Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how the City of Ryde handles recycling and bulky waste. The council runs a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden-organics bin collected fortnightly. The green bin is garden organics only — Ryde doesn't yet run a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service (the NSW-wide FOGO mandate is 2030). Residents can also book up to five free on-call bulky-waste collections a year. To find your collection day, use the council's waste calendar.
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
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly
- Garden organics (green lid)
- FortnightlyGarden organics only — no food waste accepted; not a combined FOGO service. NSW mandates FOGO for all households by 2030.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 5 free on-call collections per household per yearBook online at the council's Book a Waste Service page or call (02) 9952 8222; about 1.5 m³ per collection. Apartment residents should contact their building/strata manager.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Community Recycling CentreFree drop-off for e-waste, household and car batteries, paint, chemicals, motor fuels and poisons (item-quantity limits apply).
- Find your bin day
- Council's waste calendar page (address lookup / printable calendars)See the link below.
Ryde's green bin is garden-organics only; a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service is required across NSW by 2030. 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.