Collection
How bin collection days work
Rubbish, recycling, green waste and FOGO, and where your council publishes the day.
Guides
Bin numbers, collection days and stickers
State-by-state kerbside notes from government waste pages, plus how to find a bin number and label a wheelie bin. We are not a council.
Bin collection by state
Lid colours and service notes from the state or territory waste page. Your council, or City Services in the ACT, publishes the collection day.
NSW
New South Wales
Councils run the collection. The EPA publishes the standard lid colours.
VICVictoria
A four-bin system: rubbish, mixed recycling, glass and FOGO.
QLDQueensland
The yellow-lid bin is the household recycling bin. The day comes from your council.
WAWestern Australia
WasteSorted describes a lime-green FOGO bin, a yellow recycling bin and a red general-waste bin.
SASouth Australia
Green Industries SA sets out a weekly FOGO model. Not every council has moved to it.
TASTasmania
There is no single statewide calendar. Each council publishes its own bins and weeks.
ACTAustralian Capital Territory
One government collection: weekly rubbish, fortnightly recycling, optional garden waste.
NTNorthern Territory
Councils run waste. Darwin publishes a suburb bin-day lookup.