Green Waste Cleanup
Lithgow Council offers a scheduled Green Waste Cleanup service twice a year on the dates below. Registration is required. A booking reference number will be provided when you register.
How do I arrange a collection?
Please note, the service is only available to those residents who have a weekly garbage collection service.
To register phone Council on 6354 9999 or complete the form on this page by 12 noon on the THURSDAY before the collection date.
On the SUNDAY NIGHT of the collection week, simply put your materials at the kerbside where you leave your mobile garbage bin.
Material left for collection will be removed on either the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday following the collection date.
Collection Dates for 2025
- Monday 7 April 2025 – Friday 11 April 2025
- Monday 10 November 2025 – Friday 14 November 2025
Guidelines for Collection of Green waste
Council will pick up:
- Garden prunings…no longer than 2 metres, not thicker than 200mm and tied in bundles.
- Weight limit of 16 kilograms for each bundle or box.
- Quantity of 1 cubic metre (about 4 wheelie bins) for each collection
*Please note, bagged lawn clippings and leaves are no longer collected in this Green Waste Clean-Up due to plastic contamination.
Lawn clippings and leaves can be placed in your green ‘FOGO’ bin which is collected every week. Please remember that plastic and plastic bags cannot go into the green FOGO bin.
Lawn clippings and leaves can also be delivered to the Lithgow Solid Waste Facility or composted at home
Register for green waste collection
Residents are reminded that the form will close at 12.00 noon the THURSDAY before the scheduled collection date.
Please note:
Bagged lawn clippings and leaves are no longer collected due to plastic contamination. These can be composted at home, placed in your waste bin or delivered to Lithgow Solid Waste Facility.
Apologies, you have missed this green waste collection round.
Council will advertise the next green waste collection in the near future.