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We recently moved (Auckland) and noticed that there were two “recycling” bins only.
Can we just use one of them as a “Rubbish” Bin by putting a Rubbish Bin Tag on it?
The blue one with the yellow lid is the old recycling bin and they gave us a new and bigger one (green). You can now either use the old blue on for rubbish with the tag, or buy the pre-paid rubbish bags. Bin + tag is cheaper I think.
Ahh thank you for that explanation as to why they were both labelled “recycling” :)
Ended up looking at what the neighbors were doing last night and copied what they were doing haha.
You will have a glass bin and mixed recycling bin https://wellington.govt.nz/rubbish-recycling-and-waste/when-to-put-out-your-rubbish-and-recycling/suburban-and-inner-city-collections they go out alternate weeks. Rubbish goes into yellow bags you get in 5 packs from the supermarket, usually kept at the checkout. Ask for them there.
Looks like they are in Auckland and you’ve linked to the Wellington page. But likely it works in a similar way.
It’s also possible you can get a rubbish wheelie bin from a local company. I’m not in Auckland but normally the cost of collection is paid for in when you buy the rubbish bags, so you aren’t paying twice if you use a wheelie bin from a private company. They also often let you choose a smaller bin, have fortnightly collection, and other options like that.
True, ignore me then, i read that as they had moved from Auckland.
We have council wheelie bins here and pay for tags for each collection.
I’m guessing they don’t have a problem with people using “recycling” wheelie bins as rubbish bins when clearly marked with a rubbish tag, as that must’ve been what the previous owner was doing.