If rubbish is collected fortnightly how do you reduce waste and stop stinky bins?

Caption:(file image)Photo credit:Supplied/ Auckland CouncilLiam Prince and Hannah Blumhardt of The Rubbish Trip.Supplied(file image)suppliedLiam Prince with his clay pot plant composting system.SuppliedNon-recyclable plant-based milk bottles can be taken to a drop-off point or look for an alternative recyclable brand. (file image)RNZ / Duoya LuThe Furoshiki Japanese gift wrapping technique uses fabric. (file image)Unsplash

Auckland’s general waste is collected every week. Photo only for use with LDR story by Torika Tokalau and not for re-use.

Recycling and rubbish bins outside Penny Bright’s Auckland home.

Auckland Council says it won’t be removing bins from the CBD.

One of IKEA’s Central Hawke’s Bay forestry blocks.

Generic imagery of gas and fuel, rising costs

Hands holding freshly harvested delishious green-lipped mussels (known as greenshell mussel or kuku) at Marlborough Sounds, South Island of New Zealand

Untreated water is leaking onto the capital’s south coast beaches due to the Moa Point Treatment Plant flooding and being turned off from early this morning.

Firefighters at the scene after the fire, which destroyed Grant Whelan’s home.

England’s Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring their second goal against Norway.

US Senator Lindsey Graham exits after attending a weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill on 19 May 2026.

James Henry Wilson at the Auckland High Court where he is on trial for the 1987 murder of Red Fox Tavern publican Chris Bush. 08 February 2021 New Zealand Herald photograph by Dean Purcell.