Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Kiama handles recycling and bulky waste. Kiama runs a three-bin kerbside system: a red general-waste bin, a yellow recycling bin, and a green food-and-garden-organics (FOGO) bin. The green FOGO bin is collected weekly. From 6 July 2026, under the new 2026–27 calendar, the yellow recycling bin moves to fortnightly collection (alternating with the red bin); until then recycling is weekly. To find your collection day, enter your address on Kiama's Find My Bin page.
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)
- FortnightlyStandard 140L bin; you can upsize or downsize via Council's waste services form. Landfill waste is processed by external providers.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly (from 6 July 2026)Weekly until 6 July 2026, then fortnightly on the alternate week to the red bin under the new 2026–27 calendar. Paper, cardboard, glass, hard plastics, steel and tin cans.
- Food & garden organics (green lid)
- WeeklyFOGO — food scraps and garden organics collected together every week.
- Bulky / hard waste
- Free biannual drop-off event + paid on-call cleanupFree Household Bulky Waste Drop-Off events (up to ~2 m³) at the Minnamurra facility; or a User-Pays On-Call Kerbside Clean-Up (up to ~1 m³ / 100 kg) that you book and pay for. Kerbside dumping without a booking is not permitted.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Free — Community Recycling Centre, MinnamurraDrop off e-waste, paint, motor oils, batteries, gas bottles, fluoro tubes and smoke detectors (household quantities) free at the Minnamurra Waste & Recycling Facility, 446 Riverside Drive. Hazardous household chemicals via the annual NSW EPA Chemical CleanOut event.
- Find your bin day
- Enter your address on Kiama's Find My Bin pageShows your red/yellow/green dates and a downloadable calendar for your zone. See the link below.
From 6 July 2026 recycling moves from weekly to fortnightly, and some collection days change — Council says the move is to run the service more efficiently as costs rise. Bin frequencies and fees can change — confirm your collection day and current fees on the official Kiama 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.