Every eligible household will have:

• a blue crate for glass, collected fortnightly
• a green bin for food scraps, collected weekly
• a red wheelie bin for rubbish, collected fortnightly
• a yellow wheelie bin for recycling, collected fortnightly

The kerbside collection days for our district are:

• Matamata (incl. Waharoa and Walton): Tuesday
• Morrinsville (incl. Tahuna): Wednesday
• Te Aroha (incl. Waitoa and Waihou): Thursday

Have your bins/crate on the kerb by 7.30am on collection days and leave a large gap between them so there's enough room for the truck's mechanical arm to operate. Place them at least 30cm apart - ideally 60cm or more - and away from other objects like lamp posts, letterboxes, trees and parked cars.

Make sure lids are closed and latched, and the front of the bin faces the road (wheels are at the back).

To see which weeks are rubbish, and which are recycling, see our calendar options here:

Rubbish and Recycling Calendar

If you would like to learn more about our kerbside collections, click here:

Kerbside Collection Changes

Click on the tiles below to discover more about the individual bins and how to use them:

Transfer stations are open from 10am to 4pm on selected days:

Matamata 

220b Tauranga Rd, 07 888 5700; Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat & Sun

Morrinsville

168b Roache Rd, 07 889 3401; Mon, Tues, Thurs, Sat & Sun

Te Aroha 

4277 State Highway 26, Waihou, 07 884 8831; Wed, Fri & Sun

All transfer stations are closed on Good Friday, Anzac Day (from 1pm on ANZAC Day), Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day and 2 January. To receive notifications on all your collection dates, including changes due to public holidays, download the Antenno App from Google Play or the App Store. 

Domestic quantities (up to 10 litres) of hazardous waste and oil can be disposed of at our transfer stations for a nominal fee.

Mitre 10 in Matamata or Morrinsville accept any type of household lightbulb for recycling.

Please do not put these items in your recycling bin or refuse bins as they can cause fires within the collection trucks as the materials are compacted. If you are unable to store these items prior to taking them to the correct recycler we would prefer they are taken directly to our refuse transfer stations.  

Matamata Resene ColorShop will accept old paint and paint containers between 7.30am-5pm (Mon-Fri) and 9am-12pm (Sat).

Selected Resene ColorShops have been designated as Resene PaintWise Collection Centres. Drop off your unwanted paint and paint containers to any of these designated Resene ColorShops at any time during their opening hours.

Woolworths in Matamata, Morrinsville and Te Aroha have soft plastics bins that you can use between 7am - 9pm daily. You can see other locations on the Soft Plastic Recycling website here.

Woolworths supports the Packaging Forum's Soft Plastics Recycling Scheme, where soft plastics are collected, recycled, and turned into new plastic products. Future Post turns the soft plastic into fence posts, and Saveboard processes soft plastics into a range of building materials.

Some Mitre 10 stores accept polystyrene and pot plant containers for recycling.

The Matamata, Te Aroha, and Tahuna or Waharoa Little free library will accept some second-hand books and have suggestions for any they can't take.

Nespresso recycle their coffee capsules and give them a second life.

Tetra Pak (liquid paperboard cartons) can currently be recycled just outside our district in Paeroa, Hamilton and Tokoroa.