What goes in each bin, how hard rubbish works and your green waste service in City of Melville, in plain language and verified from the council. Confirm dates and accepted items on the official page before you act.
Three-bin FOGO system: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly (alternating with general waste), and a lime-green-lid FOGO bin for food organics and garden organics collected weekly. Residents receive a kitchen caddy for food scraps.
Rinsed bottles, jars, cans, paper and cardboard, placed loose. Check the council page for glass and soft plastics rules in your area.
Food and garden organics go in the lime-green-lid FOGO bin collected weekly and are processed at the Resource Recovery Group Canning Vale FOGO facility.
Bulky items are handled through booked verge collections; residents also get a garden organics verge collection for bulky purely organic material such as logs, stumps and branches.
Food and garden organics go in the lime-green-lid FOGO bin collected weekly and are processed at the Resource Recovery Group Canning Vale FOGO facility.
If an item will not fit the kerbside bin, or you have missed the City of Melville hard rubbish window, a local skip or rubbish removal service can clear it. Leave a mobile and the platform texts you the details.
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