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Bins

Houses

What is your waste allocation?

The standard waste allocation for houses is one red lidded bin (garbage), one blue lidded bin (paper, cardboard), one yellow lidded bin (containers), and one green lidded bin (vegetation).

Illustration of the capacity for bin service for houses

Unit Blocks & Townhouses

What is your waste allocation?

The waste allocation for unit blocks and townhouses is a shared allocation. The volume of weekly waste and recycling capacity for each unit is the same as single dwellings, however, units share bins due to space constraints and recycling is collected weekly. 

All unit blocks and town houses are supplied with 240L bins. Each unit is charged a separate Domestic Waste Management charge as per the Council's current adopted Fees and Charges. 

Illustration of the capacity for bin service for  unit blocks and town houses

 

For example - for a unit block with 6 individual units the bin allocation will be as per below:

  • 6 units x 80L general waste bin = 2 x 240L bins allocated
  • 6 units x 140L recycling bins = 3 x 240L bins allocated (rounded up)
     

Additional bins

Houses only

Any additional bins come at an additional service fee.

Costs for additional services

Houses 

Owners or authorised agents may request up to a maximum of,

Red bin

  • 4 x 80L bins
  • Each additional service $326/annum

Blue bin

  • 4 x 140L bins
  • 2nd service - $36/annum
  • 3rd additional service - $122/annum
  • 4th additional service - $122/annum

Yellow bin

  •  4 x 140L bins
  • 2nd service - $36/annum
  • 3rd additional service - $122/annum
  • 4th additional service - $122/annum

Green bin

  • 4 x 240L bins
  • 2nd service - Free
  • 3rd additional service - $36/annum
  • 4th additional service - $36/annum

Units and Townhouses only

Residents need to speak with the strata manager or body corporate for any additional bin requests. The number of bins will depend on the number of units and storage space. The charges for any approved additional bins requested by your strata manager or body corporate are shared by all units in the development. Please telephone 1300 434 434 for more information.

Report an issue

Let us know if you would like to report an issue with a bin (including damaged, lost or spillages) or would like to discontinue a waste service.

Bin towing device (tow hitch)

A tow hitch is available to assist residents with long or steep driveways wheel their bins for collection. 

The tow hitch can be attached to the handles of your bin and the tow ball of your car to tow the bin behind the car.

If you are interested in purchasing a $42.20 tow hitch, please contact waste services on 1300 434 434.

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Free recycling posters, stickers

To help educate about separating waste and recycling, we provide free resources for unit blocks and households.

Pick up from Customer Service

Residents may collect weatherproof posters for unit blocks and bags and bin stickers for both unit blocks, town houses and houses from Council's Customer Service Centres

Download and print

Alternatively you may wish to download and print your own poster if your bin bay is under shelter. Don't forget to set your printer page size before printing.

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Free bags to help you sort your recycling

Pick up from Customer Service

Residents may collect the bags for unit blocks, town houses and houses from Council's Customer Service Centres - limited to 1 blue bag and 1 yellow bag per household. 

If you live in a unit block and require more please contact Waste Education