Clean-up collections
Please note there will be no clean-up collections over the Easter period. The last clean-up collection prior to Easter will be the week commencing 17 March 2024. Clean-up services will re-commence from 7 April 2024.
Council offers the following collection services for bulky household items that can’t be collected through the weekly service. This service is only offered to domestic residents for household waste. Waste generated by commercial operations is ineligible for collection.
Council provides residents with three (3) free scheduled clean-up and one (1) pre-booked clean-up collections per financial year.
Pre-booked clean-up service
Scheduled clean-up service
Council provides residents with three free scheduled clean-up collections per financial year. These collections are conducted in zones according to a pre-set schedule.
Check your clean-up dates
For ALL scheduled clean-up collections:
- No more than 2m³ of materials will be collected. Items that have not been collected must be removed and disposed of promptly.
- Materials can only be placed on the nature strip outside your property on the Sunday night of your collection week, but collection is Monday to Friday of that week.
- Items must not be longer than 1 metre
- All groups of items left on kerbsides for collection must be labelled with a Scheduled clean-up label(PDF, 47KB).
Note: If you are unable to print the labels, please attach a piece of paper to both the street-facing and footpath-facing sides of the group of items. The label should identify the items as “For Clean-up” and include the date of the Sunday specified by Council.
Council will collect
- Household furniture
- Small appliances
- Soft furnishings
- Carpet and linoleum (must be cut into 1 metre lengths and bundled. Maximum 0.5m³)
- Other non-recyclable household items
- Whitegoods and metal items, e.g. Fridge/freezer, washing machine.
- Mattresses/foam
Council will NOT collect
- General household garbage
- Small household items
- Vegetation, dirt, stones and sand
- TVs and Computers
- Car batteries and car parts
- Tyres
- Building materials, including bricks, concrete and tiles
- Liquids, including paint, chemicals and oil
- Fibro/asbestos
- Gas bottles
- Hazardous materials, including volatile liquids, medical waste and explosives
- Mirrors and sheets of glass
- Cardboard and paper
Most collected materials are sent to landfill, so please consider selling, donating or giving away good quality items. Read our article Sustainable options for unwanted items for tips on how to dispose of unwanted items sustainably.
Missed commercial bin collection? This could be due to a missing bin sticker or an unregistered bin service. Please contact council on 9777 1000 for assistance.