Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Moree Plains handles recycling and waste across Moree and its surrounding villages. Unlike many rural NSW councils, Moree Plains already runs a three-bin kerbside service — including a food-and-garden-organics (FOGO) bin — collected by contractor JR Richards & Sons. To find your exact collection day, use the council's rubbish and recycling page or its online waste tool.
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)
- WeeklyGoes to landfill.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyCardboard, newspaper, glass bottles/jars, plastic bottles and containers.
- FortnightlyA 240L FOGO bin is already part of the standard domestic waste service — Moree Plains does not need to wait for the NSW-wide 2030 FOGO mandate.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 2 free collections a year (register first)Moree/Gurley/Gwydirville/Bendygleet and the outlying villages (Ashley, Biniguy, Boggabilla, Boomi, Garah, Mungindi, Pallamallawa, Weemelah etc.) are collected in separate rounds. Register online or via the Waste Hotline before the deadline; max 3m³ per household, sorted into piles, placed out the weekend before collection.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Moree Waste Management Facility (Community Recycling Centre)57 Evergreen Road, Moree. Free drop-off for paint, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, motor and other oils, car and household batteries, smoke detectors and fluoro tubes/globes. Open daily 7:15am–4:15pm (reduced hours on some public holidays, closed a handful of major ones).
- Find your bin day
- Council rubbish & recycling page / Waste Hotline 1300 736 719See the links below; a printed Waste Services Guide and calendar is also available from Customer Service in Moree or Mungindi.
Bin frequencies, facility hours 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.