Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Campbelltown handles recycling and bulky waste. The city runs a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin (140L) collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin (240L) collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden-organics bin (240L) collected fortnightly. The green bin is garden-organics only (no food/FOGO). To find your collection day, use the council's 'Find my bin day' page or the official My Waste Bin app.
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.
- General waste (red lid)
- Weekly140L bin.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly240L — paper, cardboard, glass, hard plastics, steel and tin cans.
- Garden organics (green lid)
- Fortnightly240L; garden organics only (no food/FOGO).
- Bulky / hard waste
- 4 bulky-waste entitlements per calendar yearSingle 2 m³ = 1 entitlement; a double 4 m³ = 2. General waste and metal are booked separately; book online or via the app.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Community Recycling Centre — Hepher Road, Campbelltown (free)Mon–Sat 7am–4pm. Takes batteries, paint, aerosols, oils, e-waste, gas bottles, smoke detectors, fluoro tubes, cardboard/paper and more.
- Find your bin day
- Use 'Find my bin day' or the My Waste Bin appSee the link below.
Campbelltown's green bin is garden-organics only; a FOGO food-and-garden service is required across NSW by 2030. Bin frequencies 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.