All residents in the district with a rubbish collection service also have kerbside recycling. If you live in an urban area, you'll have a crate for your glass bottles and jars and a yellow lid bin for all your other recyclables (paper, cardboard (including empty pizza boxes), tins, cans, grades 1, 2 and 5 plastics). Please remove all lids from your bottles and jars. You can have up to three glass crates per service; each additional or replacement crate has a one-off charge of $20. These can be purchased from the Refuse Transfer Station, 60 Te Tahi Street, Whakatāne and at the Murupara Service Centre, Pine Drive, Murupara.

Remember, you put your glass crate and yellow-lid bin out at the same time, every fortnight, and on alternate weeks to your greenwaste (if you have it).

If you've had a party or have too many recyclables to fit in your crate and bin, you can drop them off free of charge at the Transfer Stations at Whakatāne and Murupara. Recyclables can also be taken to the community-run transfer stations at Minginui and Ruatāhuna.

If you have other items that can't be put in the crate or bin, look at the online Recycling Directory. There are businesses and organisations that can recycle other goods.

The Ministry for the Environment's kerbside recycling standardisation strategy means all councils across the country are required to to collect the same items in kerbside recycling.