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Beautify Your City

News story
Monday 27 Jun 2011
From June 29 2011, the central CBD businesses and residents will again be hand-delivered 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 will be replaced by purple pansy decorated bags and the clear plastic recycling bags replaced by green hedge deocorated bags. Please show your support for the Beautify Your City campaign throughout the months of June and July  by using these bags.  
 
Palmers have once again have generously supplied, free of charge, over 2,500 punnets of flowers so that we can fill 6 temporary flowerbeds in the 
CBD. 

Read the NZ Herald's article on the campaign here...

Watch the TV One story here...

Queen Street retailer Smith & Caughey’s has created a spectacular window display featuring the celebrated floral and hedge design rubbish and recycle bags. See images below.










General rubbish, recycling, paper and cardboard collection times in the inner CBD are:

Mon-Sat 5pm - 5.30pm
Everyday Midnight - 4am 

Please use the below links to find out more information on the correct disposal methods of rubbish, paper & cardboard and fats & oils


For more information or collections outside of the CBD/Rubbish bag zone click here.