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Waste & Recycling

Recycling 2.0 phone app: How and when to use your bins

The Recycling 2.0 App makes it easier for residents of Hobsons Bay to recycle right.

Hard waste

How to organise a hard waste collection and what we collect.

When will your bins be collected?

Find out when your bins will be collected.

New, additional and replacement bins

Order rubbish, recycling, green waste or additional bin services.

How to use your 4 bins

What goes in which bin? Find out more here!

Other options for household waste

Find alternative recycling options for household waste.

Recent service changes

As part of Council’s kerbside waste and recycling reforms, from Monday 1 November 2021, rubbish bins are collected weekly and green bins (for food and garden organics) collected fortnightly.

The changes come after a review of the first year of the service, which considered operational data and community feedback. Thank you to everyone who participated in the review. The review report and supporting data is available at this link.

To support Hobsons Bay residents to recycle their food and garden waste, Council is making additional services and products available:

Paper Bag Trial

Council is providing a six-month supply of paper bags free of charge to all registered households to help recycle food scraps. The paper bag trial has started for thousands of Hobsons Bay households who have already registered—It's not too late to join them. Please click here to register and participate.

Up to 50% off at-home composting systems

You can now choose from six different at-home composting products – one to suit all households – and claim a discount of up to 50 per cent, with free delivery. Click here to learn more about the program and claim your discount.

Free Food and Garden Organics Drive-through Drop-off

For six weeks in Summer, Council offered a free drop off service to households that exceeded the capacity of their green bin. Food and garden organics were dropped to the Operations Centre in Sugar Gum Drive Altona on select Saturdays. This trial has now finished and Council is reviewing the outcomes.

Helpful links

Find out how to dispose of any household items by searching:

For a four-week bin schedule, type your address into:

Find both the Bin collection schedule and Which bin function on Council's free Recycling 2.0 App. To download it to your smartphone, visit the App Store or Google Play and search 'Recycling 2.0'. Click here for more information about the Recycling 2.0 app.. STRAT02940 - FOGO Recycling - HandPhone_Asset.jpg