Items that once were recycled are no longer welcome in your household collection bins.
Rules are changing from February 1 in a bid to standardise across the country.
Paper, glass, and plastic types One, Two and Five can be put out at the gate for recycling.
Auckland Council's Waste Solutions General Manager, Parul Sood, says people should no longer put out lids.
"So unless the lid is attached - like your aluminium cans - if it's attached you can just push them in. It shouldn't be detached, because what then happens is that it falls within the machinery."
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