Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Coolamon Shire handles recycling and waste across Coolamon, Ganmain, Ardlethan, Marrar, Matong and Beckom. Every town and village in the scavenging areas gets a weekly general-waste collection and a fortnightly recycling collection. A green organics bin is a newer addition and currently runs in Coolamon and Ganmain only, fortnightly — the council has said it intends to extend the scheme shire-wide in future. There is no address lookup tool: collection days come from the annual Waste Collection Calendar on the council's waste page. Hard waste is a single booked collection once a year rather than a year-round service.
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.
Bin collection at a glance
- General waste (red lid)
- WeeklyCollected once a week within the defined scavenging areas of Coolamon, Ganmain, Ardlethan, Marrar, Matong and Beckom. Charged at $257.00 per service in 2026–27.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyCollected every second week in the same six towns and villages. Charged at $122.00 per service in 2026–27.
- Food & garden organics (green lid)
- Fortnightly — Coolamon and Ganmain onlyCouncil has commenced an organics and green waste collection in Coolamon and Ganmain and states a vision to roll the scheme out shire-wide in future; it is not yet offered in Ardlethan, Marrar, Matong or Beckom. Charged at $85.00 per service in 2026–27.
- Bulky / hard waste
- One annual collection — booking required, 2 m³ limitThe 2026 collection ran 24–28 August 2026 and bookings for it had closed. Items must be sorted into separate piles (general hard waste, furniture, e-waste, tied branches), be liftable by two people and be placed on the nature strip the day before the period starts. Mattresses, lounges, tyres, gas bottles and building waste are not collected. Confirm next year's dates with the council.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Community Recycling Centre, Coolamon Transfer Station, Dyces Lane, CoolamonFree year-round drop-off for household quantities of paint, motor and other oils, household and car batteries, gas bottles, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and fluoro globes and tubes. A smaller Community Recycling Station at the Coolamon Shire Library takes household batteries, smoke detectors, mobile phones and fluoro globes. Council also runs landfills at Ardlethan, Ganmain and Marrar; the Ardlethan and Coolamon sites are DrumMUSTER accredited and take waste oil.
- Find your bin day
- Waste Collection Calendar (PDF) on the council's waste page — no address lookupSee the link below, or call (02) 6930 1800. A missed collection can be reported through the 'Report a missed bin collection' form on the same page.
Kerbside collection is available inside the defined scavenging areas of Coolamon, Ganmain, Ardlethan, Marrar, Matong and Beckom; properties outside those areas are not serviced. A $75.00 Domestic Waste Tip Access Charge (incl. GST) also applies to occupied assessments in 2026–27, which covers depositing domestic waste at council landfill sites; the Coolamon Transfer Station charges a separate disposal fee. Frequencies, collection dates and gate fees change — confirm on the official sources below.
Sources — check it yourself
- Coolamon Shire Council — Waste and Recycling · Aug 2026
- Coolamon Shire Council — 2025/2026 Waste Collection Calendar (PDF) · 2025–26
- Coolamon Shire Council — Minutes, Ordinary Meeting 18 June 2026 (2026–27 waste charges) · 18 Jun 2026
- Coolamon Shire Council — Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy 2017–2023 (under review)
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.