Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Orange City Council handles recycling and bulky waste. The council runs a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly, a green-lid FOGO bin (food organics and garden organics) collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. Unlike many councils, Orange already runs a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service, so food scraps as well as garden clippings go in the green bin. The council also runs an annual bulky-waste kerbside collection and a free tip-voucher scheme. To find your collection day, use the council's Bins and 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.
- General waste (red lid)
- Weekly
- WeeklyCombined food-and-garden organics (FOGO): food scraps as well as garden clippings; processed into compost. NSW mandates FOGO for all households by 2030 — Orange already runs it.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly
- Bulky / hard waste
- One free annual kerbside collection, plus a free tip voucherCouncil runs a scheduled annual bulky-waste kerbside collection (the 2026 round ran 27 January to 20 February). Each residence also gets one free voucher per year for a ute or box-trailer load of household items at the Ophir Road Resource Recovery Centre. Additional collections are available for a fee. Confirm current dates and rules with the council.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Ophir Road Resource Recovery CentreThe council's drop-off / transfer and recycling centre in Orange. Garden organics and general waste are processed at the council's Euchareena Road Resource Recovery Centre. Item and quantity limits and fees apply — check the council waste pages.
- Find your bin day
- Council's Bins and Collection page (collection-day lookup)See the link below.
Orange runs a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) green bin, which NSW requires of all councils by 2030. Bin frequencies, sizes and fees can change — and the council has flagged a waste-contract renewal in 2026 that may change service options — so 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.