So you forgot to put your yellow bin out or the ccc wont pick it up because you put the wrong stuff in it.
What is a yellow bin in Christchurch city for? Simply, this is for the recyclables coming from homes and other waste generators. In New Zealand, we have a very active waste collection and segregation system but the rules involved are somewhat strict. Unlike in other countries where waste management is a not priority, our government & councils are handling their waste segregation procedures very carefully especially in the city of Christchurch where each household is given three colored bins to make segregation of waste at source to work.
The green-colored bin represents the standard color, which as an international rule, is for biodegradable waste. But in Christchurch, the green bin is strictly for the compostable (green) waste only which means only the waste that can be composted can be dumped into the green bin. Examples of these waste are food leftover, kitchen (fruit and vegetable trimmings) and garden waste. These waste can easily degrade in days without causing harm to the environment. So it is therefore important that the waste that are for the green bins should not be contaminated by any material laced with toxic substances.
The red bin, on the other hand, is for non-bio and non-recyclable waste. So for the biodegradable waste that should not be in the green bin, these should go into the red bin as residual waste. Residual waste is dumped into landfills.
What should we put into the yellow bin in Christchurch then?
A yellow bin in Christchurch city is mainly for recyclables only. It is the biggest among the 3 colored bins while the green bin is the smallest for the reason that biodegradable waste is getting picked up by the CCC council’s truck once a week while the red and yellow bin collection in Christchurch happens every two weeks. Now, why the yellow recycling bin in Christchurch is the largest is because most of the recyclables that people dump in there are larger but not necessarily heavier. What are these waste?
You may have noticed that the yellow bin for recycling requires that every recyclable waste must be cleaned before they are to be dumped in. This is a requirement by the council to avoid contamination within the content of the bin. So if you follow the cleaning requirement and dumping your clean plastic containers in your yellow bin but a member of your family has dumped some soiled and wet newspaper on the top layer, the content of your yellow bin may get contaminated and will not be fully accepted as recyclables by the council’s waste checkers.
In this scenario, you might get reprimanded for violating the proper use of the yellow bin. Therefore, you and your family must be properly informed about the cleaning of the recyclables before dumping them into the yellow bin as well as putting only the right stuff.
There is something you may have noticed with your bins and these are the colored stickers that are stuck on their sides. If you have seen the yellow sticker on a bin, that sticker could be an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag that helps people in the CCC waste management office to manage your yellow bin through their database management system. There are benefits that you and the council can achieve from this yellow tag and some of them are as follows:
So the next time you see the yellow sticker on a bin, you know now the purpose of this tag. Waste checkers may also visit communities and check people’s bins and mark them with chalk. Frankly, only the waste collection truck drivers understand these marks but if everything goes smooth with your bins, there is nothing to worry about as long as you don’t get tags with warnings.
The question now is, what can happen when the council’s waste checkers or waste pickup personnel see that you have not followed the protocol in using your yellow bin? You know something is wrong with the content of your yellow bin if it has been left out by the truck during the pickup time. So you may ask yourself “why has my bin not been emptied?” Here are some explanations that can help you understand.
If you see that your yellow bin has been emptied but there’s a tag on the handle which the CCC personnel had put on, that tag contains some reminders for you to read on and consider. If you see that the tag has a checklist of your misuse of your yellow bin, this informs you that you have violated the rules in dumping your recyclables. For the first and second offenses, your bin’s content will still get picked up. But if for the third time and you still did some violations, the pickup truck may confiscate your yellow bin because you did not follow the proper yellow bin recycling guidelines despite the warnings.
Again, what would you do whenever your bin is tagged? In most cases, the council’s waste pickup personnel will leave you some pamphlets in your letterbox for you to read and be informed. So you are expected to understand and follow the proper way of disposing of recyclables and avoid the consequence of bin confiscation.
There are also many reasons why the council’s pickup trucks usually leave the bins untouched with their contents. And as a team of rubbish pickup professionals in Christchurch city, here are some of the reasons we’ve found.
For your first option, you could call and ask the personnel at the council’s office and ask them the question “why has my bin not been emptied?
If you have any of the violations mentioned above, you will be informed about this. But if you did a good job and still your bin has been left out, the council may send one of its trucks to pick your waste. However, if they tell you to wait for another pickup date and you can’t wait that long, then it’s time to call for a backup. We, as a private waste pick group, can do the hauling and disposing of your waste with very minimal charges and we can be there on the next day.
For the second option, you can take your waste to the transfer station or an eco drop shop and pay for the dumping fee based on the size of your vehicle and the volume of your waste. For hazardous waste such as batteries, you can leave them to eco drop shops without getting charged. Almost all types of batteries can be recycled so they are generally accepted at the centers for free. Some examples are batteries made of lithium, alkaline, zinc, Lithium-Ion, NiCd, NiMh, gel and dry cells, and Cr123 batteries. But note that damaged, leaking and rusty batteries will not be accepted. But again, if you don’t have time to dispose of your waste yourself, you can also book us online for the service.
Visit us at rubbishpickup.co.nz to see our list of large items for pickup with their corresponding pickup charge and to know what services we can do for you. Or send us a message through our contact page.
So if your yellow bin in Christchurch has been left out by the council’s pickup truck and you don’t want to wait for a fortnight, book us online anytime and we will deal with it in no time. All of our transactions will be done online and payment can be done using your credit card or through PayPal.
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