Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how the Sutherland Shire handles recycling and bulky waste. The shire 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 for now — a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service with a weekly green bin is planned to roll out progressively from late 2026 through 2027. To find your collection day, enter your address on the council's residential bins page.
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)
- FortnightlyPaper, cardboard, glass, hard plastics, steel and tin cans.
- Garden organics (green lid)
- FortnightlyGarden organics only for now; FOGO (food + garden) with a weekly green bin is planned to roll out from late 2026 through 2027.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 2 free pre-booked cleanups per financial yearPer property; operated by Veolia and booked via the council's online portal.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- No permanent CRC yet — chemical CleanOut & e-waste eventsThe council is planning Community Recycling Centres (Kurnell and Kareela). For now use periodic free Household Chemical CleanOut / e-waste events, or the NSW EPA's CRC finder.
- Find your bin day
- Enter your address on the council's residential bins pageSee the link below.
Sutherland Shire's green bin is garden-organics only at present; the NSW Government has mandated FOGO for all households by July 2030 and the council's rollout is planned from late 2026. Bin frequencies 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.