Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Gwydir Shire handles recycling and waste across Bingara, Warialda and the villages. Council runs a three-bin kerbside service with contractor JR Richards & Sons: a red-lidded general waste bin (140 L) collected weekly, and a yellow-lidded recycling bin (360 L) and green-lidded food-and-garden-organics bin (240 L, with a kitchen caddy) collected on alternating weeks, so each is fortnightly. Because this is a two-centre shire the collection day is different depending on where you live: Tuesday for Gravesend, Warialda Rail, North Star and Croppa Creek; Wednesday for Bingara; Thursday for Warialda. Kerbside collection is available in those urban areas plus small rural 'lifestyle' blocks; properties outside the collection area use one of the shire's eight landfills and transfer stations.
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.
Bin collection at a glance
- General waste (red lid)
- WeeklyA single 140 L bin per property. Collection day is Tuesday for Gravesend, Warialda Rail, North Star and Croppa Creek; Wednesday for Bingara; Thursday for Warialda. Present bins by 6:00am.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyA 360 L bin, collected in 'Week A' on your town's collection day, alternating with the green organics bin. Plastic bottles and containers, paper, cartons and cardboard, glass bottles and jars, tin and aluminium cans — not bagged, and no e-waste.
- FortnightlyA 240 L bin collected in 'Week B', alternating with recycling. Takes food scraps (raw and cooked, including meat), paper towel, tea bags and coffee grounds, plus grass, leaves, prunings and branches up to 1 m. Households on the organics service get a kitchen caddy; free replacement compostable bags can be ordered on the Waste Hotline, 1300 736 719.
- Bulky / hard waste
- No kerbside bulky collection advertised — self-haul to a Council landfillCouncil's waste pages describe kerbside collection, landfills and drop-off but do not advertise a booked or free bulky kerbside service. Landfills have designated areas for mattresses and lounges, metals, timber, concrete and bricks, and green waste. Confirm current arrangements on 02 6724 2000.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Bingara Landfill (10018 Killarney Gap Road) and Warialda Landfill (Rubbish Depot Road)Open 8:30am–12:00 noon and 1:30pm–5:30pm every day (closed over lunch), for Gwydir ratepayers and residents. Both take e-waste, batteries, paint, petroleum and vegetable oils, cardboard, tyres and DrumMuster (by appointment); free asbestos bags and disposal of properly wrapped asbestos. A household chemical CleanOut runs every two years. Smaller facilities operate at Coolatai, Croppa Creek, Warialda Rail, Gravesend, Upper Horton and a North Star transfer station. Return and Earn containers: Bingara IGA & Hardware, and Warialda IGA.
- Find your bin day
- Gwydir Waste app, the 2026 collection calendar, or the Waste Hotline 1300 736 719The free Gwydir Waste app looks up your collection days and lets you request bin repairs or replacements. See the links below.
The kerbside service covers the urban areas of Bingara, Warialda, Gravesend, North Star, Croppa Creek and Warialda Rail, plus small rural residential blocks (Council's Statement of Revenue Policy 2026/2027). Missed collections should be reported to the Waste Hotline on 1300 736 719. Council advised in July 2026 that fees for tyre and commercial waste disposal would be introduced at landfills across the shire. Frequencies, facility hours and fees can change — confirm on the official sources below.
Sources — check it yourself
- Gwydir Shire Council — Waste Collection (days, bins, what goes in each) · 2026
- Gwydir Shire Council — 2026 Recycling and Organics Collection Calendar (PDF) · 2026
- Gwydir Shire Council — Gwydir Waste app · 2026
- Gwydir Shire Council — Landfills (all eight facilities, hours, terms of use) · 2026
- Gwydir Shire Council — Statement of Revenue Policy 2026/2027 (waste charges and service areas) · 2026–27
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.