beautify your city
Heart of the City and Auckland Council partnered to develop the Beautify Your City project. The idea behind the project was to come up with a creative way of improving the cleanliness of the city's streets, and educate businesses about rubbish and recycling in the city. The campaign saw central CBD businesses and residents be given a promotional pack containing specially printed rubbish and recycling bags and information on all you need to know about rubbish in the inner CBD.The usual red, general rubbish bags were replaced by purple pansy decorated bags and the clear plastic recycling bags replaced by green hedge deocorated bags.
General rubbish, recycling, paper and cardboard collection times in the inner CBD are:
Mon-Sat 5pm - 5.30pm
Everyday Midnight - 4am
For more information or collections outside of the CBD/Rubbish bag zone click here.
General Rubbish
No hazardous materials, garden waste or liquids should be put into the rubbish bags.
Your rubbish will not be collected if it's put out at the wrong time with the wrong contents such as hazardous materials, garden waste or liquidsYour rubbish will not be collected if it is placed in a non-approved rubbish bag
Uncollected rubbish should be taken in and put out at the next collection time.- Maximum weight 15kgs
- Business disposing of rubbish illegally could incur a fine up to $25,000
Recycling
What goes in your recycling bag
| Plastic containers rinsed and squashed | Polystyrene |
| Aluminium steel tins and cans | Oil or paint containers |
| Glass bottles and jars | Liquids of any sorts |
| Tetrapaks | Containers larger than 4 liters |
| Plastic bags |
- Your recycling will not be collected if it is put out at the wrong time or contains the wrong contents.
- Uncollected recycling should be taken in and put out at the next collection time.
- Maximum weight 15kgs
- Businesses disposing of recycling illegally could incur a fine of up to $25,000
Fats and Oils
Fats and oils require specialist disposal and you are required to make arrangements with a private contractor for collection.
Don't place containers of oil on the kerbside as they will stain the pavement and spill all over the collection vehiclesDon't pour used fats and oils down drains as it will cause blockagesDon't pour fats and oils into tree roots as it will kill the treesBusinesses disposing of fats and oils illegally could incur a fine of up to $25,000Did you know you could receive up to 30 cents/litre for oil. Below are some of the companies that collect used fats and oil in the city.Transpacific Technical Services
09 274 7963 | www.transpac.co.nz
NZ Ester Fuels Ltd
Patrick Cosgrove | 021 687 121 or 09 236 8293 | www.nzef.co.nz
Future Fuels/The Oil Man
Andrew Blackwood | 021 687 121
Biodiesel NZ
0508 246 3437 | info@biodiesel-nz.co.nz
Paper and Cardboard
How to dispose of your paper and cardboard
| Flattened cardboard tied with string or inside another box | Do not put any polystyrene or plastic inside boxes |
| Uncollected cardboard/paper should be taken in and put out at the next collection time | Your cardboard/paper will not be collected if put out at the wrong time |
| Paper, beer and pizza boxes |
Your cardboard must be flattened and needs to be tied altogether with string or put in another cardboard box for collection.
Press
See below for some of the press from the 3rd phase of the Beautify Your City Campaign.
Read the NZ Herald's article on the campaign here...
Watch the TV One story here...
Queen Street retailer Smith & Caughey’s created a spectacular window display featuring the celebrated floral and hedge design rubbish and recycle bags. See images below.
