When are your bins collected? Check the date of your next kerbside garbage, green, recycling or bulk waste collection.
Garbage bin Your fortnightly kerbside garbage service. Set up your new waste service for a newly built house, change your fortnightly garbage to weekly collection or add an extra fortnightly garbage service.
Green bin Most food scraps and garden waste can go into your green bin, which is collected weekly. Find out how to get more compostable green bags to use in your green bin.
Soft plastics recycling Council will be accepting soft plastics for a recycling trial in partnership with Plasmar. Soft plastics are manufactured into environmentally friendly timber alternatives, such as sleepers and posts.
Special needs waste collection service Apply for a special needs waste collection service, also known as a Blue Dot service
Financial assistance for medical waste disposal Apply for financial assistance for additional waste services to manage medical waste
Additional green waste services for the maintenance of Council land Apply for financial assistance for additional green waste services when maintaining council land
Awaba Waste Management Facility The city's waste is processed at the Awaba Waste Management Facility.
Community Recycling Centre The Community Recycling Centre is a safe way to dispose of household waste, free of charge.
Eco Angel Get a group together, pick a spot in Lake Macquarie that could do with a clean up and register your site to host an Eco Angel clean-up event
Host a Super Street Sale Find new homes for your unwanted items by hosting a Super Street Sale with your neighbours
Smart bins Our smart bins are solar-powered and store up to five times more waste than conventional bins.
A-Z waste and recycling guide Check out our A – Z guide for household waste items that can’t go in your bins plus other opportunities to keep your waste out of landfill and give it a second life.