Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Hunter's Hill Council handles recycling and bulky 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 organics bin. From 6 July 2026 the green bin became a combined Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) bin — food scraps as well as garden waste — collected weekly (on the same day as the red bin), replacing the former garden-organics-only service. Most households can also book up to four free household clean-up (bulky waste) collections a year. 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)
- Weekly
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly
- WeeklyA combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service began on 6 July 2026, replacing the former garden-organics-only green bin; now collected weekly on the same day as the red bin. NSW mandates FOGO for all households by 2030. Service delivered by contractor URM.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 4 free household clean-up bookings per household per yearBook online or call 1300 136 460; up to about 2 m³ per collection (items two people can lift). Apartment residents should check with their building/strata manager.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- No council-run Community Recycling CentreFor e-waste, batteries, paint, chemicals and similar, use a regional Community Recycling Centre or the council's problem-waste and Chemical CleanOut options — see the links below.
- Find your bin day
- Council's waste calendar page (address lookup)See the link below.
Hunter's Hill switched its green bin to a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service on 6 July 2026; a 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.