Rubbish & Recycling
The Manawatū District Council is dedicated to reducing waste and keeping our community clean. Together with the Waste Management Minimisation Plan, we aspire to reach zero waste through education, development and implementation of recycling, reuse and recovery methods.
As a Council we run a weekly kerbside rubbish collection and an alternating fortnightly recycling collection service in the District. Council blue rubbish bags are for sale at supermarkets and stores located throughout the Manawatu District, as well as at the front counter of the Council building in Feilding. To ensure that your rubbish and recycling are collected, please make sure it is kerbside by 7:30am on your collection day.
For more information, have a read of our handy Rubbish & Recycling Guide (PDF file, 1.2 MB) . The tips in this guide will help you reduce the amount of waste you send to landfill. It will help with what you can recycle and when, and the services we provide for effective waste management in the community. It’s much easier than you might have thought!
Another useful resource is this Household Recycling Guide put together by the Manawatū Community Trust, with support from our Waste Not Want Not Fund. It covers recycling options for items from coffee pods to scrap metal Check it out and see what you can be recycling - you might be surprised!
Christmas 2024 Kerbside Collection Schedule
Christmas Day occurs on a Wednesday in 2024. No kerbside collections will be done on Christmas day. This means Wednesday, Thursday and Friday collections that week will be pushed out by one day. See the table below for more details.
New Years Day 2025 does not disrupt the kerbside collection schedule - your collection will continue as normal.
| Wednesday 25 December | Thursday 26 December | Friday 27 December | Saturday 28 December |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Day - No kerbside collections. Collections that would normally occur on this day will be collected on Thursday 26 December. | Collections have been pushed out one day due to Christmas. If your collection normally occurs on Thurs it will now occur on Friday 27 Dec. Areas that usually have a Wednesday collection day will be picked up today, | Collections have been pushed out one day due to Christmas. If your collection normally occurs on Fri it will now occur on Saturday 28 Dec. Areas that usually have a Thursday collection day will be picked up today, | Areas that usually have a Friday collection day will be picked up today, |
