• Please have your bins out by 6am on the day of collection and make sure there is a space of 1 metre between your household waste bin and your recycling bin.
• Make sure your bin is facing the road (wheels should be closest to your property).
• Don’t place your bin behind parked cars or under trees with overhanging branches.
• Please do not overfill your bins. Overfull or excessively heavy bins may not be emptied.

Dark green or red general waste bin

Household waste bins are collected weekly and should only be used for general household waste that cannot be recycled.

Yellow recycling bin

These bins are collected fortnightly on the same day of the week as your household waste bin.

• paper and cardboard (including newspapers, magazines, catalogues, envelopes, egg cartons, milk cartons, juice cartons, cardboard boxes and any other paper)
• glass bottles and jars
• empty aluminium, steel and aerosol cans
• rigid plastic containers (including plastic drink bottles, yoghurt containers, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles).

Items not accepted by the kerbside collection service

• building and construction waste
• car components
• rocks and earth
• hot ashes
• hazardous waste (including ammunition, paint, oil, heavy metal batteries, pharmaceuticals, poisons, pesticides).

Collection days

Collection calendar

Collection map

Collection occurs between 6am and 4pm. If your bins are not collected during this period on your collection day please leave the bin out and contact Council.

Kerbside waste services are where Council provides residents with wheelie bins to be collected from the roadside. These services have many social, economic, and environmental benefits as highlighted below.

Service Level

• Collections are directly from homes and small businesses
• Regular pickup schedules

Convenience

• Less time consuming than driving to the tip
• Doesn’t require a vehicle or drivers license
• Easier for older residents

Cost Effective

• The weekly cost of kerbside is similar to the same amount of waste at the tip and includes pickup and transport

More Recycling

• A convenient waste sorting option that results in more recycling
• More recycling means less resources are buried in landfills

Reduces Illegal Waste Dumping

• Properties on the kerbside route have less financial incentive to dump household rubbish as a means to avoid paying fees

Less Emissions

• Kerbside routes are designed to be efficient
• Less fuel emissions per household than driving to the tip

Service Availability

• Provides an opportunity for services such as kerbside FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) to compost organic materials
• Provides an avenue for education on waste avoidance and sorting

All residential properties on the kerbside route are provided with bins and added to the service. The routes are based on truck access, residential density, and zoning. There is no option to refuse the service as a household opting out affects others on the route and the service as a whole. Most Australian councils do not give the option to opt out, reasons include:

Costs for Users

• The cost per household is directly linked to the number of collections on the route. Less bins on the route would mean the price is less affordable for those using the service.

Service Availability

• If only some households were using kerbside, areas of the route could become inviable and be removed from the service. Preventing opt-out ensures the service stays available to properties where appropriate.

Reduced Benefits

• The benefits of kerbside would be reduced if properties were allowed to opt-out of the service. This is particularly relevant for reducing illegal dumping of waste. Other benefits such as reduced landfill and transport emissions and service availability would also be impacted.