Your green waste or garden organics bin is a 240 litre bin with a green lid. Garden materials, such as grass clippings, leaves, flowers, weeds, Twigs and small branches, can be put into your green waste bin. Check what can go in my green waste bin?
The green waste bin is collected every second week - on the alternate week to the recycling bins. Materials left outside the bin will not be collected. To avoid spillage, do not overfill your bin. You can drop extra green waste off at the Recycling Centre.
If green waste is contaminated, it goes to landfill. Be careful and don't contaminate your green waste. Check what cannot go in my green waste bin.
Congratulations to Randwick residents on their success in diverting more than 39,000 tonnes of green waste from landfill. Green waste diversion, either through kerbside green waste recycling or to personal compost bins, helps enrich and revitalise the local environment.
| Diversion of green waste from landfill between 2000 and 2008. | |
| Year | Diverted Green Waste (kg) |
| 2000 | 1509.56 |
| 2001 | 1925.38 |
| 2002 | 3695.97 |
| 2003 | 5420.78 |
| 2004 | 5238.34 |
| 2005 | 5339.26 |
| 2006 | 4877.30 |
| 2007 | 5352.08 |
| 2008 | 5878.30 |
What can go in my green waste bin?
Your green-lidded bin is for garden organics material such as:
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Types of green waste materials that are recyclable include: |
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| Grass clippings |
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| Leaf litter |
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| Flowers |
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| Weeds |
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| Twigs |
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| Small branches |
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| Shrubs and prunings |
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What cannot go in my green waste bin?
Green waste is contaminated by general garbage and waste materials. Items that should not be placed in your green waste bin include:
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Do not put this sort of material in your green waste bin |
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| Food scraps |
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| Plastic bags |
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| Bricks and building materials |
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| Sand, soil and rocks |
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| Large branches and tree stumps |
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| Garden tools and accessories |
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If contaminated, green waste cannot be processed into mulch and has to go to landfill - a cost to residents and a cost to the environment.
Presenting your bins
- Put your bins out on the kerb the night before or by 5:30am on your scheduled collection day.
- Make sure bin handles are facing your property.
- Leave a space of at least 1 metre between your bin and any obstructions, like trees, cars or poles.
- There should be at least a 30 centimetre space between bins so they can be lifted.
- Do not overfill your bin and, to avoid spills, make sure the lid is shut.
- Please ensure your bin contains only accepted items.