Kerbside Rubbish and Recycling Collection

This page details the timetable of rubbish and recycling for the Tasman District.

Easter and Anzac Day Collections

Residents are asked to keep their recycling in official Tasman District Council bins. Each property is entitled to up to two bins and these can be collected free of charge from any of Council’s Resource Recovery Centres. Please bring a rates bill with you, or contact a Council office for your valuation number before collecting your bin. You can also look up your valuation number online.

If you’ve got a large amount of recycling you can drop it free of charge, seven days a week at any Resource Recovery Centre.

Kerbside Collection Timetable 

Rubbish and recycling should be on the kerb by 8.00 am on collection day. Collections take place every day except for Christmas Day and Good Friday.

The normal kerbside collection days and areas are:

Monday Golden Bay: Takaka, Collingwood, Tata Beach, Pakawau and Puponga
Tapawera, Tadmor, Kohatu and Motupiko
Brightwater, Wakefield, State Highway 6 to Schultz Road.
Tuesday Far North Motueka, Riwaka, Brooklyn, Marahau, Kaiteriteri and Stephens Bay
St Arnaud
Waimea (including Hope)
Wednesday North-west Richmond
South-west Motueka township, Moutere Highway and Waimea West
Thursday Richmond central
South-east Motueka, Coastal Highway including Mapua, Ruby Bay, Tasman, Mariri
Friday Richmond South and East
Motueka central

Our district is geographically widespread and not all areas are serviced – if you would like your area to be considered for an extension of service, please contact your local Council office.

What Can I Recycle?

Kerbside Collectors will pick up the following CLEANED items:

  • Hard plastic containers numbered 1-7
  • Aluminium cans and steel tins
  • Glass bottles and jars (no broken glass)
  • Cardboard and all paper
  • Newspapers and magazines

Preparing your Recyclables for Collection

  • Plastic containers – Wash and squash, no hazardous material containers, eg pesticides, oil or toxic chemicals. No polystyrene meat trays or containers. Platsic bags and wrap are not currently recyclable.
  • Cans and tins – Wash and squash. Aluminium cans should also be squashed. Empty aerosol cans and clean aluminium foil products are accepted.
  • Cardboard – Corrugated cardboard, paper-board (cereal boxes) and brown paper. Flatten, fold and tie in bundles no larger than the blue bin. Egg cartons should be bundled separately. No Tetrapaks or plasticised/foil lined containers. Place loose pieces in plastic bags.
  • Glass items – Wash and remove any lids or corks. You don’t need to separate coloured  glass. No broken glass, light bulbs, pyrex, windscreen or window glass.
  • Newspapers and magazines (including glossy ones) – Flatten, fold and tie in bundles or place in plastic supermarket bags and place next to the blue bin.

Items must be clean and reduced in volume to help us with handling and storage. You don’t need to remove labels.

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Recycling Bins

Each residential property is entitled to up to two blue recycling bins – remember to write your street number on the side so you can keep track of your bin on collection day. If you have two bins, place glass in one and the rest in the other. New and replacement bins can be collected free of charge from your nearest Resource Recovery Centre.

Contact Smart Environmental, phone 03 543 9000 for more information.