Kerbside bulky waste clean-up collections
Council offers a clean-up service for bulky household items that are not accepted in the weekly bin service. This service excludes commercial waste.
Residents are entitled to one (1) free booked kerbside bulky waste clean-up collection and three (3) free scheduled kerbside bulky waste clean-up collections per calendar year.
Please note our crews will only remove items that two people are able to lift safely.
Pre-booked bulky waste collection
Council provides residents with one free booked kerbside bulky waste clean-up collection per calendar year in addition to the scheduled kerbside bulky waste clean-up collection dates.
Residents can book an additional pre-paid kerbside bulky waste clean-up collection if required to a maximum of 2m³ of materials per collection. This can be used to dispose of general household goods OR vegetation, but cannot be used for a mixture of the two. You must specify which service you want when booking.
For current fees, see Fees and charges.
Book your kerbside bulky waste clean-up collection at least one month in advance to secure your preferred date.
Book online
For ALL booked kerbside bulky waste 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 2m.
- All groups of items left on kerbsides for collection must be labelled with a Pre-booked Council Bulky Waste Collection label(PDF, 44KB).
Note: If you are unable to print the labels, please attach a piece of paper to the street-facing side of the group of items. The label should identify the items for "Council Bulky Waste Collection” and include the date of the Sunday specified by Council, your address and booking reference number.
Household goods
This collection service is for large, bulky household items that can't fit in your red general waste bin
Council will collect
Household furniture- Small appliances
- Soft furnishings
- Carpet and linoleum (must be cut into 1m lengths and bundled. Maximum 0.5m³)
- Other non-recyclable household items
- Whitegoods and metal items, e.g. Fridge or freezer, washing machine. Please remove the doors from your whitegoods.
- Mattresses/foam
Council will NOT collect
Vegetation
This collection service is for large, bulky vegetation and green waste that can't fit in your green vegetation bin
Council will collect:
- Bundled and tied garden organics
- Tree prunings and loppings
- Untreated timber
- Christmas trees
- Palings without nails (max 0.5m³)
Council will NOT collect
Untied/loose vegetation- Vegetation in plastic bags
- Branches greater than 75mm diameter
- Branches, untreated wood or Christmas trees in sections longer than 1m
- Painted or chemically treated timber
- Tree stumps and logs
- Whole wood pallets
- Building timber
- Whole fences
- General garbage
- Timber with nails
Scheduled bulky waste collection
Most materials collection from kerbside bulky waste clean-up collections are sent to landfill, 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.
When is the next kerbside bulky waste clean- up collection in my area?
You can find your next scheduled kerbside bulky waste clean-up collection date by using our Waste service dates online tool.
How much can I put out for a kerbside bulky waste clean-up collection?
No more than two meters squared of materials will be collected and items must not be longer than 1 metre.
Where can I take items not accepted through Council's kerbside bulky waste clean-up collection?
Use our A-Z recycling guide and our list of Sustainable options for unwanted items on how to responsibly recycle, rehome or dispose of household items not accepted for collection through Council's kerbside bulky waste clean-up service.
Where can I dispose of hazardous waste such as household chemicals and needles?
Household quantities of chemicals can be dropped off at a free Chemical CleanOut Event or at the Community Recycling Centre (CRC) in Artarmon.
Council and local pharmacies are partnered to provide free sharps disposal containers and sharps collection for used needles and sharps. See the list of pharmacies participating in the Community Sharps Management Program. For large volumes of sharps, or to dispose of devices that cannot fit inside sharps disposal containers, contact RUSH (Responsive User Service in Health).