Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how AlburyCity handles recycling and bulky waste. The council runs a three-bin kerbside service under the regional 'Halve Waste' program: a green-lidded 240L food-and-garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, plus a red-lidded 140L general-waste bin and a yellow-lidded 240L recycling bin collected on alternating fortnights. Unlike most NSW councils, Albury's green bin already takes food scraps as well as garden waste — the council rolled out its FOGO service in 2015, well ahead of the NSW-wide FOGO mandate for 2030. Large items that don't fit your bins can be taken to the Albury Waste Management Centre. To find your collection day, use the council's collection-days-and-bins page.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- FOGO
- The green bin that takes food scraps as well as garden waste.
- Bulky / hard waste collection
- Pickup or drop-off for large items that don't fit in your bins.
- Community Recycling Centre (CRC)
- A free drop-off for 'problem' waste like paint, batteries and oils.
- WeeklyCombined food-and-garden organics: food scraps (incl. meat, bones, fish), plus garden prunings, clippings and weeds. Albury runs FOGO already, ahead of the NSW 2030 mandate.
- General waste (red lid, 140L)
- FortnightlyCollected on the alternate fortnight to recycling.
- Recycling (yellow lid, 240L)
- FortnightlyCollected on the alternate fortnight to general waste.
- Bulky / large items
- Drop-off at the Albury Waste Management CentreItems too large for your bins can be taken to the Waste Management Centre; gate fees may apply. A home-based (at-call) collection service is also available — see the council's links below.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Albury Waste Management CentreAccepts a range of household problem waste, e-waste and recyclables; item and fee conditions apply.
- Find your bin day
- AlburyCity 'Collection days and bins' page (address lookup)See the link below.
Albury already runs a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service (green bin, weekly); a FOGO service is required across NSW by 2030. Bin frequencies, sizes and fees can change — confirm your collection day and current fees on the official sources below.
Sources — check it yourself
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.