Recycling and waste

ACT recycling and waste collection is managed by City Services.

Residential bin collection

There are 3 bin types that are collected from your household on either a weekly or fortnightly basis:

• a 240 litre recycling bin with a yellow lid
• a 140 litre rubbish/landfill bin with a dark green or red lid
• an optional 240 litre garden organic green waste bin with a light green lid.

If you live in a multi-unit dwelling with shared waste facilities, recycling and waste systems can vary depending on where you live.

Visit the City Services website to:

• view the bin collection calendar and find out what goes in your household bins
• book a bulky waste collection
• order a green waste bin
• report a problem (such as a damaged bin or missing bin or missed collection)
• request an additional or upgraded bin
• get help putting your bins out for kerbside collection
• learn more about food organics and garden organics (FOGO) collection.

Bulky waste collection

All ACT residents can book one free bulky waste collection per calendar year.

You can request collection of up to 2 cubic metres of items you’d otherwise take to the tip.

Visit the City Services website to:

• find out what’s accepted and to book an appointment
• read about collections for body corporates.

Drop-off facilities

The ACT has 2 resource management centres where ACT residents can recycle and dispose of items that don’t belong in household wheelie bins. They are located at:

• Flemington Road, Mitchell
• Mugga Lane, Symonston

Visit the City Services website to:

• find out what’s accepted at the resource management centres
• view the fees for disposal.

You can also drop off household recycling for free at recycling drop-off centres. Glass bottles and jars, aluminium and steel cans, paper and flat cardboard are accepted at the following locations:

• Jolly Street, Belconnen
• 3 O’Brien Place, Gungahlin
• 22-26 Baillieu Circuit, Mitchell
• 38 Botany Street, Phillip
• Scollay Street, Tuggeranong

Eligible empty drink containers receive a 10-cent refund per item through the ACT Container Deposit Scheme.

Waste and recycling fees

If you need to pay a fee in relation to a waste or recycling service, use the NoWaste Payments form. All fees are available on the City Services website.

Upcoming maintenance

You can find out what maintenance works are going on in your region each week on the City Services website.