Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Wollondilly handles recycling and bulky waste. The shire runs a three-bin kerbside service collected by J.R. Richards & Sons: 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 — there's no combined food-and-garden (FOGO) service yet (the NSW mandate is 2030), and the green-bin service is being expanded to rural and previously-unserviced properties from 1 July 2026. To find your collection day, use the council's bin days and calendar page.
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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.
- General waste (red lid)
- Weekly
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyPaper, cardboard, glass, hard plastics, steel and tin cans.
- Garden organics (green lid)
- FortnightlyGarden organics only; no food (FOGO) yet. Green-bin service expands to rural/unserviced properties from 1 July 2026.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 2 free pre-booked cleanups per financial yearUp to 1.5 m³ each, or both combined as one 3 m³ collection; book a date online.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Bargo & Warragamba Waste Management CentresDrop-off for problem waste; plus a wood-chipping drop-off trial for oversized garden material.
- Find your bin day
- Enter your address on the council's bin days & calendar pageSee the link below.
Wollondilly's green bin is garden-organics only; a FOGO food-and-garden service is required across NSW by 2030. 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.