South Australia council waste
Pick your council for its bin lid colours, hard rubbish process and green waste service, verified from the official waste page. Not sure which council you are in? Search your postcode on the home page.
- South Australia
Campbelltown City Council
Three-bin service via East Waste: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin and green-lid garden organics bin collected on alternating fortnights. A weekly FOGO trial covers about 1,200 households in part of Campbelltown suburb. All residents received a kitchen caddy kit and compostable bags.
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City of Adelaide
Kerbside service includes general waste, recycling, and a 140L or 240L green-lid organics bin collected fortnightly. All food scraps and certified compostable products can go in the green organics bin, and residents receive a free kitchen caddy and compostable liner bags.
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City of Burnside
Three bins and a kitchen basket via East Waste, diverting around 60 per cent of household waste from landfill: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin and green-lid food and garden organics bin collected on alternating fortnights. Residents get a caddy basket and compostable liners.
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City of Charles Sturt
Blue-lid general waste collected weekly, yellow-lid recycling collected fortnightly, and a green-lid organics bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week to recycling.
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City of Holdfast Bay
Three-bin FOGO service with two options: a 'sustainable' service with weekly green FOGO collection and fortnightly yellow recycling and red landfill bins, or an 'old' service with weekly red landfill and fortnightly green and yellow bins. The green-lid FOGO bin takes food and garden organics and compostable packaging; households get one kitchen caddy.
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City of Marion
Three-bin service: a 140L red-lid garbage bin collected weekly, a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a 240L green-lid organics bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week to recycling. Maximum weight is 75kg per bin.
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City of Mitcham
Three-bin service via East Waste: a blue-lid domestic waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid green organics 240L bin collected fortnightly (the green bin is provided by the occupier). Residents get a kitchen caddy and compostable liners for food scraps.
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City of Mount Gambier
Mandatory three-bin kerbside service (endorsed April 2026): general waste, recycling, and a green-lid FOGO food organics and garden organics bin. Council resolved to move to weekly FOGO and fortnightly landfill collection, with FOGO bins rolled out to all households; a 240L FOGO bin is a one-off $104 purchase from Council.
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City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Three-bin service via East Waste: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin and green-lid food and garden waste bin collected fortnightly on alternate weeks. Each household gets one free kitchen organics caddy.
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City of Onkaparinga
Three-bin system in place since 2006: general rubbish collected weekly, with recycling and green organics collected on alternating weeks.
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City of Playford
Three-bin service delivered through the Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA): a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week to recycling. FOGO bins (140L or 240L) are free with a kitchen caddy and compostable liners.
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City of Port Adelaide Enfield
Three-bin FOGO service: a 140L blue-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a 240L green-lid food and garden organics bin collected fortnightly, plus an 8L kitchen caddy. Food scraps go in the green organics bin, not the general waste bin.
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City of Salisbury
The Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA) runs a weekly general waste collection, a fortnightly 240L recycling collection, and a fortnightly food and garden organics (FOGO) collection on alternate weeks to recycling. Households receive a free kitchen caddy.
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City of Tea Tree Gully
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid food and organics bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week to recycling. Organics go to Jefferies Soils.
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City of Unley
Three-bin service via East Waste: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin and green-lid food and garden organics bin collected on alternating fortnights.
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City of West Torrens
Three-bin kerbside service: a general waste bin collected weekly, with a yellow-lid recycling bin and a green-lid organics bin collected on alternating weeks. Food waste can be placed in the green organics bin.
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Mount Barker District Council
Township properties receive a three-bin service: a 140L blue or red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a 240L green-lid green waste bin collected fortnightly (township residents provide their own 240L green bin). Rural and commercial properties receive general waste weekly and recycling fortnightly only.
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Town of Gawler
Three-bin service delivered through NAWMA: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week to recycling. FOGO bins (140L or 240L) are free with a ventilated benchtop kitchen caddy and compostable liners.
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Waste guides for South Australia
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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