Recycling in Christchurch

What can go in the YELLOW bin:-

  • Clean glass: clear and coloured glass bottles or jars. BUT put all the lids in the RED bin.
  • Clean cardboard and paper; newspapers, flattened cardboard boxes
  • Clean plastic bottles and containers with the numbers 1, 2 and 5 as long as they are under 3 litres in size and over 120 g. BUT put all the lids in the RED bin.
  • Metals: aluminium cans, metal tins or aerosol cans