Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Canterbury-Bankstown handles recycling and bulky waste. The city runs a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly, plus a yellow-lid recycling bin and a green-lid garden-organics bin that are collected fortnightly on an alternating cycle (one of the two goes out each week alongside the weekly red bin). The green bin is for garden cuttings only — there is no food-organics (FOGO) service yet. To find your collection day and your yellow/green cycle, use the council's Bin Day Finder.
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)
- WeeklyNon-recyclable household rubbish (to landfill).
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyPaper, cardboard, glass, metal and hard plastics — collected fortnightly, alternating with the green bin.
- Garden organics (green lid)
- FortnightlyGarden cuttings only (taken for composting/mulch); food scraps are not accepted — there is no FOGO food-organics service yet.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 2 free booked Clean-Ups per calendar yearUp to 3 m³ each (you can combine both into one 6 m³ booking). Book first via cb.city/cleanup or 9707 9000 — putting items out without a booking is not permitted.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Free Chemical CleanOut & e-waste events (no permanent CRC)Canterbury-Bankstown has no permanent Community Recycling Centre. It runs free Household Chemical CleanOut events (twice a year, Bankstown Paceway, Condell Park) and e-waste drop-off events (June at Bankstown Paceway, November at Campsie); year-round, use the NSW EPA CRC finder.
- Find your bin day
- Use the council's Bin Day FinderEnter your address to get your bin day and yellow/green cycle. See the links below.
The Canterbury-Bankstown green bin is garden-organics only; there is no food-organics (FOGO) service at present. Bin frequencies, clean-up entitlements and fees can change — confirm your collection day and current details 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.