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Bin collection

Bin collection & services

Search your suburb and street to find out your bin collection day. General waste (green/red lid) bins are collected weekly; recycling (yellow lid) bins are collected fortnightly on the same day.

Transfer Stations

Waste Transfer Stations

Information on waste and recycling locations, accepted items, green waste disposal, free mulch giveaway, fees and charges and Council’s Buy Back Shop.

Know Before You Throw

Wondering what goes in which bin? Well now you can Know Before You Throw. Here you can find easy tips and resources to know more and waste less.

Waste Education

Waste Education

Discover education resources and events available to the public, community groups and schools.

Strategy

Waste strategy

Council’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Strategy 2018-2027 takes a circular approach to the waste hierarchy with the aim of keeping waste materials at their highest value in the economy for as long as possible, rather than being seen as having no value and buried in landfill.

What happens

What happens to my waste?

Help look after our region - the less waste we send to landfill the cleaner and greener our environment remains.

Last Updated: 10 September 2024

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