Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Waverley Council handles recycling, organics and bulky waste. Waverley runs a split-recycling kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid container-recycling bin (glass, plastic, metal) and a blue-lid paper-and-cardboard bin each collected fortnightly on alternating weeks, and a green-lid garden-organics bin collected fortnightly. Waverley began a Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) trial in October 2024 — trial households put food scraps in with garden organics in a weekly green bin — and the council has said it aims to make FOGO available to all residents by 2027 (ahead of the NSW-wide 2030 FOGO mandate). Residents can also book up to three free household clean-up (bulky-waste) collections a year. To find your collection day, use the council's address lookup.
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
- Container recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyGlass, plastic and metal containers; alternates weeks with the blue paper bin.
- Paper & cardboard (blue lid)
- FortnightlyPaper and cardboard, collected on the opposite week to the yellow container bin.
- Garden organics (green lid)
- Fortnightly (garden-only) — weekly FOGO for trial householdsWaverley began a Food Organics & Garden Organics (FOGO) trial in October 2024; trial homes add food scraps to a weekly green bin. The council has said it aims to offer FOGO to all residents by 2027; NSW mandates FOGO for all households by 2030. Confirm your bin's current status via the council.
- Bulky / hard waste
- Up to 3 free clean-up collections per household per yearOne scheduled collection plus up to two on-call 'Your Call' bookings per calendar year. Booking is required before putting items out; unbooked kerbside dumping can attract fines. Apartment residents should check arrangements with their strata/building manager.
- Problem waste & e-waste
- No council-run Community Recycling CentreWaverley uses the Randwick Community Recycling Centre for household chemicals and problem waste, runs periodic 'Recycle It Saturday' e-waste events, and offers an on-demand home-collection service (ReSmart) for hard-to-recycle items.
- Find your bin day
- Council's collection-day address lookupSee the link below.
Waverley's green bin is garden-organics only except for households in the FOGO trial (which take food scraps in a weekly green bin); a combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service is required across NSW by 2030. Bin frequencies, sizes 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.