Rubbish and Recycling Collection
The Council runs a weekly kerbside rubbish bag collection in the urban residential and central business areas of the Hastings district.
Rubbish and recycling collection days
Your rubbish and recycling collection day depends on which street, or even which part of the street, you live. Please consult the list below to find out exactly what day your rubbish and recycling is collected.
Recycling
Please rinse tins and bottles, flatten cardboard boxes, and sort into three groups in different plastic bags or recycling bins.
Place your recyclable materials out on the kerbside in line with your letterbox by 7.30am on your collection day.
 Cardboard, paper, junk mail, pizza boxes (no food), egg cartons, newspapers, wrapping paper |  Clean glass jars and bottles, including green, brown and blue glass. |  All grades of plastic bottles, jars and containers displaying the recycling symbol, takeaway containers (not polystyrene), plastic shopping and bread bags, clean tin and aluminium cans (there is no need to remove the labels). |
What isn’t accepted for recycling?
- Ash (hot or cold)
- Car parts and scrap metal
- Ceramics, porcelain and crockery
- Cling wrap (eg Glad Wrap etc)
- Clothing, fabric and shoes
- Cutlery
- Drinking glasses
- Engine oil containers
- Flimsy plastic packaging
- Food and garden waste
- Furniture
- Garden hose
- Gas bottles
- General rubbish
- Household applicances
- Light bulbs
- Liquids
- Mirrors
- Nappies
- Paint and chemicals
- Plastic ties and plastic tubing
- Polystyrene (packaging and meat trays)
- Toys
- Tyres and rubber
- Window or windscreen glass
Rubbish
- Only OFFICIAL orange rubbish bags will be collected from your kerbside
- There is NO LIMIT to the number of official bags you put out for collection each week BUT the maximum weight is 10kg per bag.
- Household waste only - no green waste or hot ash
- Bags out by 7.30am on the correct day/on kerb in line with your letterbox
- It is illegal to place your rubbish outside another property
- If you miss the recycling collection, take your recycling to the Henderson Road Recycling Depot free of charge. Alternatively you can wait until the following week's collection.
You can buy rubbish bags at Council's administration buildings at 207 Lyndon Road East in Hastings, and all supermarkets in the district.
Any bags are acceptable if you are taking rubbish to a Refuse Transfer Station yourself. Official bags can be disposed-of for free.
What to keep out of rubbish bags
- Hot ash
- Hazardous materials
- Sharp objects
- Garden waste
For hazardous waste disposal go to the HazMobile Collection page where you can find out how to dispose of your old paint tins, oil cans, car batteries and much more!
Contact
For more information, contact the Waste Minimisation Team on 06 871 5000
