Western News: February 01, 2024
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Thursday <strong>February</strong> 1 <strong>2024</strong><br />
Changes to our<br />
kerbside collection<br />
There are only a few changes to recycling, organics and rubbish for people in<br />
Christchurch and Banks Peninsula, to comply with the new national standards<br />
coming into effect on 1 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
These items now go in<br />
the yellow bin<br />
These items now go in<br />
the red bin<br />
NEW<br />
Now up to<br />
4 litres<br />
NEW<br />
NEW<br />
NEW<br />
NEW<br />
Empty pizza boxes<br />
(with all food scraps<br />
removed)<br />
Clean plastic bottles and<br />
containers up to 4 litres<br />
(numbered 1, 2 and 5,<br />
with lids in the red bin)<br />
NEW<br />
Aerosol cans<br />
Shredded paper, paper<br />
towels and food soiled<br />
paper and cardboard<br />
Tea bags<br />
These changes are in place to make it simple for most New Zealanders to sort their recycling,<br />
organics and rubbish in the same way. As a nation, this helps to reduce waste and create a<br />
better recycling product that can be on-sold to markets.<br />
Find out more about the changes<br />
for our district<br />
ccc.govt.nz/kerbside-changes<br />
Not sure what bin to<br />
put your item in?<br />
Look up 100s of items with the Christchurch Bin App or use the tool on our<br />
website to find out which bin your item goes in and where to take items<br />
that don’t go in your kerbside bins.<br />
ccc.govt.nz/lookupitem
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