Invercargill City Council provides a variety of services to the community for the appropriate disposal of solid waste from kerbside bins for recycling and rubbish to the disposal of trailer loads of greenwaste and rubbish at transfer stations.
Urban properties in Invercargill and Bluff are provided with a kerbside collection service for recycling and rubbish. The yellow recycle bin is emptied fortnightly and the red rubbish bin is emptied weekly.
Urban properties have been assigned a 240-litre yellow recycling bin for the fortnightly kerbside collection of your recycling. Find out what you can and cannot put in the yellow bin.
Urban properties have been assigned a 140-litre red rubbish bin for the weekly kerbside collection of your rubbish. Find out what you can and cannot put in the red bin.
Invercargill's CBD is provided with a 3-times weekly kerbside rubbish collection service.
Missed your yellow recycling bin collection day? Not on the kerbside recycling service and want to recycle? Check out Southland disAbility Enterprises 24-7 drive through recycle centre (located at 28 Ettrick Street, Invercargill). Making recycling easy.
If you are looking for pre-loved quality goods, come down to "The Garage Re-Use Shop" and find what you are looking for - fridges, ovens, BBQ's, plumbing fixtures, spare parts, garden tools, sports equipment, clothing, furniture ...
The Invercargill Transfer Station is open 7 days a week for the disposal of a rubbish, hazardous waste, greenwaste and tyres.
Invercargill City Council does not provide a kerbside recycling and rubbish collection service to rural properties, however Council does provide a 24-7 recycle centre, operates second-hand facility and Waste Transfer Station for the disposal of rubbish, greenwaste, tyres, cleanfill and hazardous waste.
Recycle your empty aerosol cans in the yellow recycling bin or local recycle centre