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Waste & recycling

Waste & recycling

When your bins go out, and how Dungog Shire handles waste and recycling across Dungog, Clarence Town, Paterson, Vacy, Gresford, East Gresford, Martins Creek and the rural localities in between. Council runs a two-bin kerbside service under contract with J R Richards & Sons: a red-lidded 240-litre general-waste bin collected weekly, and a yellow-lidded 240-litre recycling bin collected fortnightly on the same day. There is no green food-and-garden-organics (FOGO) bin here — green waste is handled instead through a periodic kerbside green-waste clean-up in the town areas and through the Dungog Waste Management Facility. The kerbside service is provided to properties on or adjacent to a tarred road and some gravel roads; bins need to be out by 6.00am. Your collection day is on the council's annual collection calendar, linked below.

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)
Weekly240-litre mobile garbage bin, collected weekly under contract by J R Richards & Sons. Provided to properties that access or are adjacent to a tarred road and some gravel roads in the shire. Bins must be at the kerb by 6.00am.
Recycling (yellow lid)
Fortnightly240-litre bin, collected on the same day as your general-waste bin but every second week. Glass bottles and jars, aluminium and steel cans, plastic bottles and containers (lids on), paper and cardboard — rinsed and loose, not bagged.
Not offered — no kerbside green binDungog Shire does not run a third organics bin. Instead the council periodically runs a kerbside green-waste-only clean-up for residential premises inside the signposted town areas of Clarence Town, Dungog, East Gresford, Gresford, Martins Creek, Paterson and Vacy (the most recent ran 13–17 October 2025, limit 2 m³ per property, prunings tied in bundles). Garden waste is also accepted at the Dungog Waste Management Facility, where tip fees apply.
Bulky / hard waste
Periodic free kerbside clean-up — no booking, allocated by your bin dayThe 2026 Kerbside Bulky Waste & Scrap Metal Clean-Up ran 2 February – 6 March 2026 for residential properties on the weekly waste collection, with each area allocated a week based on its general-waste bin day. One bulky-waste pickup and one separate metal pickup per property, up to 2 m³ (about a 7x4 box trailer). Mattresses, building and demolition material, tyres, gas bottles and hazardous waste are not collected. Confirm the next round's dates with the council.
Problem waste & drop-off
Dungog Waste Management Facility, Short Street, Dungog — (02) 4992 1634A licensed Class 2 solid-waste facility. Free to drop off: e-waste, household and vehicle batteries, motor oil (up to 50 litres per person), ink cartridges, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, clean cardboard and sorted domestic recyclables. Tip fees apply to mixed waste, unsorted recyclables and garden waste. Also has a DrumMuster facility (by appointment) and a second-hand shop. Open Mon, Thu, Fri 8am–5pm; Sat and Sun 8am–midday; closed Tue and Wed. The facility notes it cannot currently accept asbestos or large deceased animals.
Find your bin day
Council's Garbage Collection page — 2026 collection calendar (PDF)There is no address-lookup tool; the council publishes an annual calendar showing collection days and recycling weeks. See the link below. Missed or damaged bins go to the contractor, J R Richards & Sons, on 1300 579 278 within 24 hours of your collection day.

Kerbside collection reaches properties on or adjacent to tarred roads and some gravel roads — not every rural property in the shire is serviced. Bin frequencies, clean-up dates and facility fees change; confirm your collection day and current charges 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.