Why we collect food scraps and how to use your bin

Give us your rukenga kai Food scraps and we will turn them into clean energy and liquid fertiliser to grow more kai Sustenance such as food..

Just put them into your food scraps bin and we will collect them weekly on your council collection day.

Why we are collecting food scraps

Find out the financial and environmental benefits of recycling food scraps and how the scraps are collected, processed and monitored.
How to use your food scraps bin

Find out what you can and cannot put in your food scraps collection bin, how to keep your food scraps bin clean and what to do on rubbish day.

Watch the videos

Follow the journey of our food scraps service from kerbside collection right through to clean energy and liquid fertiliser to grow more kai.

Food scraps services are only available for urban residential properties in our food scraps targeted area:

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Watch videos about our food scraps collection service in New Zealand Sign Language .

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