Bulk Rubbish

The service will remove: 

• Household furniture.
• White goods/metal products including degassed fridges, freezers, stoves, washing machines (doors must be removed or sealed for child safety). 
• E-waste such as household electronic items including televisions and computers. 
• Prunings to be no longer than 1.5 m in length and 10 cm (4 in) in diameter. Place prunings with cut ends toward the street. 
• Small loose greenwaste such as lawn clippings and leaves to be placed in the City’s reuseable greenwaste bags.
• General unwanted household items.

The service will not remove: 

• tree stumps and large tree trunks 
• lawn sods, soils or sand 
• food waste 
• building materials such as rubble, bricks, paving, tiles, concrete, sand, gravel/stones, glass, hardiflex and supersix fencing 
• asbestos cement products 
• motor parts 
• tyres 
• gas cylinders 
• hazardous liquids including paint, oils and chemicals 
• solar panels and glass sheets 
• broken or cracked TV screens.

Bulk rubbish collection conditions:

• A combined maximum of six cubic metres (6 m³) or about two trailer loads will be removed. 
• Place your bulk rubbish on the verge no more than seven days prior to collection dates in your area.
• Place your bulk rubbish on the verge before 6 am on the Monday of your collection week as your street may be the first cleared in your area.
• Hardwaste, greenwaste, metals and e-waste are to be placed neatly on the verge in four separate piles so it can be recycled. 
• Keep visibility clear for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
• Keep rubbish one metre clear of sprinklers, water meters, power poles and street signs to avoid any damage during the collection process. 
• Keep rubbish clear of the footpath. 
• Collection vehicles are fitted with a GPS and will only pass your property once. 
• Bulk waste placed on the verge area more than seven days before the collection or after the collection dates listed is considered a littering offence which could result in a fine.

E-waste collection

Remember to place your household e-waste in a separate pile.

Greenwaste bags

The City’s reusable greenwaste bags for the bulk collection can be purchased for $3.35 per bag from the City’s Administration Centre and Libraries.