Kerbside Rubbish & Recycling Services

Overview

Horowhenua District Council provides Solid Waste (rubbish) disposal services for residents and visitors to our District through a Kerbside Bag Collection service and by providing Waste Transfer Stations in Foxton and Shannon.

A kerbside recycling service is also provided to eligible properties. The recycling service is provided by your waste collector, or by Council if you do not have a contracted waste collector. 

Council Rubbish Bags

The Contractor will only collect official Horowhenua District Council (white plastic) rubbish bags, which are available from Council offices, Supermarkets, and some other shops. Many of these require you to request them at the checkout counter. Please refer to our Fees and Charges page for pricing.

Kerbside Recycling Service

Waste collectors are required to provide their customers with a kerbside recycling service in eligible areas. Properties that are not serviced by a commercial waste collector are covered by Council. Many waste collectors use the same contractor as Council to provide this service.

Kerbside recycling encourages the diversion of recyclable materials away from landfills and plays a significant role in waste minimisation. The green recycling crates are owned by council, but belong to the properties. Replacement of lost or stolen recycling crates will incur a small cost, so we ask you to leave these behind when moving, and to write your address on the crate to prevent this.

Kerbside Rubbish and Recycling Collection Days

• Monday – Foxton, Foxton Beach, Waitarere Beach, Waikawa Beach.
• Tuesday – Hokio Beach, Hokio Sands Road, and everything to the west side of Oxford Street, Levin.
• Wednesday – the North-East sector of Levin within the Queen Street and Cambridge Street quadrant.
• Thursday – the South-East sector of Levin within the Queen Street and Cambridge Street quadrant.
• Friday – Shannon (including Mangaore Village), Tokomaru (including Karaka Street), Manakau, and Ohau.

Kerbside Collection Service Details

• Rubbish bags and recycling should be left out at the kerbside before 7:30am for collection.  Bags and crates that are placed at the kerbside after 7:30am may not be collected.
• The contents of the crates will be collected every week. Rubbish bags may be collected before the crate - there is no need to worry if the recyclables are not collected until later in the day.
• All households in recycling collection areas will be given a crate but the crate remains the property of the provider.  These crates do not belong to the householder.  Householders are asked to please keep the crate clean.
• If the crate is not big enough for a household or your family’s circumstances you can purchase a second crate from Council.
• Broken crates can be replaced free of charge.  Please bring your broken crate into Council for a replacement.
• A fee will be charged if crates are lost.

Kerbside Services - Rural Collection

Due to the density of housing and the isolation of some roads and houses, not all rural roads or the entire length of some rural roads will receive the kerbside services.  Collections on State Highways pose an unacceptable Health and Safety risk to contractors and other road users and therefore were not considered for the expanded collection service.  Specific details for the Rural Kerbside Recycling collection days are available below.