Verge Collections Guidelines

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Bin and Verge Collection Days

Find out your next general waste bin, recycling bin and verge collection day

One hard waste and two green waste collections are provided each year, for residential properties receiving a weekly waste service. To view the map click here.

How should I place my waste on the verge?

  • Place your waste on your verge before Monday 6:00am but no earlier than seven days prior to the scheduled start date for your area
  • Allow up to seven days for collection
  • Don't obstruct the footpath, your normal bin service or the line of sight of pedestrians, cyclists and cars
  • Don't place your waste next to structures or obstructions such as letter boxes, walls, power poles or sprinklers
  • Don't place your waste on vacant properties or public reserves

What happens if I don't follow these guidelines?

Litter infringements may be issued for non-compliance with collection guidelines or if your waste is placed on your verge more than seven days prior to the scheduled start date for your area.

Don't have a verge or is your verge too small to comply?

Contact our Waste team for advice:

9531 7777

Green Waste Do's and Don'ts

Place your green waste in a neat pile on your verge with the cut ends towards the street.

  • Do not bundle or tie
  • Do not present in plastic bags or boxes

Collection limit: no more than two 6’ x 4’ trailer loads or three cubic metres - excess waste will not be removed.

What can I include?

Tree and shrub prunings up to 1.5 metres, with trunks up to 0.3 metres in diameter

What can't I include?

  • Lawn clippings
  • Loose leaves
  • Stumps
  • Palm logs
  • Weeds
  • Root material
  • General rubbish or whitegoods

Hard Waste Do's and Don'ts

Place your hard waste in separate piles; mattresses, whitegoods/metal, E-waste and general junk as these are all collected separately.

Collection limit: no more than two 6’ x 4’ trailer loads or three cubic metres - excess waste will not be removed.

What can I include?

  • Whitegoods - doors removed
  • Scrap metal
  • Bed frames
  • Lounges
  • Cupboards
  • Furniture and materials less than 1.5 metres long
  • Mattresses (please note that mattresses are often collected separately to the rest of your hard waste)
  • TV' and E-waste

What can't I include?

  • Tyres
  • Batteries
  • Car bodies or parts
  • Green waste
  • Asbestos - learn where to safety dispose
  • Building rubble
  • Hazardous waste - learn where to safety dispose
  • Glass