Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how the City of Coffs Harbour handles recycling and bulky waste. Kerbside collection is run under the Coffs Coast Waste Services banner as a three-bin service: a green-lid food-and-garden-organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly, a red-lid general-waste bin collected fortnightly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. The green bin takes both food scraps and garden waste — Coffs already runs a combined FOGO service ahead of the NSW-wide FOGO mandate for 2030. For bulky items, households can request free self-haul vouchers for the Englands Road Waste Management Facility and/or book a user-pays kerbside pick-up. To find your collection day, use the Coffs Coast Waste address lookup.
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.
- Food & garden organics (green lid)
- WeeklyCombined FOGO — accepts food scraps and garden waste. NSW mandates FOGO for all households by 2030; Coffs already runs it.
- General waste (red lid)
- Fortnightly
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly
- Bulky / hard waste
- Free self-haul vouchers + user-pays kerbside bookingHouseholds can request up to 2 free vouchers to self-haul items to the Englands Road Waste Management Facility, and/or book a dial-up user-pays kerbside collection. Request vouchers or book via Coffs Coast Waste Services on 1800 265 495.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Englands Road Waste Management Facility / Community Recycling CentreDrop-off for e-waste, batteries, paint, chemicals and other problem household waste (item-quantity limits apply).
- Find your bin day
- Coffs Coast Waste Services address lookup / appSee the link below.
Coffs Harbour runs a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service, which NSW requires of all councils 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.