Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Tamworth Regional Council handles recycling and organics. The council runs a three-bin kerbside service: a green-lid organics bin that accepts both food and garden waste (a combined FOGO service) collected weekly, a red-lid general-waste bin collected fortnightly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. Instead of on-call bulky-waste pickups, every property receives four waste vouchers a year (one per quarter), each allowing free disposal of up to 2 m³ of waste at any of the council's waste management facilities. To find your collection day, use the council's My TRC app or 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.
- Organics (green lid)
- WeeklyAccepts food scraps and garden organics together (a combined food-and-garden / FOGO service) — Tamworth already runs the kind of service NSW mandates for all households by 2030.
- General waste (red lid)
- Fortnightly
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- Fortnightly
- Bulky / hard waste
- 4 waste vouchers per property per year (one per quarter)Each voucher allows free disposal of up to 2 m³ of waste at any of the council's waste management facilities. On-call kerbside bulky collections were discontinued when the current waste contract began.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Community Recycling CentreFree drop-off for e-waste, batteries, paint, chemicals, gas bottles, motor oils and other household problem waste (item-quantity limits apply).
- Find your bin day
- My TRC app / council waste calendar (address lookup)See the links below.
Tamworth's green bin already takes food as well as garden organics, so it meets the food-and-garden (FOGO) service NSW requires of all households by 2030. Bin frequencies, sizes, voucher entitlements and fees can change — confirm your collection day and current details 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.