Next month, in many places around the motu, rubbish rules are changing in a bid to standardise what gets recycled.
It means a bunch of things that could previously be binned in recycle - are no longer welcome.
More of our trash is heading to landfill.
Auckland Council General Manager of Waste Solutions Parul Sood speaks to Lisa Owen.
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