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Never Miss a Rubbish Collection Again

Free bin-day reminders for red, yellow and green lids, using your council's own collection calendar.

In Australia, kerbside waste collection is run locally. Councils set their own schedules, contractors and accepted materials, so there is no single national bin calendar and your address matters.

Bin colours and collection frequency depend on the council and service. Some councils use a weekly general-waste round and an alternating recycling or organics round; others use a different pattern. Green-lid services may take garden organics only or FOGO — food organics and garden organics — so check the accepted-items list and address-specific calendar before setting a routine.

Councils may offer hard waste, bulky verge collections or booked clean-ups with their own limits and booking windows; Perth and WA verge services and Sydney council clean-ups are examples of local schemes. Drink bottles and cans can also earn 10 cents back through container deposit schemes like Return and Earn in NSW and Containers for Change in Queensland and WA — check the scheme's eligibility and return locations.

• Follow the set-out instructions in your council's address-specific calendar; collection times and placement rules vary.
• Public-holiday arrangements vary, so check your council calendar around Easter, Christmas and Australia Day.
• Keep recyclables loose in the yellow bin; plastic bags and soft plastics jam the sorting facility and can send the whole load to landfill.
• Place bins as your council specifies, clear of parked cars, trees and letterboxes where the local collection instructions require side-arm access.

Everything you need for bin day