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Rubbish is collected from the red and yellow lid bins Monday to Friday mornings from 5.30am. Check the bin collection day for your area.
Put your bins out the night before, near the kerb, where they don't block footpaths, driveways or road access.
For bin replacement and missed service collections, please call the waste hotline on 1300 799 019.
To purchase a green garden waste bin, complete our Garden Greens Waste Bin form.
If you have excess waste, you can upgrade to a larger waste bin by completing our Excess Domestic Waste form.
If you would like to downsize your waste collection please write to Council via email council@northsydney.nsw.gov.au
Red bin
The standard general waste service is one 80-litre red-lid bin collected per week for each residential premises and one 240-litre bin per three units in a shared complex.
- If you’re a new owner, confirm your new waste charges correspond with the bin you're using in your new home by reviewing your rates notice.
- There is a strict limit to the number of waste bins or wheelie bins that each property is entitled to have emptied.
- Cardboard boxes, rubbish bags or any other waste receptacles other than the approved bin for a house or unit will not be emptied.
- Any bin that is in a condition likely to cause injury will not be emptied.
- We recommend you number your waste bins clearly to avoid a charge for someone else's extra garbage.
- For excess waste bins, purchase bins from recommended bin wholesalers, such as Environmental Bin Sales, Sulo or Mastec.
- Properties with a waste compactor are entitled to 40-litre waste per unit. A waste compactor halves the amount of waste generated by a ratio of 2:1, therefore a 40-litre capacity applies.
Accepted items:
- food waste
- polystyrene
- plastic bags / soft plastics
- nappies
- broken crockery / cups
- textiles
Items not accepted:
- e-waste
- batteries and light globes
- oil, paint and chemicals
- gas bottles and fire extinguishers
- syringes
- building materials and concrete
Council contracts waste collection services to URM. To facilitate this service your personal details may be provided to URM, who are bound by Council's privacy obligations.
Yellow bin
Co-mingled recycling service is one 140-litre yellow-lid bin collected per week for each property or a 240-litre mobile garbage bin shared among units in apartment blocks.
Ensure glass/plastic/metal containers are clean, dry and empty. Remove lids from bottles and jars, and flatten cardboard boxes. No plastic bags.
Accepted items:
- glass bottles and jars
- newspapers
- plastic bottles (leave lids on) and jars (remove metal lids)
- empty pizza boxes
- milk and juice cartons
- aluminium cans / steel cans / empty aerosol cans
- paper and cardboard
- empty plastic containers
Items not accepted:
- batteries
- clothing / textiles
- nappies
- food waste
- light globes
- plastic bags / soft plastic
- polystyrene packaging and meat trays
- paper towels / tissue
- crockery / ceramic plates / ovenware
- timber palings
Recycle right information flyer
Council contracts waste collection services to URM. To facilitate this service your personal details may be provided to URM, who are bound by Council's privacy obligations.
Where waste goes
- co-mingled recycling in the yellow-lid bin goes to VISY
- general waste in the red-lid bin goes to Artarmon Resource Recovery (Cleanaway)
- fortnightly pre-booked collection of garden (green) waste goes to Ryde Resource Recovery Centre (Cleanaway)
- fortnightly pre-booked collection of household bulky waste goes to Artarmon Resource Recovery (Cleanaway).
Domestic Waste Management Charge (DWMC)
Every property pays a DWMC for standard bins and their collection service. Pensioners pay 50% of the DWMC.
Included in the standard DWMC:
- 1 x 80-litre general waste bin with red lid (unit blocks can combine their waste to get a 240-litre red-lid bin to accommodate 3 units)
- 1 x 140-litre recycling bin with yellow lid
- fortnightly pre-booked collection of garden (green) waste
- fortnightly pre-booked collection of household bulky waste.
Visit our fees and charges and search ‘domestic waste’.
Not included in the DWMC:
- green waste bin – purchase via online form
- excess waste sized bins – 120-litre and 240-litre must be purchased by residents.