Household Bin Services

Wyndham City currently offers three waste collection services to most households.

Red Bin
Yellow Bin
Green bin

Garbage Bin  

Size: 140L
Collected Weekly  

Recycling Bin

Size:240L
Collected Fortnightly

Food and Garden Organics Bin

Size:240L
Collected Fortnightly

Important things to know:

  • If you need to report a damaged, missing or stolen bin or would like to order an additional bin, visit Bin Requests.
  • To find out how and where to sort your waste visit the A - Z Interactive Residential Waste Guide.
  • Find my bin collection day or download a Waste Collection Calendar
  • Place your bin out a night before your collection day
  • If your bin is not collected by 5pm on your bin collection day, you can let us know by raising a request on our Request and Issues Portal or calling our customer service team on 1300 023 411.
  • Place bins side by side near the kerb with handles facing away from the road
  • Leave 50cm space between bins and  1 metre clear of trees, light and power poles, parked vehicles and driveways.
  • Ensure recycling bin and green waste bin are placed out on the correct day, as they are collected on alternate weeks.
  • Bring your bins back to your property within 24 hours of collection
  • Do not squash the items in the bin, this can result in the waste being jammed and difficulty when emptying
  • Place waste inside the bin: extra bags or boxes will not be collected
  • Make sure the bin lid can close and do not fill to more than 70kg
  • If you live in a court, mark your bin with your house number and place it on the straight section of the street. Please do not park your vehicles in the court on the day of your collection as it prevents the waste vehicles from being able to turn and can disrupt collection
  • E-waste and batteries cannot go inside any kerbside bin. For disposal options see E-waste.
  • To ensure fairness and respect for everyone, please do not remove items, including Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) containers, from other people's recycling bins.
About your Garbage Bin - (Red Lid Bin)

Wyndham currently have two different colour and size garbage bins:

  • Standard size: 140L
  • Larger size: 240L (Optional – fees apply). 

To upgrade to a larger bin, fill in the Bin request form. 

What you can and can't place in your bin


Accepted items

Unaccepted items

  • flexible plastics
  • nappies and wet wipes
  • polystyrene/foam in small bags so it does not jam the bin
  • broken crockery
  • dog poo or cat litter
  • paper towels and tissues
  • toxic chemicals or hazardous waste
  • flammable liquids
  • building materials and asbestos
  • electronic waste (e-waste)
  • car parts
  • rocks, soil or other green waste

  • recyclables

     

Where does my waste from this bin go?

Waste that is put into the garbage bin is taken to landfill where it is buried and compressed underground. It is important to recycle as much as possible to ensure these natural resources aren’t lost and are used to create new products instead.

About your Recycle Bin (Yellow Lid bins)

Your Recycle bin has a yellow lid and is 240L in size. Collections for this bin are fortnightly.

What you can and can't place in your bin


Accepted items

Unaccepted items

  • Hard plastics: plastic milk bottles, biscuit and cake trays, cleaning bottles, ice cream containers, bottles, punnets, shampoo abd conditioner bottles, takeaway containers, Tupperware and yoghurt containers.
  • Metals: empty aerosol cans, aluminium cans, trays and foil, tin cans (including tuna, pet food, etc.).
  • Paper and cardboard: advertising material, cereal and biscuit boxes, egg cartons, envelopes, greeting cards, magazines, newspaper, office paper, pizza boxes, takeaway containers, toilet rolls, washing powder boxes and wrapping paper
  • Glass: glass bottles and jars only. If these are broken, put them in your recycle bin loose (don't wrap them up)
  • bagged recyclables
  • soft plastics (such as plastic bags and food wrappers)
  • polystyrene
  • nappies and wipes
  • paper towel or tissues
  • food scraps or garden waste
  • broken window panes, glasses or bakeware
  • milk, juice or other Tetra Pak cartons

Where does my waste from this bin go:

Contents of this bin goes to Visy Recycling Facility. Ensure items are loose so they can be sorted and recycled.

