If you pay property rates in an Auckland area where our new food scraps collection service operates, you will see a charge for 'Waste management – food scraps service' in your rates for 2025/2026.
The annual rates charge for the 2025/2026 food scraps collection service is $78.50 for a property.
Find out more about Why we are collecting food scraps.
You will still pay for the food scraps collection service through a targeted rate charge whether you accept the bin and use the service or not.
If you pay property rates in an area covered by the service, you cannot opt out of the charge. This is the same as for our roadside recycling bin service.
Both of these services contribute to the public good, providing a benefit to the city by reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.
We estimate the food scraps collection service will divert 40,000 tonnes of waste per year from landfill, allowing this material to be processed in a way that helps our environment.
We announced the introduction of a food scraps collection service in the Auckland Council Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2012. The plan and the new service went through public consultation A process where members of the public are invited to provide input, feedback and opinions on specific issues or proposed policies. before Auckland Council adopted the plan.
The service was consulted on again as part of the Auckland Council Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018 and then as part of the Long-Term Plan 2018-2028 public consultation.
The targeted rate for the service was consulted on as part of the Annual Budget 2022/2023 and Annual Budget 2023/2024 public consultations.
At all consultations, we received public support for the service.
