Green Waste Service

Recycling Container:

240L Bin with the Lime Green Lid

Collection Frequency:

Fortnightly

Available to:

Houses and Units

Materials Collected:

• Grass Clippings
• Small Branches
• Twigs
• Garden Prunings
• Weeds
• Leaves
• Flowers
• Untreated Timber
• Small Timber Offcuts

Other information

The following Items are NOT collected in your Kerbside garden and/or food services:

• Household Garbage
• Plastic Bags/Bin Liners
• Building Rubble/Materials
• Garden Equipment
• Tree Stumps
• Rocks, Bricks, Dirt, Soil or Sand
• Painted, Stained or Chemically Treated Timber
• Large Tree Trunks
• Pot plant containers
• Food/Vegetable Scraps
• Metal/Plastics
• Paper
• Animal hair
• Faeces
• Vacuum cleaner dust
• Wood ash
• Garden hoses
• Pizza boxes
• Foam
• Cardboard, paper or newspaper
• Glass bottles & jars
• Plastic bottles and containers
• Noxious weeds

Organic Recycling Tips

Please ensure bin is not overfilled and that the lid can close. Drivers are instructed not to service bins with any contamination. Please also ensure your bin weighs no more than 80kg as otherwise it may be too heavy for the collection vehicle to lift. Tips to help keep your green waste bin lean and green: only mow dry grass open lid of bin to let moist grass dry out remove dirt from vegetation don't overload with heavy wood or branches

Replacement Recycling Container

If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service Centre phone 02 4227 7111 email GT@wollongong.nsw.gov.au.