Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Mid-Western Regional Council handles recycling and organics. The council runs a four-bin kerbside service in the towns of Mudgee, Gulgong, Rylstone and Kandos and the villages of Charbon and Clandulla: a food-and-garden organics (FOGO) bin and a general-waste (landfill) bin collected weekly, plus a co-mingled recycling bin and a separate paper-and-cardboard bin collected fortnightly. Because the FOGO bin already takes both food and garden waste, Mid-Western is ahead of the NSW-wide FOGO mandate (required for all households by 2030). Collected FOGO material is taken to the Dubbo Regional Organics Processing plant and turned into compost. To find your collection day, use the council's collection-day lookup.
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.
- WeeklyTakes both food scraps (fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and bones, dairy, bread and leftovers) and garden organics (grass clippings, prunings, flowers and weeds). Only the council's cornstarch caddy liners may be used. Mid-Western already runs FOGO, ahead of the 2030 NSW mandate.
- General waste / landfill (red lid)
- WeeklyNon-hazardous household rubbish, soft plastics, nappies, crockery, polystyrene and similar.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyClean plastic bottles and containers, glass bottles and jars, steel and aluminium cans.
- Paper & cardboard (blue lid)
- FortnightlyClean cardboard and paper, junk mail, envelopes and gable-topped cartons; collected on the same fortnightly run as the recycling bin.
- Bulky / hard waste
- Take larger items to a council waste facilityLarger items can be taken to the Mudgee, Gulgong or Kandos waste facilities (fees and limits apply); the council also runs 12 rural waste transfer stations. Confirm any kerbside arrangements with the council.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Council waste facilities (Mudgee, Gulgong, Kandos)Drop-off for general, recyclable and problem/household hazardous waste; fees and limits apply.
- Find your bin day
- Council's 'Check your collection day' page (address lookup / printable calendars)See the link below.
Mid-Western runs a four-bin service: the food-and-garden (FOGO) bin and the general-waste bin are collected weekly, and the recycling and paper-and-cardboard bins fortnightly. 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.