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From 28 April 2025, bin collection day for all Charnwood households will move to Wednesdays. Download new collection calendar (PDF 454.6 KB).
Charnwood’s narrow cul-de-sacs require a smaller vehicle that can better manoeuvre the unique streets. This means collections occur over 4 days using a smaller Veoila collection vehicle which is safer and more effective in servicing narrow streets.
Some areas in Charnwood have their recycling and landfill bin collected on a different day to their green waste bin.
All green waste bins in Charnwood are collected on Wednesdays. Bin collections for Wednesday 25 December 2024 will be rescheduled to Saturday 28 December 2024.
Tuesday zone
Recycling and landfill bins are collected on Tuesdays and green waste bins are collected on Wednesdays for the following streets: Best Place, Boot Place, Bunker Place, Charnwood Place, Cooney Court, Covington Crescent, Dangar Place, Gannon Place, Kingham Place, Laman Place, Leycester Place, Lhotsky Street, Noakes Court, Packham Place, Platt Place, Squire Place, Tom Place, Tompsitt Court, Traill Place, and Warby Place. For more information see the Charnwood collection calendar (PDF 353.1 KB).
Wednesday zone
Please note, bin collections for Wednesday 25 December 2024 will be rescheduled to Saturday 28 December 2024.
Recycling, landfill and green waste bins will be collected on Wednesdays for the following streets: Barnes Place, Beadle Place, Berghofer Court, Bettington Circuit, Bloxham Street, Carss Place, Dean Place, Edols Place, Garrad Court, Geeves Court, Grono Place, Hooke Place, Jauncey Court, Lowe Court, McDougall Street, Moulder Court, Neeld Place, North Place, Sadleir Place and Sly Place. For more information see the Charnwood collection calendar (PDF 353.0 KB).
Thursday zone
Recycling and landfill bins are collected on Thursdays and green waste bins are collected on Wednesdays for the following streets: Baylis Place, Cartwright Street, Clambe Place, Donnison Place, Emmott Place, Forsyth Place, Holtermann Place, Imlay Place, Kerr Place, MacIntyre Place, MacQueen Place, McCarthy Place, Napper Place, Nivison Place, Peat Place, Pringle Street, Rouse Place, Rumker Place, Saywell Place, Schaffer Place, Small Place, Tebbutt Place, Warland Place, Weaver Place, and Yabsley Place. For more information see the Charnwood collection calendar (PDF 352.7 KB).
Friday zone
Recycling and landfill bins are collected on Fridays and green waste bins are collected on Wednesdays for the following streets: Aldcorn Place, Arkell Place, Arrietta Close, Birnie Place, Cory Place, Crowley Court, Kerrigan Street, Lackey Place, Landale Place, McKid Court, McQuade Close, Mudie Place, Napthali Close, Peppin Place, Phillimore Place, Selby Place, Stuckey Place, Tillyard Drive, Waterfield Place, Winder Place, and Yuille Place. For more information see the Charnwood collection calendar (PDF 353.5 KB).
The recycling bin is for empty household containers, packaging, paper and cardboard only. These items are sorted and sold on to be recycled. ✔️ glass bottles and jars – clean and empty ✔️ plastic bottles and containers – clean, empty and lids removed ✔️ steel and aluminium cans – clean and empty ✔️ paper – not shredded ✔️ cardboard – flattened
The following items don’t belong in the recycling bin: ❌ hazardous materials such as batteries or electronics, recycling in plastic bags, soft plastics, broken ceramic or glass kitchenware, metal items, clothing, bulky items.
The green waste bin is for garden waste. ✔️ grass clippings ✔️ weeds ✔️ prunings and leaves ✔️ small branches
The following items don’t belong in the organics bin: ❌ plastic bags, building waste, food waste, animal waste, treated timber.
These items should be taken elsewhere for recycling or safe disposal. Visit the Recyclopaedia to find out more.
The landfill bin is for household items that can’t be reused, recycled or composted.
The following items don’t belong in the landfill bin: ❌ hazardous materials such as batteries or chemicals ❌ e-waste ❌ building waste ❌ bulky waste ❌ green waste
These items should be taken elsewhere for recycling or safe disposal. Visit the Recyclopaedia to find out more.
A Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection pilot is now servicing over 6,000 households in Belconnen, Bruce, Cook, Macquarie and selected apartments and townhouses in Tuggeranong. Food scraps and garden waste are accepted in the FOGO bin. ✔️ leftovers and cooked food ✔️ bread and dairy ✔️ meat/fish scraps and bones (no oyster shells) ✔️ certified compostable green caddy liners ✔️ coffee grounds and tea leaves (no tea bags) ✔️ grass clippings ✔️ prunings and leaves ✔️ small branches
The following items don’t belong in the FOGO bin: ❌ oyster shells, animal waste, cat litter, manure, soil, tissues, paper towel, shredded paper, nappies, plastic bags or products, biodegradable or compostable packaging, textiles, glass, personal hygiene products.
✓ Put your bins out the night before or by 7am on collection days. ✓ Put your bins on the kerbside with the front of the bin facing the road and the wheels at the back. ✓ Leave a gap of at least 30cm between bins so the truck’s arms can pick up each bin. ✓ Keep bins a minimum of 1 metre away from any obstruction such as trees, parked cars or poles. ✓ Ensure your bin is not too heavy (less than 80kg for recycling and landfill, less than 50kg for green waste) so the truck can lift it. ✓ Ensure bin lids can completely close to avoid littering. ✓ Bring your bins in from the kerb as soon as possible after they have been emptied.
