Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Goulburn Mulwaree Council handles recycling and food and garden waste. The council runs a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid FOGO bin collected fortnightly (alternating weeks with recycling). Unlike many councils, the green bin already takes both food scraps and garden organics — the combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service that NSW mandates for all households by 2030. There's no fortnightly kerbside bulky pick-up; instead the council holds two free bulky-waste disposal weekends a year at its waste management centres. To find your collection day, use the council's waste calendar.
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)
- Weekly140-litre bin.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly240-litre bin; alternate weeks to the FOGO bin.
- Fortnightly240-litre bin. Takes food scraps (including meat, bones, dairy) and garden organics — a combined food-and-garden service, ahead of the NSW-wide FOGO mandate for 2030. Council-issued compostable bags can be used.
- Bulky / hard waste
- Two free disposal weekends per year (self-haul)Held at the Goulburn, Marulan and Tarago waste management centres — typically the first weekend in May and the first weekend in November; residents drop off (no kerbside bulky collection). Item limits apply. Confirm dates and limits below.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Goulburn Waste Management Centre, 100 Sinclair StreetPlus centres at Marulan (Wilson Drive) and Tarago (Lumley Road). Waste Info Line (02) 4823 4417.
- Find your bin day
- Council's waste collection calendarSee the link below (address lookup / printable calendar).
Goulburn Mulwaree already runs a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) green bin, which NSW requires of all councils by 2030. Bin frequencies, sizes and fees can change, and bulky-waste disposal is via scheduled free weekends rather than kerbside pick-up — confirm your collection day, the disposal-weekend dates 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.