For councils

01 · Deliverables

What the toolkit contains

Recycling

240 L

Bin lid stickers

Print-ready decals for 240 L, 140 L and 80 L lids. Weatherproof specification. Co-brand space reserved for council identity.

RecyclingHangarua

Food scrapsPara kai

RubbishPara

Kerbside signage

Panel templates for community drop-off stations and transfer stations. Weatherproof vinyl and aluminium substrates. SVG and PDF supplied.

Search:pizza box

KerbsideCardboard · flatten it down

Web components

Embeddable “What goes where?” lookup for council websites. Framework-agnostic. Returns the material’s pathway — kerbside, drop-off, or special handling — with guidance.

Page templates

Reference HTML and CSS for council recycling pages. Accessible markup, WCAG AA contrast, English and te reo Māori headings paired throughout.

Icon set

97 waste-stream marks across kerbside, hazardous, construction and deposit return. SVG, vector-perfect at any size. Bilingual labels included in manifest.

AaBEO Supreme · Beologue

Brand guidelines

One document covering colour tokens, type stack, voice, clearspace and co-brand rules. Drop-in for in-house teams and appointed agencies.

02 · Adoption pathway

Four steps to deployment

1. Step 01

   Review the standard

   Read the system overview and confirm alignment with your waste management strategy and the 2024 Aotearoa kerbside standard.

2. Step 02

   Download the toolkit

   All SVGs, CSS tokens, signage templates and guideline PDFs are available at /brand. No account, no request form.

3. Step 03

   Deploy with your team

   Hand the toolkit to your existing agency or in-house communications team. Co-brand space is reserved on every template.

4. Step 04

   Optional onboarding

   Short workshops and implementation review are available on request for councils running a staged rollout.

03 · Governance & compliance

Standards the system meets

Kerbside alignment

Designed against the 2024 Aotearoa national kerbside standard — recycling, organics and rubbish pathways.

Bilingual by default

Every mark ships with paired English and te reo Māori labels drawn from a reviewed terminology set.

Proven lineage

Built on Norway’s Sorteringsmerker system — in operation across 356 municipalities since 2017.

WCAG AA contrast

Signal palette tested for 4.5:1 minimum on text, 3:1 on large type and iconography. Dark and light variants supplied.

Open licence

Released under an MIT-style licence. Councils may use, adapt and print without a commercial agreement.

No vendor lock-in

Flat files, open formats, no proprietary platform. Your existing suppliers can deliver with no retooling.