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Kerbside Bins

What is the service?

The domestic kerbside bin service includes the collection of 240 litre mobile garbage bins for:

  1. Domestic waste (collected weekly)
  2. Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) (collected weekly)
  3. Recycling (collected every other week)

Positioning Bins: Your mobile garbage bin should be placed:

  • on a flat surface, close to the kerb, at your normal collection point.
  • with the bin parallel with the road and wheels closest to your house.
  • clear of trees and overhead obstructions.
A guide to your yellow lid recycling bin

Click to download the following guide to what can go in your recycling bin.

 

Have you wondered what happens to the recyclables in your yellow bin?

The contents of your yellow bin are taken to Visy’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sydney.  In the MRF the materials are separated so they can be turned into new products. Click on the link to visit Visy’s Virtual Material Recovery Facility to see what happens to your recyclables and to learn why it is important that only the rights things go into the yellow bin.

Virtual Material Recovery Facility: https://www.visyvirtualmrf.com.au/

 

A guide to your green lid food and plants bin

Click on the lick for more information about your green-lid bin for composting food and plants: 

https://council.lithgow.com/waste-recycling/fogo/

 Items NOT to go in your red lidded bin

  • Hot Ashes
  • Heavy Objects e.g. car parts
  • Building materials & rubble
  • Paint or flammable liquids
  • Tree stumps or rocks
  • Corrosive materials
  • Sand or garden soil
  • Industrial waste

Service Days

To find your bin collection day, please view the Kerbside Waste Collection Calendar

For other areas:

  • Monday – Clarence and Dargan
  • Tuesday – Rydal, Portland, Cullen Bullen, Capertee and Marrangaroo
  • Thursday – Wallerawang and Lidsdale
  • Friday – Hartley and South Bowenfels

Reporting a problem with your bin

If you put your bin out the night before the collection day and it has not been emptied or if your bin has been damaged or stolen, please call customer service on 6354 9999. 

You can also report a missed service and damaged or stolen bins using ‘Forms’ on the WasteInfo App.

Garbage route map

Further recycling information

Quick reference guide