Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Maitland handles recycling and bulky waste. Maitland runs a FOGO service: the green food-and-garden-organics bin is collected weekly, the red-lid general-waste bin is collected weekly by default (an optional fortnightly red bin is available), and the yellow-lid recycling bin is collected fortnightly. To find your collection day, enter your address on the council's bin collection 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.
- Food & garden organics (green lid)
- Weekly (FOGO)Food scraps plus garden organics.
- General waste (red lid)
- WeeklyDefault; an optional fortnightly red bin is available.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyPaper, cardboard, glass, hard plastics, steel and tin cans.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 2 free bulky-waste services per financial yearChoose a kerbside collection or a self-haul voucher; included in the domestic waste charge.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Community Recycling Centre — Maitland Resource Recovery Facility, 109 Mount Vincent Road, East MaitlandFree drop-off for paint, motor oil, batteries, gas bottles, fluoro lights, smoke detectors and more.
- Find your bin day
- Enter your address on the council's bin collection pageSee the link below.
Bin frequencies and fees can change — confirm your collection day and current fees on the official sources below. Chemical CleanOut events are run periodically (Cleanaway); problem-waste kerbside collections are also available via RecycleSmart.
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.