About Food and Garden Organics Bin (Green Lid Bins)

About Food and Garden Organics Bins (Green lid)

Our Food and Garden Organics bin allows you to recycle all types of food waste, not just fruit and vegetable scraps. If you have food scraps from leftovers, or are cleaning out your fridge, you can now recycle all your food waste (without packaging) into your green-lid bin.

You can also still add your grass, branches, leaves, and weeds.

By throwing your food and garden waste into your green bin, you’re diverting organic waste from going to landfill, which reduces the creation of harmful greenhouse gases.

Food and garden waste from your green bin is recycled into compost and mulch that can be used on farms or parks and gardens.

What you can and can't place in your bin

Accepted items

Unaccepted items

  • Leftover food: fruit and vegetable scraps, bread, pasta, rice, cereals, citrus, onions, garlic, spicy foods, coffee grounds, loose-leaf tea, dairy products, eggs, meat and seafood, raw or cooked leftovers, spoiled or mouldy food.
  • Garden waste: branches, twigs, leaves, lawn clippings, weeds. 
  • Paper lining: paper caddy liners, small amounts of paper towel to line your caddy.
  • garbage
  • coffee pods
  • dog or cat poo
  • cigarette butts
  • ceramic crockery
  • tea bags
  • soil and rocks
  • compostable or biodegradable (including certified) liners and other plastic bags

Download: Food and Garden Organics Flyer (Green Bin) – English

Download: Food and Garden Organics Flyer (Green Bin) – Arabic

Download: Food and Garden Organics Flyer (Green Bin) – Chinese

Download: Food and Garden Organics Flyer (Green Bin) – Hindi

Download: Food and Garden Organics Flyer (Green Bin) – Karen

Download: Food and Garden Organics Flyer (Green Bin) – Punjabi

Download: Food and Garden Organics Flyer (Green Bin) - Vietnamese

Compostable liners

Compostable and biodegradable (including certified) liners are not accepted in the Food and Garden Organics (green lid) bin. These bags do not break down effectively during the composting process, may contain contaminants that impact the quality of the compost material, and cannot be distinguished from other plastic bags effectively, resulting in them being removed as contamination. 

Instead, residents are encouraged to place food and garden material in the bin loose, or where preferred, use paper liners or wrap food scraps in newspaper before placing them in the green-lid bin.

Please keep all plastic bags and other non-paper liners out of the Food and Garden Organics bin, including those labelled as biodegradable or compostable.

Kitchen caddies

Residents who do not have a kitchen caddy can collect one for free from one of our collection points: 

  • Wyndham City Council Civic Centre - 45 Princes Hwy, Werribee VIC 3030
  • Manor Lakes Community Learning Centre - 86 Manor Lakes Blvd, Manor Lakes VIC 3024
  • Tarneit Community Learning Centre - 150 Sunset Views Blvd, Tarneit VIC 3029
  • Point Cook Community Learning Centre - 1/21 Cheetham St, Point Cook VIC 3030.

Where does my waste from this bin go?

Green waste is sorted and transformed into rich compost at the Veolia composting facility. This compost can be used in parks and gardens in Wyndham.

Where do you place your bin for collection

Storing of Bins:

On non-collection days, all your bins must be stored on your property, not on the footpath, street or nature strip. Bins left out on the street, footpath or nature strip can create safety hazards and cause littering problems if they get knocked over. They're also more likely to be damaged, stolen or lost. Please contact council if you have problems storing your bin on your property between collections.

For Houses on Courts:

If you live in a court please:

  • Mark your bin with your house number
  • Please place bins on the straight section of the street - not in the bowl or 'T'
  • Do not park vehicles in court bowl or 'T' on collection day. This prevents waste vehicles from being able to turn and can disrupt collection.

Apartment or Unit:

Not all apartments and unit developments have bins collected by us. Some have private waste collections which have different arrangements and may accept different items. Please check with your property manager or owner’s corporation.

Need more help knowing what goes where?

Download our handy waste and recycling guide

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