Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Snowy Valleys Council handles recycling and organics. The council runs a three-bin kerbside service — a red-lid general-waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a green-lid organics bin. The green bin is a FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin — it takes both food scraps and garden waste — introduced in August 2021, ahead of the NSW-wide FOGO mandate (all households by 2030). General waste is collected weekly. Because collection days and frequencies vary between towns (Tumut, Tumbarumba, Adelong, Batlow and the surrounding villages), look up your address on the council's collection-days page rather than relying on a single schedule. Problem waste and larger items go to the council's waste and recycling facilities.
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)
- WeeklyConfirm your collection day for your address on the council's collection-days page.
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Kerbside recycling — confirm frequency for your areaCollection frequency and day vary by town; check the council's collection-days lookup below.
- Organics (green lid)
- FOGO — food + garden organicsA combined food-and-garden organics service introduced August 2021. Confirm frequency for your area on the collection-days page.
- Bulky / hard waste
- See the council's rubbish & recycling pageArrangements and any fees vary — confirm current bulky-waste options on the official page below rather than assuming a free service.
- Waste & recycling facilities
- Tumut, Tumbarumba and Adelong facilitiesThe Tumut Waste and Recycling Centre (Killarney Road, Tumut) includes a re-use shop. Household hazardous waste is accepted through the council's hazardous-waste service.
- Problem waste & e-waste drop-off
- Free e-waste drop-off via REROCThe Riverina Eastern Regional Organisation of Councils (REROC) runs free e-waste drop-off sites across the region (waste.reroc.com.au).
- Find your bin day
- Council's collection-days page (address lookup)See the link below.
The green bin is a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service; NSW requires FOGO for all households by 2030 and Snowy Valleys began its service in 2021. Bin frequencies, sizes and fees vary between towns and 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.