YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER |MAY 2025 | No.270
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Auckland Council-branded rubbish bins will be delivered to Coatesville addresses from 30 June onwards
Your new bin is on its way
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odney is moving to a new ratesfunded rubbish collection service provided by Auckland Council. From 30 June, households and businesses in Rodney will receive their new Auckland Council-branded rubbish bins, well in advance of 1 September when the rates-based collection service will start. The new collection service is mandatory so property owners cannot opt out, and the cost will appear on future rates bills from 1 July onwards. Justine Haves, Auckland Council's General Manager of Waste Solutions says Rodney is the last area of Auckland to be taken into the scheme. Once the Rodney roll out is completed, she says a further 90,000 households across Auckland will have been added. Coatesville residents could be excused for wondering why a new council-branded green bin with a red lid is necessary when existing bins are the same colours and are still fit for purpose. Especially when you consider the Council service is being
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delivered by contractors, including Econowaste whose bins are a familiar site around Coatesville on rubbish days. Justine Haves says unfortunately, negotiations with service providers failed to reach an agreement over the bins. "Our original intention was to repurpose existing bins," says Justine. "But we haven't been able to conclude those negotiations. We ended up with no way of being able to rebrand and repurchase those bins that were privately owned." The bins are assets belonging to rubbish collection providers. At this stage, each collection company will make its own arrangements with customers regarding what to do with existing bins. Standardising the branding is more than just aesthetics, says Justine. "We're looking for standardisation across the city so when we communicate with everybody, we do it in the same way and it makes sense," she says. "The rates funded
service allows us to focus on the three-bin appoach; rubbish, recycling and food scraps service, and help people understand how that bundle of services helps us all to achieve waste minimisation." Since much of Rodney is rural, there will be some differences in the service that Auckland Council provides here. For example, there is no decision yet to include the food scrap bin service that's used in built-up parts of Auckland. Justine says introducing it in Rodney would require a subsequent decision and market research. Rural residents will also be able to continue using Council rubbish bags instead of moving to a bin, if they prefer. "Moving to a consistent rates-based service across Auckland reduces the overall cost for all Aucklanders because it enables us to be more cost effective. Any saving we can achieve, we pass on. Waste minimisation is our over-arching goal," says Justine. VJ
For more information, go to:
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ hellobinrodney
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