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Every second Monday, there's a Council waste collection for residential household items that can't go in the red bin.
Quantity
The allowance for single residences is two cubic metres – the equivalent of a small box-trailer load. There is a 0.5m3 allowance for each unit in multi-unit residences.
Making a booking
Call the waste hotline on 1300 799 019 to book over the phone.
Ensure you book by 4pm on the Sunday prior to the collection date.
2024 collection dates
- Monday 16 December
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Monday 30 December (pine Christmas trees are accepted)
2025 collection dates
- Monday 13 January
- Monday 27 January
- Monday 10 February
- Monday 24 February
- Monday 10 March
- Monday 24 March
- Monday 7 April
- Monday 21 April
- Monday 5 May
- Monday 19 May
- Monday 2 June
- Monday 16 June
- Monday 30 June
- Monday 14 July
- Monday 28 July
- Monday 11 August
- Monday 25 August
- Monday 8 September
- Monday 22 September
- Monday 6 October
- Monday 20 October
- Monday 3 November
- Monday 17 November
- Monday 1 December
- Monday 15 December
- Monday 29 December
Council contracts this service to URM. To facilitate this service, your personal details may be provided to URM who are bound by Council's privacy obligations. For more information, visit our Privacy page.
Items accepted
- clothing
- china
- furniture
- mattresses
- carpet (in rolls up to 1.2 metres long)
- small appliances such as microwaves
- white goods such as a fridge, stove, washing machine, dryer (not more than 90 kilograms). Tape or tie shut the appliance so nothing and no-one can be trapped inside. Alternatively, detach the door
- small glass up to one metre long (wrap and tape up).
Items not accepted
- e-waste
- kitchen food scraps
- soils, stones, concrete, building waste such as kitchen/laundry/bathroom and other renovation material/rubble, treated timber, wooden or other type pallets
- liquid waste, paint
- bean bags
- motor vehicle body and parts including tyres
- oversized items such as Hills Hoists, baths, sinks, vanities, laundry tubs/sinks, toilets, commercial-size fridges, pianos, etc.
- recyclable materials such as cardboard and glass
- large glass more than one metre long (such as windows, mirrors)
- green waste – please book a garden waste pick up.
- hot water heaters
- building materials
How to present items for pick-up
- Items must not be placed out earlier than the Sunday before the Monday collection.
- Put items outside the property boundary, or within two metres of an entrance.
- Large items and white goods should be put on a main street frontage and not in a rear laneway. A large truck needs access to them.
- Small, light items should be put in unwanted containers such as cardboard boxes. These will be taken as part of the clean-up.
Quantity
The allowance for single residences is two square metres – the equivalent of a small box-trailer load. There is a 0.5-cubic metres allowance for each unit in multi-unit residences.