Council solid waste manager Ian Featherston said the number of submissions received during the month-long period of public consultation had reached about 620 by yesterday.
Some late submissions were still being accepted yesterday, despite submissions officially closing on Tuesday.
Yesterday was the last day late arrivals would be included.
"Given the nature of the issues, we are letting the dribs and drabs come in for a couple of days," he said.
Members of the public were asked to comment on the council's proposed Option C, which would see the retention of black bags for rubbish and blue bins for glass recycling.
A new 140-litre wheelie bin, or a list of alternative options, would be introduced for other recyclable materials.
Rubbish would continue to be collected weekly, on a user-pays basis, while the blue bins and wheelie bins would be collected fortnightly, on alternating weeks.
The estimated cost of the proposed service was $70 per household, adding 1.1% to the city's rates in 2010-11, plus the user-pays cost of black rubbish bags.
The consultation also listed other kerbside collection options dismissed by the council, including continuing with the current service at an estimated cost of $50 per household - up from $35 this year - plus the cost of black rubbish bags.
Last year's rubbish survey garnered nearly 10,000 responses and showed clear support for wheelie bins.
Yesterday, Mr Featherston said it was too early to say what themes were emerging from the public submissions, but the public input was encouraging.
About 2500 of the 3000 submissions flyers the council had printed had been requested, either through council offices or the council's travelling roadshow on the proposed kerbside service, and submissions had been made online as well, he said.
A similar round of consultation in Christchurch, before the city's introduction of a wheelie bin service, had resulted in about 1000 submissions.
"If you take into account the relative sizes [of Dunedin and Christchurch], we have had a pretty good response - certainly nowhere near the survey last year, but that was sent to every house."
He believed the number of submissions received was lower than last year's survey because consultation typically attracted only "the loudest speakers".
"It's the anti-people, rather than the supporters, because people that support things tend not to say anything," he said.
The submissions would be compiled into a report for a public hearing scheduled for October 28, with 32 submitters indicating they wanted to speak, he said.
More information on the views of submitters would be available in a few days, he said.
The new kerbside service was expected to be launched in October next year.
