Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Inverell Shire handles recycling and problem waste. The council runs a two-bin kerbside service in its collection areas: a general-waste bin collected weekly and a recycling bin collected fortnightly. Inverell does not currently run a kerbside garden-organics or combined food-and-garden (FOGO) bin (the NSW-wide FOGO mandate for households is 2030). Larger and hazardous items are taken to the shire's landfills and transfer stations, and a Community Recycling Centre at the Inverell Landfill takes household problem waste. To find your collection day, use the council's collection calendar and village schedule.
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
- Weekly
- Recycling
- Fortnightly
- Garden / food organics
- No kerbside organics binInverell currently runs a two-bin service (garbage + recycling); there is no kerbside garden-organics or FOGO collection. NSW mandates food-organics/garden-organics (FOGO) for all households by 2030.
- Bulky / hard waste
- Self-haul to landfills & waste transfer stationsInverell does not run a scheduled kerbside bulky-waste pickup; residents take larger items to the shire's landfills and transfer stations. Contact Council's Civil & Environmental Services on (02) 6728 8200 for disposal options and fees.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Community Recycling Centre, Inverell LandfillOpened May 2016; an easy drop-off point for household waste including an undercover disposal point for hazardous waste. A DrumMuster service for empty farm-chemical containers operates at the Materials Recycling Facility (Burtenshaw Road) and at Delungra and Ashford landfills.
- Find your bin day
- Council's recycling calendar & village collection scheduleSee the links below (regional collection maps, the Recycling Collection Calendar and the Schedule of Village Collection Days).
Inverell runs a two-bin service with no kerbside garden or food-organics collection; a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service is required across NSW by 2030. Bin frequencies, collection areas 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.