New South Wales council waste
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- New South Wales
AlburyCity Council
Three-bin service (rolled out 2015): a 240L green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, plus a 140L red-lid garbage bin and a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin collected on alternating fortnights.
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Bayside Council (NSW)
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly. Council plans to transition to a combined food and garden (FOGO) service by 2030.
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Blacktown City Council
Kerbside three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week.
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Camden Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid garbage bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid garden organics bin. Food scraps currently go in the red bin (no combined food service yet), ahead of the NSW 2030 FOGO mandate.
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Campbelltown City Council (NSW)
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin (paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, metal containers) collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly.
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Central Coast Council
Red-lid general waste (140L, collected weekly, upgradable), yellow-lid recycling (240L, fortnightly) and a green-lid garden waste bin (240L, fortnightly, for properties east of the M1 Motorway). Service managed by Cleanaway.
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Cessnock City Council
Three-bin FOGO service (FOGO started 30 June 2025): a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly. Food scraps including meat and dairy go in the green bin.
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City of Canterbury Bankstown
Red-lid bin for general household rubbish, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden cuttings bin collected fortnightly.
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City of Coffs Harbour
Three-bin FOGO service: a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a red-lid general waste bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week to recycling.
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City of Newcastle
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, with a yellow-lid recycling bin and a green-lid garden organics bin collected on alternating fortnights on the same day. A weekly FOGO food and garden service is scheduled to start mid-2027 (green bin moves to weekly, recycling to fortnightly).
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City of Parramatta Council
Three-bin FOGO service (rolled out from November 2024): a red-lid general waste bin (reduced to 80L) collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin (240L) collected fortnightly, and a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin (240L) collected weekly. Food scraps including meat, dairy and bones go in the FOGO bin.
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City of Ryde
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly.
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City of Sydney
Kerbside service with a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid garden organics bin. A separate maroon-lid food scraps recycling bin is being rolled out (collected weekly for houses, twice weekly for apartments), with a plan to reach all households by 2030.
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City of Wollongong
Three-bin FOGO service: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly. All food scraps including meat and bones go in the green bin with garden waste. Residents can downsize the red bin (120L or 80L) to save on charges.
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Cumberland City Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin (paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, metal) collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly. FOGO (food added to the green bin) is being introduced through a staged trial toward the NSW 2030 mandate.
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Dubbo Regional Council
Three-bin service in urban areas (Dubbo, Brocklehurst, Geurie, Wellington, Wongarbon): a 240L green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a red-lid residual waste bin collected weekly, and a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly.
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Fairfield City Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week. The green bin accepts all food scraps.
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Georges River Council
Three-bin service: a 120L red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a 240L green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week.
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Hornsby Shire Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid garbage bin collected weekly, plus a yellow-lid recycling bin and a green-lid garden organics bin collected on alternating fortnights (vegetation only in the green bin).
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Inner West Council
Three-bin service with weekly FOGO: a red-lid garbage bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly. Food scraps go in the green bin to be composted for NSW farmers.
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Ku-ring-gai Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden organics bin (vegetation only). A full FOGO food service is not yet in place; Council is working toward the NSW 2030 FOGO mandate.
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Lake Macquarie City Council
Three-bin FOGO service: a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. Free compostable green bags are provided for food scraps.
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Liverpool City Council
Three-bin FOGO service for houses: a 140L red-lid garbage bin collected weekly, a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a 240L lime green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week.
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Maitland City Council
Three-bin FOGO service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly. Food scraps and garden waste both go in the green bin.
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Northern Beaches Council
Four-bin separation system for households; recycling is collected weekly or on alternate weeks and garden vegetation fortnightly depending on address.
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Orange City Council
Three-bin service including a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a red-lid general waste bin. Orange was the first regional NSW council to introduce kerbside FOGO, in mid-2013.
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Penrith City Council
Three-bin service for single and dual occupancy urban properties: a red-lid residual waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) 240L bin. Food scraps including meat, fish, bones and dairy go in the FOGO bin.
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Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
Three-bin FOGO service: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly. Food scraps go in the green bin with garden waste; the LGA has one of the highest FOGO diversion rates in NSW.
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Randwick City Council
Three-bin FOGO service: a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a red-lid general waste bin collected fortnightly for houses (weekly for apartments), and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly.
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Shoalhaven City Council
Two-bin kerbside service: a red-lid landfill/general waste bin and a yellow-lid recycling bin. There is no standard green FOGO bin yet, so garden waste currently goes in the red bin or via a booked green waste collection; a FOGO service is under consideration for a future Council term.
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Sutherland Shire Council
Currently three bins: a red-lid garbage bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden bin collected fortnightly. A weekly FOGO (food and garden) service on the green bin is being introduced in stages from 2026, starting with houses.
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Tamworth Regional Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid garbage bin collected weekly, plus a yellow-lid recycling bin and a green-lid garden organics bin collected on alternating fortnights. A combined food and garden organics (FOGO) service is planned once the new Organics Recycling Facility is commissioned.
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The Hills Shire Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly. A food and garden organics (FOGO) service is planned under the next waste contract commencing October 2027.
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Tweed Shire Council
Three-bin service with red, yellow and green lids. The green-lid bin is a food and garden organics (FOGO) bin: only food scraps and garden waste go in it; fibre-based products such as paper, cardboard and teabags are no longer accepted.
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Wagga Wagga City Council
Three-bin FOGO service (running since 2018): a 240L green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, plus a yellow-lid recycling bin and a red-lid general waste bin collected fortnightly on opposite weeks.
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Willoughby City Council
Three-bin service, unusually all collected weekly: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid vegetation (garden organics) bin. The green bin accepts vegetation only, no food scraps.
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Waste guides for New South Wales
Plain explainers on hard rubbish, FOGO, the purple glass bin and cutting your waste costs, grounded in real Australian councils.
- Which bin master guide
What bin does it go in? The complete Australian guide
The colour code, the tricky items, and the one rule that beats wishcycling.
Read guide - Hard rubbish explained
How council hard rubbish collection works in Australia
Booked versus scheduled, what is accepted, and the overflow options when you miss the window.
Read guide - FOGO guide
FOGO explained: what the food and garden organics bin is for
Food scraps in the green bin: what goes in, and which real councils run it.
Read guide - Purple glass bin
The purple glass bin rollout: what changes and when
The four bin transition, why glass is split out, and which councils already have purple.
Read guide - Save on waste
How to cut your household waste costs
Free council allowances, bin right sizing, tip runs and shared skips, without the guesswork.
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