Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Singleton Council handles recycling and organics. From 30 June 2025 the council runs a three-bin kerbside service built around food-and-garden organics (FOGO): a green-lid FOGO bin collected weekly (food scraps now go in here, not the red bin), a red-lid general-waste bin collected fortnightly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly (on the alternate week to the red bin). Urban households that need more general-waste capacity can opt in to a weekly red-bin collection for an extra charge. Every property on the domestic-waste service also gets an annual bulky-waste collection. To find your collection day, use the council's kerbside collection 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.
- WeeklyFull food-and-garden organics (FOGO) since 30 June 2025 — food scraps (fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, bread) go in with garden waste and are composted. Households received a kitchen caddy and compostable liners.
- General waste (red lid)
- FortnightlyCollected on the alternate week to recycling. Urban households can opt in to a weekly red-bin service for an additional charge.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyCollected on the alternate week to the red general-waste bin.
- Bulky / hard waste
- One annual bulk-waste collection per propertyFor urban and rural properties on the domestic waste-and-recycling service. Booking and eligibility details on the council's Bulk Waste Collection page.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Singleton waste facility / drop-offFor e-waste, chemicals and other problem waste, check the council's Waste & Recycling pages and the Singleton Reduce Waste site for current drop-off options and limits.
- Find your bin day
- Council's kerbside collection lookupSee the link below.
Singleton's green bin is a full FOGO (food-and-garden) service — most NSW councils must offer FOGO to all households by 2030, and Singleton rolled it out in June 2025 with neighbouring Cessnock and Maitland councils. 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.