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Weekly Christmas holiday kerbside recycling commences 21 December 2020 through to 29 January 2021. Collection days remain the same.
Shoalhaven City Council provides a weekly kerbside bin collection service for your red-lid bins and a fortnightly collection for your yellow-lid bins. Our Yellow Bin Recycling Calendar provides a simple guide to collection days.
It’s important to put the right items in the right bin. See our complete Red-lid and Yellow-lid bin guide to know the ins and outs.
Learn more about options for recycling household waste items as well as how to get your bin repaired, replaced, upsized or downsized.
Bins are collected throughout the Shoalhaven by SUEZ (Council's contractor).
Red-lid bin waste goes straight into landfill.
It’s important to put the right items in the right bin. See our complete Red-lid and Yellow-lid bin guide to learn more.
Make sure your waste and recycling bins are put out on the kerb the night before bin collection is due.
Bins must be at least one (1) metre from other bins, parked cars, trees, power poles and street signs.
To find out your bin collection days, go to the My Area page and enter your address details.
Learn more on our Recycling & Waste Collection Days page.
Different bin sizes are available, and you will find the costs for them on your rates notice.
Each bin service includes a yellow-lid 240 litre recycle bin.
More information is available in our Fees and Charges Booklet.
All bin repairs are carried out by SUEZ (Council's contractor) at no cost to the resident.
Stolen bins will be replaced free of charge.
Only the property owner can change the size of the bin and an amended Rates Notice will be sent to them with the new rate instalments.
Yes. Extra bins can be ordered by the property owner. The minimum period you can keep an extra bin is 6 months.
To start a new bin collection (recycling & waste) service the owner of the property must request it.
Once a bin size is chosen, Council will arrange for SUEZ (Council's contractor) to deliver the bins within five (5) working days. The charge will appear on the property rates notice.
We are committed to reducing the amount of waste going into our landfills by re-using, reducing and recycling responsibly.
Recycling helps preserve our beautiful natural environment.
Last updated on 15 January 2021