Weekly
Food and garden organics
Food scraps and accepted garden material in the green organics bin.
Otago, New Zealand
Central Otago District Council
rubbish and recycling
Central Otago District Council collects food and garden organics every week. Rubbish and mixed recycling alternate fortnightly, and glass is collected every four weeks, according to the property's wheelie-bin zone and current calendar.
At a glance
Kerbside services
Service availability can vary by property. Confirm your address with the council before relying on a calendar.
Fortnightly
Rubbish
General household rubbish in the red rubbish bin.
Fortnightly on the alternate week
Mixed recycling
Accepted paper, cardboard, tins, cans and plastic containers in the yellow recycling bin.
Every four weeks with mixed recycling
Glass recycling
Accepted glass bottles and jars in the blue glass bin.
Bin-day rules
Before you put the bins out
- Put urban bins out by 7 am; rural collections start from 6 am.
- Close the lids and leave about half a metre between bins.
- Keep 140-litre bins at or below 30 kg and 240-litre bins at or below 50 kg.
- Follow the current calendar linked to the property's exact zone, including its published public-holiday changes.
Exact dates
Confirm the property
Enter the complete address to match one active property in the council's EasiMap finder. Collections Day accepts a result only when the map returns one wheelie-bin zone, weekday and official calendar for that property. Collections Day has not yet connected and audited this council's live property lookup, so we do not display a guessed weekday.
Use Central Otago District Council's official information ↗Where this comes from
Official sources
Council service details checked 4 September 2026.
- Kerbside collection areas, calendars and bin app ↗Address finder, wheelie-bin zones, current calendars and public-holiday changes
- Green bin organics ↗Weekly organics service and accepted food and garden material
- Yellow bin recyclables ↗Mixed-recycling bin purpose and accepted material
- Blue bin glass ↗Separate glass-bin service and accepted material
- Red bin rubbish ↗General-rubbish bin purpose
- Putting bins out ↗Set-out times, spacing, lid and weight rules