Find your waste collection dates Use the search tool to find the collection dates for:
  • Rubbish,
  • Recycling,
  • Green waste,
  • General junk

Each financial year, the City provides three residential bulk verge collections. These consist of one general junk collection and two green waste collections.

Use the waste collection search tool, or contact the City on 9397 3000, to find the following information for your property:

  • Rubbish collection dates
  • Recycling collection dates 
  • Green waste collection dates
  • General junk collection dates 

Please note:

  • Reduce illegal dumping and nuisance pickers by placing items on the verge of your property no earlier than 7 days prior to your collection date
  • Separate the following from general junk – electronic goods, computers and TVs, mattresses, white goods and scrap metals, as the City recycles these items
  • Do not place waste on vacant properties or public reserves.
  • If any item doesn’t comply with guidelines, it won’t be collected. You must remove it within 7 days or you may be fined.

If your items are in good condition, donate them to family, friends, your local charity or Facebook Buy Nothing group.

Important safety requirements

  • For child safety reasons, refrigerators, remove doors from freezers and other white goods.
  • You no longer need to degas fridges and freezers.

We will collect

  • Household furniture (no glass panels or table tops)
  • White goods, such as stoves, dishwashers, washing machines and clothes dryers (doors must be removed)
  • Fridges, freezers (doors must be removed) and air conditioners
  • General junk items, scrap metal and timber products up to 1.5m in length

We will not collect

  • Chemicals, oils, paints, pesticides, solvents, gas cylinders and asbestos. 
  • Bricks, tiles, sand, solar panels, cement, concrete products and fencing materials
  • Household waste that goes in your normal rubbish bin
  • Glass, mirrors or shower screens
  • Tyres, car bodies and parts
  • Batteries 
  • Materials more than 1.5m in length
  • Mixed piles of junk and green waste
  • Green waste
  • General junk from commercial properties
  • Play equipment and trampolines that have not been dismantled

While we encourage you to get involved in verge collections, be aware that penalties may apply for failure to comply with collection guidelines.

More information

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    Find your waste collection dates

    Use the search tool to find: Rubbish, Recycling, Green waste and General junk collection dates.

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