Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Hilltops Council handles recycling and garden waste. The main residential areas — Young, Boorowa, Harden-Murrumburrah, Galong and Koorawatha — have a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a light-green-lid garden-organics bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week. The green bin is garden organics only — Hilltops doesn't run a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service (the NSW-wide FOGO mandate is 2030). Kerbside services were standardised across the towns during 2025, with green-waste bins rolling out to Boorowa and Koorawatha from 1 October 2025. Many smaller villages and rural properties don't have a kerbside collection and use the transfer stations instead. To find your collection day, use the sources below or call the waste hotline.
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)
- Weekly
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly
- Garden organics (green lid)
- Fortnightly (alternate week)Garden organics only — no food waste accepted; not a combined FOGO service. Green-waste collection reached Boorowa and Koorawatha from 1 October 2025. NSW mandates FOGO for all households by 2030.
- Where the service runs
- Young, Boorowa, Harden-Murrumburrah, Galong, Koorawatha residential areasMany smaller villages and rural properties have no kerbside collection and use the transfer stations instead.
- Tips & transfer stations
- Young (Victoria St), Boorowa Waste Management Facility, Murrumburrah, Galong, JugiongDrop-off points for general, green and problem waste; check opening days and fees before you go.
- Waste hotlines
- Young & Boorowa: JR Richards Hilltops Waste Hotline 1800 403 289 · Harden & Galong: Council 1300 445 586For missed bins, bin repairs/replacements and service questions.
- Find your bin day
- Council's Waste Services & Recycling pageSee the link below; there is no set free on-call bulky-waste scheme published — confirm current arrangements with the council.
Hilltops' green bin is garden-organics only; a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service is required across NSW by 2030. Collection areas, frequencies and fees can change and vary by town — 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.