Weekly
Rubbish
Official red-top wheelie bins or Selwyn District Council rubbish bags.
Canterbury, New Zealand
Selwyn District Council
rubbish and recycling
Selwyn District Council provides weekly rubbish collection and fortnightly recycling on its kerbside routes. An organics service is available in selected townships, so use the council's address lookup to confirm what applies to your property.
At a glance
Kerbside services
Service availability can vary by property. Confirm your address with the council before relying on a calendar.
Fortnightly
Recycling
Clean, loose recycling in the yellow-top wheelie bin.
Check your address
Organics
Food scraps and garden material in participating townships only.
Bin-day rules
Before you put the bins out
- Put bins at the kerb by 6:30 am and bring them back in the same day.
- Keep lids closed, face wheelie bins toward the road and leave about half a metre around each bin.
- Recycling accepts clean rigid plastic containers numbered 1, 2 and 5, glass bottles and jars, paper, flattened cardboard, drink cans and food tins.
- Soft plastics and lids do not belong in the recycling bin.
Exact dates
Confirm the property
Use the address search above to check the official schedule for this property. You can still compare it with the council's own checker.
Use Selwyn District Council's official information ↗Where this comes from
Official sources
Council service details checked 3 September 2026.
- Collection days and routes ↗Address lookup, routes and Week 1/Week 2 calendars
- Rubbish collection ↗Weekly service and presentation rules
- Recycle collection ↗Fortnightly service and accepted recycling
- Organic collection ↗Participating townships and accepted organics