Victoria 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.
- Victoria
Banyule City Council
Three-bin service with weekly FOGO (switched July 2022): a green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, plus a yellow-lid recycling bin and a red-lid general waste bin. The former green garden bin became the FOGO bin.
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Brimbank City Council
Currently three bins: a red-lid garbage bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin (fortnightly), and a bright green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin (fortnightly, alternating with recycling, opt-in with an annual fee). A standard four-bin system starts 1 July 2027: weekly FOGO (green), weekly garbage (red), fortnightly recycling (yellow) and monthly glass (purple).
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City of Ballarat
Four-bin system (FOGO and glass began 3 November 2025): a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid comingled recycling bin, a lime green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly, and a 140L purple-lid glass bin collected every four weeks.
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City of Boroondara
Three-bin service with weekly recycling and FOGO: a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected weekly, and a red-lid general waste bin collected fortnightly.
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City of Casey
Standard four-bin service: a weekly rubbish bin, a fortnightly yellow-lid recycling bin, a fortnightly green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin, and a glass bin. Each household is eligible for one free kitchen caddy.
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City of Darebin
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly. A fourth purple-lid glass recycling bin is planned for all residents by 2027.
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City of Greater Bendigo
Three-bin service with weekly FOGO (organics launched February 2024): a lime green-lid food organics and garden organics bin collected weekly (140L or 240L, no price difference), a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a red-lid general waste bin. Glass currently goes in the recycling bin, moving out of that stream by 2027.
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City of Greater Dandenong
Three-bin FOGO 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 (120L or 240L) collected fortnightly on the alternate week. A purple-lid glass bin is planned from July 2027.
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City of Greater Geelong
Standard three-bin residential collection for rubbish, recycling and garden/green waste. Each year Council turns about 35,000 tonnes of garden bin material into compost.
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City of Kingston (VIC)
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin. A fourth purple-lid glass recycling bin is planned to roll out by 2027, alongside expanding FOGO to more homes.
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City of Melbourne
General waste (red or dark-green lid) collected weekly, recycling (yellow lid) collected fortnightly, and a food and garden organics (lime-green lid) bin collected weekly. Households receive a kitchen caddy; glass goes in the yellow recycling bin, securely wrapped.
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City of Monash
Three-bin service with weekly FOGO: a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a red-lid general waste bin collected fortnightly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. Food scraps go in the green bin with garden clippings.
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City of Port Phillip
Three-bin service, all collected weekly: a red-lid garbage bin (120L), a yellow-lid recycling bin (240L), and a 120L green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin (FOGO rolled out to apartments by February 2024). Glass is handled via communal glass recycling hubs in parks and reserves.
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City of Whittlesea
Three-bin service: a red-lid rubbish bin collected weekly, plus a yellow-lid recycling bin and a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) 240L bin collected fortnightly on alternating weeks. Suburbs are split into Week 1 and Week 2 collection areas.
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City of Wodonga
Three-bin service (part of the Halve Waste program with Albury): a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, plus a red-lid garbage bin and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected on alternating fortnights. FOGO contamination is under 1 per cent.
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Frankston City Council
Four-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin, and a purple-lid glass recycling bin (introduced across Frankston in August and September 2023).
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Glen Eira City Council
Three-bin service with weekly FOGO: a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, plus a red-lid general waste bin and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected on alternating fortnights. A fourth glass recycling stream (purple bin or drop-off) is planned by 2027.
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Greater Shepparton City Council
Four-bin service: a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a red-lid landfill waste bin and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly on alternate weeks, and a purple-lid glass bin collected monthly. Food has been accepted in the green bin since 2015.
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Hume City Council
Three-bin service (universal food and garden bin from July 2024): a red-lid garbage bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly. A separate glass recycling service is planned by 2027.
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Knox City Council
Three-bin service with weekly FOGO (launched 2023): a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a red-lid general waste bin collected fortnightly, and a recycling bin collected fortnightly (lids transitioning from blue to yellow by 2026 to 2027). Glass recycling access for all households is planned by 2030.
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Latrobe City Council
Three-bin service: a 120L red-lid garbage bin, a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin, and a 240L lime green-lid organics bin. From 1 July 2026 residents can add food scraps to the lime green bin (FOGO), not just garden waste.
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Manningham City Council
Three-bin service (FOGO started July 2023): a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a red-lid general waste bin. Food scraps go in the green bin with garden waste; a fourth glass stream is planned under the state reforms.
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Maribyrnong City Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin. Residents use the existing green bin to recycle all food waste as well as garden waste; a glass stream follows under the state reforms.
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Maroondah City Council
Three-bin service (FOGO launched May 2023): a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin, and a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly. The FOGO service is designed around compostable liners to control odour.
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Melton City Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid garbage bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin (available in two sizes at no extra cost). Food scraps and garden waste go together in the green bin.
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Merri-bek City Council
Four-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a light green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a purple-lid glass bin collected every four weeks (monthly).
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Mildura Rural City Council
Kerbside service including a lime green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) 240L bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a red-lid landfill bin. All recycling must be placed loose (no plastic bags).
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Moonee Valley City Council
Three-bin service (FOGO rollout completed September 2025): a red-lid landfill bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) bin. Community glass recycling kerbside drop-off points are planned from quarter 3 of 2026/27.
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Mornington Peninsula Shire
Three-bin service now (around 54,000 households already have a FOGO bin): a red-lid general rubbish bin, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin, and a food and garden organics (FOGO) bin. A fourth purple-lid glass recycling bin is being introduced by 2027.
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Warrnambool City Council
Four-bin service, all collected fortnightly: purple-lid glass and yellow-lid recycling one week, then red-lid landfill and green-lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) the next. FOGO bins have an 80kg weight limit.
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Whitehorse 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 (FOGO accepting food since July 2022).
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Wyndham City Council
From February 2026 all households have three bins: a red-lid garbage bin, a yellow-lid 240L recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly.
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Yarra City Council
Four-bin service (FOGO from 1 July 2024): a red (or dark green) lid rubbish bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, a purple-lid glass bin, and a lime green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly.
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Waste guides for Victoria
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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