Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Fairfield handles recycling and bulky waste. The city runs a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a lime-green-lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bin collected fortnightly — FOGO was rolled out across the LGA from June 2024, so garden waste and food scraps can now go in the same bin. To find your collection day (Fairfield runs multiple collection zones, so days vary street by street), use the council's Find my Bin Day tool.
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, hard plastics, steel and tin cans.
- Food & garden organics (green lid)
- FortnightlyFOGO — food scraps and garden organics collected together; rolled out across Fairfield from June 2024.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 2 free kerbside clean-ups per year (council-scheduled)Council sets a pre-determined collection week for your street and notifies residents by mail rather than an on-demand booking date; call (02) 9725 0222 with questions.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Sustainable Resource Centre (Hassall St & Widemere Rd, Wetherill Park) + periodic Chemical CleanOut / e-waste eventsAlso a Recycling Drop-Off Centre and Community Recycling Centre listings on the council's Recycling Facilities page for batteries, e-waste, paint, gas bottles etc.
- Find your bin day
- Council's Find my Bin Day / kerbside collection toolEnter your address — see the link below. Collection zones mean days vary by street, so always check your specific address.
Fairfield's FOGO (food + garden organics) service is relatively new, rolled out from June 2024 — NSW requires FOGO statewide by 2030. 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.