Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Richmond Valley Council handles recycling and organics. The council runs a three-bin kerbside service: a green-lid FOGO bin (food and garden organics) collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a red-lid general-waste (landfill) bin collected fortnightly. Unlike many councils, the green bin already takes food scraps as well as garden organics. Problem waste and larger loads go to the council's waste and resource-recovery facilities. To find your collection day, use the council's Bin 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.
- Food & garden organics (green lid)
- WeeklyFOGO — takes food scraps (including meat and bones) as well as garden prunings and grass clippings.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyPaper/cardboard, hard plastic bottles and containers, cans, and glass bottles and jars.
- General waste / landfill (red lid)
- Fortnightly
- Bulky / hard waste
- No dedicated scheduled kerbside hard-waste collection is listedLarger items go to the council's waste and resource-recovery facilities; confirm current arrangements and fees on the official waste pages below.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Waste & Resource Recovery Facility, Nammoona (Casino); transfer stations at Evans Head and RappvilleFor e-waste, problem waste, Container Deposit Scheme items and larger loads; item and fee conditions apply.
- Find your bin day
- Council's Bin Collection Day page (address lookup / calendar)See the link below.
Richmond Valley's green bin is a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service collected weekly. 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.