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2025 Xmas/NY Info

Rubbish Collection and Recycling Services:Kerbside Collections – Christmas DayCollections scheduled for Thursday, 25 December 2025, will instead take place on Friday, 26 December 2025.Affected areas: Mangawhai, Ruawai, Arapohue, Tangowahine, Tangiteroria, Mangawhare.Kerbside Collections – New Year’s DayCollections scheduled for Thursday, 1 January 2026 will be collected on Friday, 2 January 2026.Affected areas: Mangawhai, Ruawai, Arapohue, Tangowahine, Tangiteroria, Mangawhare. Extra ...

New Standardised Recycling Guidelines

As of today: 1 Feb 2024, kerbside recycling is being standardised for all of NZ to make it easier for you to recycle right ♻These changes are part of a central government effort to reduce contamination in our recycling, and make it less confusing than the different rules previously existing between districts....

Now collecting #5 plastic!

Its nice to be able to share some good news!As of Monday 4th April, Kaipara Refuse will be accepting #5 plastics. This includes things like icecream containers, yoghurt containers etc. This means that we now accept #1 clear plastic, #2 and #5's!!! So, if any of your plastic has these numbers on the bottom inside the recycling symbol, give them a clean, and place them in your yellow recycling bag for collection, or take them into one of our recycling centres in Ruawai or Dargaville....