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Waste & recycling

Walcha runs one kerbside collection day for the whole serviced area, so there is no address lookup to do: put your bins out on Wednesday night and they are emptied on Thursday morning. Three bins are in use — a red-lidded general waste bin, a yellow-lidded recycling bin and a green-lidded "organic only" bin. The red bin goes every week; the yellow and green bins take turns on alternating Thursdays, which is what the council's Waste Collections Calendar sets out week by week. Everything the kerbside bins can't take goes to the Walcha Waste Facility on Aerodrome Road, which is gated and charges gate fees for some loads, and the rural villages of Woolbrook and Nowendoc have their own fob-access transfer facilities.

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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.
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Bin collection at a glance

General waste (red lid)
WeeklyCollected every Thursday morning across the serviced area; bins out the night before (Wednesday).
Recycling (yellow lid)
FortnightlyAlternates with the green organics bin on the Thursday run, per the council's 2025–2026 Waste Collections Calendar. The council's Garbage Collection page describes wheelie bins and recycling as collected "once a week"; the calendar is the week-by-week schedule, so check it for your week.
Food & garden organics (green lid)
FortnightlyA green-lidded "Organic ONLY" bin, collected on the Thursdays that the yellow recycling bin is not.
Bulky / hard waste
No kerbside bulky collection — self-haul to the Walcha Waste Facility, gate fees applyThe facility is gated and EFTPOS-only (no cash). 2024–25 gate fees included mattresses $25 each, a 2–3 seater lounge $18, unsorted waste $21 per cubic metre and green waste $21 per cubic metre; sorted or recyclable loads, scrap metal and televisions/computer monitors were listed as no charge. Confirm current fees with the council before you load up.
Problem waste & drop-off
Walcha Community Recycling Centre, Walcha Waste Depot, Aerodrome Road — freeFree drop-off for household problem waste: paints, gas bottles, motor oils, batteries, smoke detectors and fluorescent globes and tubes. Mobile phones go through MobileMuster. drumMUSTER and asbestos disposal are by booking on 0427 772 088; asbestos also attracts a gate fee.
Find your bin day
Waste Collections Calendar 2025–2026 (council) / (02) 6774 2500One collection day for the whole serviced area — Thursday. The calendar shows which of the yellow and green bins goes out each week, plus waste depot opening times and public holidays. See the link below.

The Walcha Waste Facility on Aerodrome Road is closed Monday and Thursday, open 8:30am–4:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 11:15am–3:45pm Saturday and Sunday, and closed on public holidays (depot phone (02) 6777 1444). Residents outside the town can use fob-access transfer facilities at Woolbrook and Nowendoc: access is tied to the rural waste management fee charged with rates, one fob per fee paid, with 52 daytime accesses a year and annual re-programming at the council office; only household-generated waste is accepted and the sites are CCTV-monitored. Frequencies, fees and opening hours change — confirm 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.