Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Griffith City Council handles recycling and other waste. The council runs a two-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. Griffith does not run a kerbside garden- or food-organics (green-bin) collection — garden and bulky waste is taken to the council's landfills, and the council periodically runs 'dump for free' weekends. The NSW-wide mandate for a food-and-garden-organics (FOGO) service to all households is 2030. To find your collection day, use the council's address-lookup 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)
- Weekly240-litre bin collected weekly for urban residents.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly
- Garden / food organics (green lid)
- Not offered at the kerbsideGriffith has no kerbside garden- or food-organics collection; residents can compost or take garden waste to the Tharbogang or Yenda landfill. NSW mandates a FOGO service for all households by 2030.
- Bulky / hard waste
- No regular kerbside collection — self-haul to landfillTake bulky and green waste to the Tharbogang Waste Management Centre (Hillside Drive, Griffith) or Yenda landfill; the council also runs periodic 'dump for free' weekends. Confirm dates and fees on the council's waste pages.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Community Recycling Centre — Tharbogang Waste Management CentreHillside Drive, Griffith; open 8am–5pm daily (part of the CRC Riverina Murray network). Takes e-waste, batteries, paint, oils and chemicals. Asbestos is accepted on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9am–12pm, under load restrictions.
- Find your bin day
- Council's 'Find your bin day' address lookupSee the link below.
Griffith does not currently run a kerbside green-organics (garden/food) bin; a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service is required across NSW by 2030. Bin frequencies, sizes and fees can change — confirm your collection day 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.