Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Queanbeyan-Palerang handles recycling and bulky waste. The council runs a kerbside service with a red-lid general-waste bin, a yellow-lid co-mingled recycling bin (240L, collected fortnightly), and a green-lid FOGO bin — Food Organics and Garden Organics — which takes food scraps as well as garden waste. In urban areas (Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood and Captains Flat) the council also runs a Kerbside Clean Up service for bulky household items. To find your collection days, use the council's waste pages and bin-day lookup.
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- 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.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly (240L co-mingled)Aluminium and steel cans, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, paper. Lids and plastic bags not accepted in the bin.
- Food Organics & Garden Organics serviceTakes food scraps and garden organics together — not garden-only. NSW mandates FOGO for all households by 2030; QPRC already runs a FOGO service. Confirm your collection frequency on the council's FOGO / waste pages below.
- General waste (red lid)
- Kerbside general-waste binConfirm your collection day and frequency on the council's bin-day lookup / waste pages below.
- Bulky / hard waste
- Kerbside Clean Up (urban areas)Whitegoods and other hard rubbish are collected from outside your home in the urban areas of Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood and Captains Flat; see the Kerbside Clean Up page for how to book and what's accepted.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Free e-waste drop-off; chemical/hazardous programsOld televisions and computers can be dropped off free at the Mugga Lane or Mitchell resource centres; the council also runs hazardous and chemical waste programs. Item and quantity limits apply.
- Find your bin day
- Council's waste pages (bin-day lookup)See the links below.
QPRC's green bin is a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service; the low domestic waste charge and exact bin frequencies can change, so confirm your collection days and current fees on the official sources below. Waste questions can also go to wastematters@qprc.nsw.gov.au or 1300 735 025.
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.