NO FOOD SCRAPS COLLECTIONS IN PARTS OF PAPATOETOE AND MĀNGERE

Temporary suspension of food scraps service while important restrictions are in place.

On 3 January 2025, a single male Oriental fruit fly was found in this area. Exotic fruit flies are harmful to our home gardens and horticulture industry, and must be eradicated. Biosecurity New Zealand, part of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), is responding to the discovery and restrictions on how we manage fruit, vegetables and garden waste are in place.

These restrictions mean we need to make some changes to kerbside collections, especially food scraps, until further notice. 

Visit biosecurity.govt.nz/fruitfly for information and detailed maps.

ZONE A: Auckland Council kerbside collections and what you need to do

Affected addresses

Food scraps

• Food scraps (the small 23L bin) will not be collected from properties in Zone A until further notice.
• Please place all your food scraps in the 240L fruit fly bins provided by Biosecurity New Zealand, which will be serviced daily.
• 240L fruit fly bin proved by Biosecurity New Zealand below:

Rubbish 

• General rubbish can be put out with your regular rubbish collection, which will continue as usual.
• Please ensure you separate your food scraps from your general rubbish and place it in your 240L fruit fly bin.

Recycling

• Fortnightly recycling collections will continue as usual.
• Please do not place food waste in your recycling bin.

Important restriction information

• Do not move fresh fruit and vegetables (except leafy greens or soil-free root vegetables) out of Zone A of the controlled area.
• Compost and garden waste must stay within Zone A of the controlled zone.
• Leave fallen fruit or vegetables from your garden trees or plants on the ground.

FOOD SCRAPS COLLECTIONS CONTINUES

The food scraps service will continue while important restrictions are in place in parts of Papatoetoe and Māngere.

ZONE B: Auckland Council kerbside collections and what you need to do

Food Scraps

• Weekly food scraps collections will continue as usual.
• Place all your homegrown fruit and vegetable waste into the community 240L Biosecurity New Zealand fruit fly bins located in your area.
• Place all other food scraps in your kitchen caddy and set your kerbside food scraps bin out for collection by 7am on your usual food scraps collection day, unless otherwise specified.

Rubbish

• Weekly rubbish collections will continue as usual.
• Make sure to separate your food scraps from general rubbish. Place all homegrown fruit and vegetable waste in the community 240L fruit fly bin located in your area. Place all other food scraps in your kerbside food scraps bin and set it out for collection on your usual collection day.

Recycling

• Fortnightly recycling collections will continue as usual.
• Please do not place food waste in your recycling bin.

Important information

• Biosecurity New Zealand have placed 240L bins throughout Zone B for collection of homegrown produce waste and garden waste.
• No fruit and vegetables grown in Zone B can be moved out of the controlled area.
• You may take commercially purchased fruit and vegetables from supermarkets out of the area. 

To learn more about the restrictions, visit Biosecurity New Zealand's website at biosecurity.govt.nz/fruitfly

If in doubt, don’t take it out (of the zone).