Waste & recycling
How Wangaratta's kerbside bins work. Every serviced household has a red-lid garbage bin and a yellow-lid recycling bin, each emptied every fortnight. In the urban areas (Wangaratta, Glenrowan, Hamilton Park, Milawa and Oxley) there is also a green-lid organics bin for food and garden waste, emptied every week. In Wangaratta and a list of townships, households also have an 80-litre purple-lid glass bin, emptied every 12 weeks. Everything else goes to the council's four transfer stations. Enter your address on the council's bin day page to find your collection days.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Bulky / hard waste collection
- Pickup or drop-off for large items that don't fit in your bins.
Bin collection at a glance
- Garbage (red lid, 140 L or 240 L)
- FortnightlyFor waste that can't be recycled or composted: soft plastics, nappies, hygiene products, broken crockery and glass. Garbage and recycling are compulsory services in urban and rural areas. Rural properties can pay for a weekly 240 L collection.What goes in the red bin →
- Recycling (yellow lid, 240 L or 360 L)
- FortnightlyPaper, cardboard, rigid plastic containers, cans and empty aerosols. No glass (it goes in the purple bin or to a transfer station) and no soft plastics (red bin, or free drop-off at the Wangaratta Transfer Station).What goes in the yellow bin →
- Organics (green lid, 240 L)
- Weekly — food and garden waste (urban areas only)All food scraps including meat, bones, dairy and citrus, plus lawn clippings, leaves and small branches. Only green compostable (corn-starch) bags, not 'biodegradable' plastic. Compulsory in the urban areas; households with the bin get a free kitchen caddy and can collect two rolls of liners a year. The council processes the organics into compost at its own facility.What goes in the green bin →
- Glass (purple lid, 80 L)
- Every 12 weeks (quarterly) — listed township areasGlass bottles and jars only, empty and clean, lids off. Delivered in Wangaratta (including its low-density rural living areas), North Wangaratta, Waldara, Wangandary, Killawarra / Kensington Drive, Glenrowan and Hamilton Park, Oxley, Milawa, Tarrawingee, Eldorado, Whorouly, Everton, Peechelba, Springhurst, Moyhu, Whitfield and Cheshunt. Households can't opt out; there is no charge for it in 2026–27. Residents without a purple bin can drop glass off free at any of the four transfer stations.Purple bin FAQs →
- Hard waste
- No kerbside hard waste collection listed (re-check)The council's waste pages don't describe a kerbside hard waste collection; this is inferred from those pages. Furniture, mattresses, fridges and large e-waste are taken at the Wangaratta Transfer Station for a fee (e.g. a double, queen or king mattress $46; large furniture items $40 each). Scrap metal, car batteries, paint tins and household batteries are free.Transfer station fees →
- Wangaratta Transfer Station
- 46–56 Sandford Road — Tuesday to Friday 9am–4.30pm, weekends and public holidays 10am–4.30pm, closed MondaysAll transfer stations are closed on ANZAC Day, Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Gas bottles, mattresses and furniture, fridges, concrete and rubble, large tyres and medium or large e-waste are accepted only here, not at the rural stations.Hours and fees →
- Rural transfer stations
- Eldorado and Moyhu (fortnightly, mornings) and Markwood (fortnightly, Sunday afternoons)Eldorado (Woolshed Road) opens 9am–11.50am on alternate Sundays; Markwood (145 Forest Lane) 1pm–3.50pm on alternate Sundays; Moyhu (569 Boggy Creek Road) 9am–11.50am on alternate Saturdays. The council lists each date. No EFTPOS at the rural stations.Opening dates →
- General waste vouchers
- Issued with your rates notice — first cubic metre of household waste for $5Valid only in the financial year they are issued. Domestic waste only; soft furnishings, furniture and mattresses are charged at standard rates.About the vouchers →
- Find your bin day
- Address lookup on the council's websiteBins can be collected from 6am, so put them out the night before, half a metre apart and away from cars and trees. Purple bin dates are in the same lookup.Check my bin day →
We describe the bins the way the council does. Collection frequencies come from the council's 2026–27 urban and rural waste service forms. Under the council's contamination policy, a bin presented with the wrong items four times within four years is removed while its charge stays on the rates notice. Services and fees change, so check the council's pages below.
Sources — check it yourself
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Waste & Recycling · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Urban waste service request form 2026/2027 (collection frequencies, PDF) · 2026–27
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Rural waste service request form 2026/2027 (collection frequencies, PDF) · 2026–27
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Change your waste service (urban areas) · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Red Lid Bin (Garbage) · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Yellow Lid Bin (Recycling) · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Green Lid Bin (Organics FOGO) · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Purple Lid Bin (Glass) · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Transfer Stations: Locations, Fees and Charges · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — General Waste Vouchers · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Bin Service FAQs · Sep 2026
- Rural City of Wangaratta — Check your bin day · Sep 2026
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.