Franklin – Rubbish, recycling and food scraps bins and charges

Rubbish bins

Rubbish bin sizes

• 80-litre bin: available for properties with less rubbish.
• 120-litre bin: standard size, suitable for most households.
• 240-litre bin: available for properties with lots of rubbish.

Rubbish bag refunds

Franklin stopped using prepaid rubbish bags from Monday 30 June 2025.

You can get a refund for unused orange council rubbish bags from 1 July 2025 to 31 August 2025 from the Pukekohe Library and Waiuku Library.

Recycling bins

Recycling bin sizes

• 120-litre bin: available for properties with fewer recyclable items.
• 240-litre bin: standard size, suitable for most households.
• 360-litre bin: available for properties with lots of recyclable items.

Food scraps bin

The food scraps service includes a 23-litre food scraps bin and a kitchen caddy.

Bin liners for your kitchen caddy

Line your kitchen caddy with an Auckland Council food scraps bin liner, a paper bag or newspaper.

You can also use your caddy without a liner.

Find the price of our bin liners and where to buy them in Food scraps collection bins and bin liners.

How bin charges are calculated

You are charged for waste collection services each year in your property rates. The rating year runs from 1 July to 30 June.

If your new waste collection service starts part way through the rating year, you will be charged from the date you order the service until 30 June.

Waste charges for a full year will be added to a property rates account from the new rating year starting 1 July.

You will not get a refund on your rates if you downsize a rubbish bin. The extra charge for the larger bin will be removed from your rates from 1 July.

Note: Only commercial properties in residential areas can request rubbish and recycling services.

Rubbish bin charges

For bin requests, visit Rubbish, recycling and food scraps bin information.

Rubbish bin exchange fees

You will need to pay a one-off administration fee of $40 to exchange your bin.

If you exchange your rubbish bin for a smaller size between 1 July 2025 and 31 July 2025, the $40 administration fee for bin exchanges will be offset against your rates reduction:

• If the rates reduction is less than $40, you will not pay any extra fees.
• If the reduction is more than $40, the difference will be credited to your rates account.

For bin requests, visit Rubbish, recycling and food scraps bin information.

Recycling bin charges

The charge for a new recycling service is based on the time between when a new recycling bin is ordered and the end of the rating year on June 30. The charge is the same for all bin sizes.

​For bin requests, visit Rubbish, recycling and food scraps bin information.

Recycling bin exchange fee

You will need to pay a one-off fee of $40 to exchange your bin for a different size.

Food scraps bin charges

We will charge you for a new food scraps bin and collection service based on:

• the month you ordered your bin
• the end of the rating year on 30 June.

We will add the full annual charge to your property rates from the start of the new financial year on 1 July.

If your bin is often too full, you can contact us to request an additional bin at no cost.

For bin requests, visit Rubbish, recycling and food scraps bin information.