plastic bags, polystyrene food trays or Tetrapaks ie Just Juice cartons

The recycle depots are open at the following times:

 For more information on recycling and refuse in Raglan, please see the Xtreme Waste website.

Inorganic collection

Every November the Waikato District Council provides an inorganic rubbish collection. Households can put out a trailer load of inorganic rubbish. Please note only houses that get the refuse/recycle collection, get the inorganic collection. The collection runs for five weeks.  Raglan does not have an inorganic collection.

Inorganic refuse includes rubbish such as:

• Furniture
• Televisions
• Computers
• Bikes
• Fridges, etc

Inorganic collection dates

An information flier  is distributed throughout the community prior to the collection, providing collection dates and details.  Collections are from late October to early December annually.