Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Ku-ring-gai 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 garden-organics bin collected weekly. The green bin is garden organics only — there's no combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service yet (the NSW mandate is 2030, with no local start date confirmed). To find your collection day, use the council's bin collection calendar or the Your Waste app.
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)
- WeeklyGarden organics only (360L bin); no food (FOGO) yet. A combined food-and-garden service is required across NSW by 2030 but Ku-ring-gai hasn't published a start date.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 4 free pre-booked collections per calendar year (resets 1 Jan)Split between a general clean-up (incl. e-waste/whitegoods) and bulk garden waste, up to 3 m³ per booking. Book via bookings.kmc.nsw.gov.au or (02) 9424 0000.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Thornleigh CRC (Hornsby Council) or Northern Sydney CRC (NSROC, Artarmon)Ku-ring-gai doesn't run its own Community Recycling Centre; residents use these two nearby free drop-offs for e-waste, batteries, paint, oils and gas bottles.
- Find your bin day
- Council's bin collection calendar or the Your Waste appSee the links below.
Ku-ring-gai's green bin is garden organics only — a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service is required across NSW by 2030. Bin frequencies 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.