General junk and green waste verge collections

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 dates search or contact the City on 9397 3000 to check your next collection date. 

Please note:

• Place items on the verge of your property no earlier than seven days prior to your collection date.
• Do not place items on vacant properties or public reserves.
• If any item doesn't comply with guidelines, it won't be collected. You must remove it within seven days or you may be fined. 
• While we encourage you to get involved in verge collections, be aware that penalties may apply for failure to comply with collection guidelines.

General junk collection guidelines

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

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
• Green waste
• General junk from commercial properties
• Play equipment and trampolines that have not been dismantled

Separate the following from general junk - electronic goods, computers and TVs, mattresses, white goods and scrap metals, as the City recycles these items.

Green waste verge collection guidelines

We encourage you to get involved in green waste collections so long as you adhere to the following:

• Do not include plastic, metal, chicken wire, household waste, bagged or boxed green waste as it is not accepted at the processing facility. 
• Do not prune verge trees. To request verge tree pruning please contact the City on 9397 3000.

We will collect:

• Tree and shrub prunings in pieces cut up to 1.5m in length and up to 30cm in diameter
• Palm trunks in pieces cut up to 30cm

We will not collect:

• Bags, boxes or loose-leaf litter or lawn clippings (please place in your grey or red-lidded bin for collection)
• Treated or stained timber
• Prunings more than 1.5m in length or more than 30cm in diameter.
• Weed and root material, including dug-out lawn
• Sand and soil material
• General rubbish, metal, timber, junk or whitegoods
• Mixed piles of junk and green waste
• Green waste from commercial properties

Littering or illegal dumping penalties apply for:

• Early placement of green waste on verges
• Failure to comply with collection guidelines.