Tauranga bin weeks and your move out cleaning
Find your collection week
Tauranga's bins carry a Week 1 or Week 2 label on the side. Food scraps go every week and everything else every second week, with bins at the kerb by 7am, so the last rubbish run can be timed to your handover.
Moving over Christmas
There's no collection on Good Friday, Christmas Day or New Year's Day, and when one lands on a weekday the rest of that week's pickups shift by a day. Moving out over summer? Check the calendar before you choose the cleaning day.
Extra rubbish
Te Maunga transfer station on Truman Road takes the public; Maleme Street in Greerton is for commercial account holders only. Tenancy Services counts rubbish as part of leaving, so clear it before the final inspection.
Apartments and bin bays
In a building with several homes, the council has residents take waste and recycling to a bin bay instead of a kerbside day. Empty your share before you hand back the keys.
Pets and the carpet
A landlord who agreed to a pet can set reasonable conditions, for example the carpet cleaned to a professional standard at the end if the pet lived indoors. That's the one case where a professional carpet clean can be asked of you, so read your pet consent conditions before you book.
Ready for Tauranga end of tenancy cleaners: the day before
- Every box, bag and piece of furniture out, garage included.
- Pet bedding, bowls and litter trays gone, and the pet door wiped.
- Lights, hot water and taps still connected for the cleaner.
- Your property inspection report and pet consent conditions printed or on your phone.
- The bins emptied, or a plan for the last collection.
Pets first: our take on a Tauranga end of tenancy clean
If you've had a pet, start with the consent conditions, not the carpet. Where they ask for the carpet cleaned to a professional standard, add the steam clean to the job; where they don't, vacuum, spot clean and compare it with the inspection report before adding anything.