Refuse/Recycle

Conditions of Collection

The following conditions are applicable to both urban and rural collections:

• Refuse bags and Recycling is to be placed at the foot of your driveway, just off the edge of the sealed carriageway by 7.30am on the morning of collection.
   
  
• Only official Upper Hutt City Council refuse bags available from local retailers (supermarkets, Warehouse and dairies within Upper Hutt) will be collected.  The official refuse bag for Upper Hutt City is plastic and coloured green.
    
  Note:
  By purchasing an official bag you are paying the Contractor not only for the bag but also for its collection and disposal
   
  
• Recycling is to be placed in plastic semi transparent supermarket bags with the handles tied.  Newspapers and cardboard can either be placed in plastic supermarket bags or tied up in bundles to a maximum size of 1000mm x 600mm x 300mm.
   
  
• There is no refuse or recyclables collection service available to industrial properties.
   
  
• Items accepted for recycling are published from time to time by Council in the Leader

Rubbish Bag 'Dont's

• hot ashes
• unwrapped broken glass
• paints
• chemicals
• any liquid
• any sharp object
• any green waste,  i.e.  grass clippings, hedge trimmings etc