Kerbside Bins

 

What is the service?

The domestic kerbside bin service includes the collection of 240 litre mobile garbage bins for:

  1. Domestic waste (collected weekly)
  2. Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) (collected weekly)
  3. Recycling (collected every other week)

Positioning Bins: Your mobile garbage bin should be placed:

  • on a flat surface, close to the kerb, at your normal collection point.
  • with the bin parallel with the road and wheels closest to your house.
  • clear of trees and overhead obstructions.

A guide to your red lid domestic waste bin

Your red lid bin (red bin) is for general domestic waste.

Your red bin is collected weekly on the same day as your green bin.

Your red bin is for general domestic rubbish that cannot be reused, recycled or composted and includes the following items:

What CAN go in your red lid domestic waste bin
Green tick
 Bubble wrap
Green tick Clothes, shoes, bags, fabric items, leather items and gloves
Green tick Disposable coffee cups and lids
Green tick Face masks
Green tick Garden hose
Green tick Greaseproof paper, baking paper, waxed paper, glad wrap
Green tick Meat trays
Green tick Nappies and hygiene products
Green tick Paper towels, tissues, serviettes
Green tick  Polystyrene foam and packaging
Green tick Rapid antigen test (RAT kits)
Green tick  Soft plastics that can be scrunched

 

The following items must not go in the red bin

 

  Item  Recommended Disposal method 
Red cross
 		 Batteries Recycle at Lithgow Solid Waste Facility or Council administration building
Red cross Electronic appliances or mobile phones Recycle at Lithgow Solid Waste Facility
Red cross Light bulbs or flurorescent tubes Recycle at Lithgow Solid Waste Facility
Red cross Medical waste Follow instructions from your chemist or health care provider
Red cross Liquids or hazardous waste Paint, oil, garden/pool chemical, cleaners, acids, bleaches, flammable items, smoke detectors, gas cyclinders to the Recycling Centre or Houseful Cleanout   

A guide to your yellow lid recycling bin

A guide to your green lid food and plants bin

      
 

 Items NOT to go in your red lidded bin

  • Hot Ashes
  • Heavy Objects e.g. car parts
  • Building materials & rubble
  • Paint or flammable liquids
  • Tree stumps or rocks
  • Corrosive materials
  • Sand or garden soil
  • Industrial waste

Service Days

To find your bin collection day, please view the Kerbside Waste Collection Calendar

For other areas:

  • Monday – Clarence and Dargan
  • Tuesday – Rydal, Portland, Cullen Bullen, Capertee and Marrangaroo
  • Thursday – Wallerawang and Lidsdale
  • Friday – Hartley and South Bowenfels

Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the ‘Garbage route map’ showing the collection days in Lithgow. 

At the bottom of this page you can also download a guide to what can go in your yellow bin and click on the link for a virtual tour of the recycling facility to see what happens to the recyclables collected in your yellow bin.

Reporting a problem with your bin

If you put your bin out the night before the collection day and it has not been emptied or if your bin has been damaged or stolen, please call customer service on 6354 9999. 

You can also report a missed service and damaged or stolen bins using ‘Forms’ on the WasteInfo App.

 

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