Household Bins
Properties in Goulburn and Marulan with a domestic waste charge are eligible for kerbside waste collection.
Find out more about your kerbside collection service (red, yellow and green lidded bins).
How to put your bins out
To ensure your bins are collected:
- Place your bins out the night before or by 5am on collection days.
- Remove your bins from the kerb as soon as possible after they have been emptied.
- Place your bins on the kerb with the front of the bin facing the road.
- Leave a 1 metre gap between bins so the truck's arms can pick up each bin.
- Don’t place bins adjacent to trees, parked cars, poles or letterboxes (a minimum of 1 metre from any obstruction).
- Make sure bins aren’t overfilled and the lids can close to avoid littering.
For more information, please call the Waste Information Line on (02) 4823 4417.
Green lid food and garden organics (FOGO) bins are collected fortnightly (alternate week to recycling bins).
Everything that goes into your green lid bin is made into compost and used by our community to improve soil health and grow good food, so it's important to get it right and not contaminate your bin. If your bin is found to be contaminated, it won't be emptied. If your bin is found to be contaminated on multiple occasions, the bin may be removed.
- It’s circular: Good compost starts with the green bin and starts with you.
- Every bit counts: The green lid bin takes all food scraps, including fish, dairy, meat, and bones.
- Keep it clean: Make sure you keep plastic out of the green lid bin. Keep your caddy bin clean by freezing smelly scraps, washing your bin regularly and using compostable caddy liners or newspaper.
Putting your food scraps in the green lid bin is great for our community and the environment.
What can go in my green lid FOGO bin?
- Any raw or cooked food
- Tea leaves and coffee grounds
- Fruit and vegetables
- Peelings
- Leftovers and take-away food (no containers)
- Meat and seafood (including bones)
- Dairy
- Eggshells
- Council issued compostable bags
- Grass clippings
- Leaves
- Weeds
- Prunings
- Flowers
- Twigs
- Small branches
For further enquiries about what can or cannot go in your food and garden organics (FOGO) bin, contact the Waste Info Line on (02) 4823 4417 or visit the NSW EPA website.
What can't go in my green lid FOGO bin?
- Garbage
- Recyclables
- Plastic bags and other soft plastics
- Plant pots
- Hoses
- Carpet
- Polystyrene/foam
- Takeaway coffee cups
- Compostable packaging
- Paper and cardboard
- Shredded paper
- Soiled pizza boxes
- Tea bags
- Paper towels, tissues, serviettes
- Wooden cutlery
- Ash
- Large branches, logs
- Timber offcuts (treated or untreated)
- Drinkware/crockery
- Broken glass
- Nappies
- Pet poo, pet litter, poo bags
- Batteries, light globes, mobile phones
- Hazardous material e.g. syringes, sharps, medical waste, asbestos, gas bottles
- Motor oil
For further enquiries about what can or cannot go in your food and garden organics (FOGO) bin, contact the Waste Info Line on (02) 4823 4417 or visit the NSW EPA website.
Yellow lid recycling bins are collected fortnightly (alternate week to FOGO bins).
Everything that goes into your yellow lid bin is hand-sorted at Endeavour Industries Resource Recovery Centre, so it's important to get it right and not contaminate your bin. If your bin is found to be contaminated, it won't be emptied. If your bin is found to be contaminated on multiple occasions, the bin may be removed.
What can go in my yellow lid recycling bin?
- Paper and cardboard
- Glass bottles and jars (no lids)
- Aluminium and steel cans
- Aluminium foil (rolled into a fist-sized ball)
- Milk and juice cartons
- Hard plastics marked 1 to 5
For further enquiries about what can or cannot go in your recycling waste bin, contact the Waste Info Line on (02) 4823 4417 or visit the NSW EPA website.
What can't go in my yellow lid recycling bin?
- Recyclables in plastic bags
- Plastic bags and other soft plastics
- Polystyrene foam
- Takeaway coffee cups
- Soiled paper
- Soiled pizza boxes
- Shredded paper
- Drinkware/crockery
- Broken glass
- Food
- Nappies
- Batteries, light globes, mobile phones
- Motor oil
- Hazardous material e.g. syringes, sharps, medical waste, asbestos, gas bottle
For further enquiries about what can or cannot go in your recycling waste bin, contact the Waste Info Line on (02) 4823 4417 or visit the NSW EPA website.
How to Recycle Right
The recycling industry is changing and we need to improve our behaviours to ensure we meet new contamination standards. We all need to Recycle Right to ensure our recycling will continue to be managed as effectively and efficiently as possible. So, keep our recycling in the loop and keep it coming ’round by recycling right! Follow the actions below:
- Keep it simple: Only recycle paper and cardboard, steel and aluminium cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and containers.
- Keep out soft plastics: This includes all plastic bags, even if they have a recycling symbol, are degradable or compostable, and other soft plastics including cling wrap, chip packets and bread bags.
- Keep out small items: Any items smaller than a credit card. All plastic lids now need to be removed from bottles and those smaller than a credit card put in your landfill bin.
- Keep it safe: Keep out strapping, hose, netting, wires, building materials and other hazardous materials.
- Keep it clean: Wipe or rinse any excess food and drink from all bottles, containers and tins before placing them in your recycling bin. Keep out food scraps, nappies and soiled paper.
- Keep it loose: Put each item into your yellow recycling bin separately, don’t bag, box or contain your recyclable items.
Red lid landfill bins are collected weekly.
Everything that goes into your red lid bin is sent to landfill, so it's important to reduce the amount of waste that goes in your bin in the first place, to extend the life of our landfill and ensure we can continue to sustainably manage our waste for the long term.
What can I put in my red lid landfill bin?
- General waste
- Plastic bags, soft plastics and biodegadable bags
- Disposable nappies and personal hygiene products
- Hoses
- Takeaway coffee cups
- Soiled or shredded paper/cardboard/pizza boxes
- Plastic-lined paper
- Drinkware and crockery
- Foam/polystyrene packaging
- Broken glass
- Tissues and serviettes
- Pet waste
- General non-hazardous waste that cannot be recycled
For further enquiries about what can or cannot go in your red lid landfill bin, contact the Waste Info Line on (02) 4823 4417.
What can't I put in my red lid landfill bin?
- Food waste
- Garden waste
- Recyclable items *
- Hot ashes
- Ink cartridges
- Chemicals
- Paints, motor and other oils *
- Fluorescent globes and tubes *
- Smoke alarms *
- Gas bottles/caniters*
- Batteries, light globes, mobile phones *
- Asbestos
- Medical waste and sharps
* Items marked with an asterisk can be disposed of for free at the Goulburn Community Recycling Centre.
For further enquiries about what can or cannot go in your red lid landfill bin, contact the Waste Info Line on (02) 4823 4417.