The tags are about the size of a thumb and will provide accurate records of what type and how many bins each property has.
Bins will need to be left out until 6pm on their collection day when the tagging crew is in the area and a small yellow sticker will be applied when a tag has been fitted.
Residents will be notified by letterbox flyer or text if a mobile number is on file when the stocktake team is in their area.
District council solid waste manager Andrew Boyd said If the stocktake shows that someone has a bin that wasn’t originally allocated to their property they will be given the option to keep the bin and pay for it, or for it to be removed.
“It’s a clean slate so we won’t be charging people for bins that have not been in our system previously. But in the future, once all the tags are on, eventually only bins tagged to your property will be collected.
The stocktake and tagging of the district’s 51,000 bins will begin in September and is expected to take six to eight months to complete.
