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Waste & recycling

Waste & recycling

When your bins go out, and how Berrigan Shire handles recycling and waste across Berrigan, Finley, Tocumwal and Barooga. Council runs a three-bin kerbside service: a 240L green-lidded organics bin (food and garden waste) collected weekly, and 240L red-lidded general waste and yellow-lidded recycling bins collected fortnightly. The three-bin system was procured jointly with the other Riverina and Murray Joint Organisation (RAMJO) councils under a 10-year contract, with community information sessions run at the Tocumwal, Finley, Berrigan and Barooga libraries in June 2024. To find your exact collection day, use the council's address lookup below — or download the printable calendar for your town.

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.
See the full explainer, with formulas →

Bin collection at a glance

General waste (red lid)
Fortnightly240L bin, collected on alternating weeks with the yellow recycling bin.
Recycling (yellow lid)
Fortnightly240L bin, alternating with the red general-waste bin.
Food & garden organics (green lid)
Weekly240L bin for food and garden organics. Households are supplied with a kitchen caddy and compostable liners; refills are free from the Council office or any Shire library, or by calling 1300 240 832. Only Council-supplied liners should be used.
Bulky / hard waste
No scheduled kerbside collection published — self-haul to a Council waste facilityCouncil's waste pages list the kerbside bin service, the transfer stations and landfill, and the green-waste voucher scheme, but do not publish a scheduled kerbside bulky-waste collection. The Green Waste Voucher scheme, issued over two years to support the three-bin rollout, closed on 31 July 2026. Confirm current options and gate fees with Council.
Problem waste & drop-off
Community Recycling Centre at the Berrigan Landfill, Greenhills Road, BerriganFree, year-round drop-off for household problem waste in household quantities (a guide of 20 litres or 20 kilograms per waste type). Council's other facilities are the Finley Recycling Centre (Killeens Road, Finley) and the Tocumwal Transfer Station (Newell Highway, Tocumwal); all sites are closed on NSW and national public holidays and accept a last load half an hour before closing.
Find your bin day
Council's Bin Collections address lookup, or the printable 2026 calendar for Barooga, Berrigan, Finley or TocumwalSee the link below. If a bin has not been collected by 4.30pm on the day, use Council's bin service request form or call (03) 5888 5100.

Kerbside collection covers the Shire's four towns — Berrigan, Finley, Tocumwal and Barooga. Council's My Bins page listed the annual kerbside collection charge as $494.00 for 2024–25; the OLG's separate 'average domestic waste management charge' for Berrigan was $434 in 2024–25 (they are different measures). Frequencies, facility hours and charges can change — confirm 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.