Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Greater Hume handles recycling and waste across its towns and villages. In 2024 the council moved to a three-bin kerbside system (red general waste, yellow recycling, green food-and-garden organics/FOGO), ahead of the NSW-wide 2030 FOGO mandate. Bins alternate: your organics bin goes out every week, while your recycling and general-waste bins alternate with each other fortnightly. To find your exact collection day, use the council's waste pages or the regional Halve Waste site 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.
- General waste (red lid)
- FortnightlyCollected on alternate weeks to your recycling day (i.e. red and yellow bins alternate week-to-week). Moved from weekly to fortnightly with the 2024 three-bin rollout.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyCollected on alternate weeks to your general-waste day.
- Weekly (green lid)Introduced across the LGA from 1 July 2024 — collected on the same day every week. Part-funded via the NSW EPA's regional FOGO grants program through the Riverina & Murray Joint Organisation.
- Bulky / hard waste
- Self-haul to a waste facility (no confirmed kerbside pick-up)We found no publicly documented kerbside bulky-waste collection. The council instead operates waste transfer facilities across the shire — 3m³ skip bins at Culcairn, Holbrook and Jindera, and smaller domestic drop-off at Burrumbuttock, Gerogery, Henty and Mullengandra. Confirm current arrangements and any charges with the council.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Council waste facilities; periodic Chemical Collection daysHousehold chemicals, paints and similar hazardous items are not accepted in bins — free drop-off is available at council waste facilities, plus periodic Chemical Collection days and DrumMUSTER for eligible chemical drums.
- Find your bin day
- Council Waste & Recycling pages / Halve WasteSee the links below. The council publishes a printable annual collection calendar by locality.
Bin frequencies, facility hours and fees can change — confirm your collection day and current fees on the official sources below. Greater Hume's waste service is delivered under the regional 'Halve Waste' program, run jointly with Albury, Wodonga, Federation and Indigo councils.
Sources — check it yourself
- Greater Hume Council — Waste and Recycling
- Greater Hume Council — 3 Bin Collection System
- Greater Hume Council — Waste Facilities Opening Times, Charges and Accepted Waste
- Halve Waste (regional program — Albury, Wodonga, Federation, Greater Hume, Indigo)
- Greater Hume Council — 2026 Bin Collection Calendar (PDF) · 2026
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.