Resources and information on kerbside rubbish and recycling for your apartment, village, or holiday accommodation.
Short-term holiday guests in residential homes
Make sure if you have guests stay with you or are renting out your home over the holiday season that you communicate how to use our service to your guests.
Download the following information brochures to put in your guest information folder, these have tips and tricks on waste and where they should be placed. Make sure to highlight which week your collections are so your guests know when to put the bins out if they are staying long term.
Quick guide - English (1mb pdf)
Kerbside collections information brochure (2.3mb pdf)
Collection calendar week 1 and 2 (444kb pdf)
You can also print off a copy of our comprehensive bin guide to help guests with recycling.
Comprehensive bin guide (1.1mb pdf)
Short-term holiday guests in multi-unit dwellings
Our service in Tauranga can be a little bit different from what others in New Zealand and overseas might be used to at home. Make sure if you are having guests stay with you or renting out your apartment over the holiday season that you communicate how to use our systems.
If you live in an apartment complex or run a hotel style accommodation complex which is eligible for the council kerbside services, you can download the following guides to include in your visitors’ book or pin them to the wall. Both the versions have a box where you can fill in where you would like guests to take their waste.
Poster - recycling and sorting your waste while on holiday (including food scraps) (401kb pdf)
Poster - recycling and sorting your waste while on holiday (excluding food scraps) (312kb pdf)
Including a copy of the below brochure can also help guests sort their waste. Download and print the pdf copy below, or email us on kerbside@tauranga.govt.nz if you would like some physical copies.
Brochure - Tauranga's rubbish, recycling, glass and food scraps collections (1.9mb pdf)