General waste

Red Bin

Your general waste (red-lid) bin is serviced second week.

To check your kerbside bin collection day and for further bin collection service information, please click here.

For a quick guide to what you can and can't put in your General Waste (Red) Bin, please read below:

What CAN I put in my Red Bin?

The following items are accepted in your general waste bin:

  • Bagged garbage
  • Soft plastics such as plastic bags or packets
  • Tissues or paper towels
  • Food scraps
  • Garden materials e.g. grass clippings, small branches, weeds etc.
  • Shoes, clothes or textiles
  • Non-recyclable hard plastic such as toys, buckets and washing baskets
  • Crockery and cutlery  
  • Ceramics
  • Drinking glasses
  • Window glass/mirrors
  • Metal household items such as pans and coat hangers
  • Waxed paper/cardboard
  • Bagged animal droppings

Waste Factsheet - General Waste and Landfill(PDF, 4MB)

What CAN'T I put in my Red Bin?

The following items are NOT accepted in your general waste bin:

  • Recyclables
  • Medical waste and syringes
  • Building materials
  • Soil and rocks
  • Batteries
  • Electronic waste (E-waste)
  • Asbestos 
  • Tyres
  • Chemicals and chemical drums
  • Fire extinguishers and gas bottles
  • Paint
  • Fluoro globes and tubes
  • Motor oils and other oils 

Waste Factsheet - General Waste and Landfill(PDF, 4MB)

What happens to my general waste?

After your general waste bin is collected, your waste is taken to the Leeton Landfill and Recycling Centre.

All the waste materials from the red-lid general waste bins are buried in landfill.  Recyclables or other recoverable materials that are placed into the general waste bin will not be sorted; they will also be lost to landfill. This is known as resource loss.

Household quantities of recyclables can be dropped off for free at the Leeton Landfill and Recycling Centre.  If your recycling bin reaches capacity before service day, consider using this free service rather than putting recyclables into the general waste bin.  

For more information about disposing of the items listed above that are not accepted in your general waste bin (e.g. (batteries, fluoro globes and tubes, oils and paint), please refer to the following useful links.

Useful Links