Garden Waste Can Go In Red Rubbish Bins During Lockdown

Invercargill residents can now put their garden waste in red rubbish bins during COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown.

Transfer stations and private garden waste collection services are on hold as they are not considered essential services. The direction from Government has been to keep garden waste on your property until Alert Level 4 has ended.

WasteNet asked Invercargill City Council to temporarily suspend the section of the Invercargill Solid Waste Bylaw that prohibits garden waste being put in red rubbish bins.

WasteNet noted that, as no private garden waste collection services could operate during the lockdown, the temporary change was not in competition with private business.

As soon as the COVID-19 Alert Level is dropped, the rules will return to normal, with no garden waste allowed in Invercargill City Council red rubbish bins.

Southland and Gore District Councils have always allowed garden waste in the red rubbish bins.