Find out where to buy rubbish bags, and how to make the most of our weekly collection service.
We provide a weekly collection service for rubbish in official Palmerston North City Council bags. You can put out as many Council rubbish bags as you like, but rubbish in unofficial bags won't be collected.
Council rubbish bags have switched from green to red but we will continue to pick up green bags until they're all gone.
Council rubbish bags come in two sizes:
Our rubbish and recycling collection service operates every weekday except Good Friday and Christmas Day. If your collection day falls on one of these two days, we'll pick it up the following Saturday. Can't wait that long or going away? You can drop off your Council rubbish bag at the Envirowaste transfer station in Matthews Ave for no extra charge.
Find your collection day
Buy rubbish bags from our Customer Service Centre or from any of the retailers listed below, who have agreed to the maximum price per bag.
To prevent animals getting into your rubbish and making a mess, it's best to put your rubbish out on the morning of collection rather than the night before.
Place rubbish bags at the edge of the kerb, by 7.30am on your collection day.
Let's all minimise the amount of waste that goes to landfill – reduce, re-use and recycle. We also offer a recycling collection service every week at the same time as your rubbish collection.