Garden Organics Collection
Your maroon lid Garden Organics Bin is used for the collection and recycling of grass clippings, prunings, weeds, leaves and other garden organics. This bin is collected on your garbage day, every alternate week to your Recycling Bin.
A map and schedule is available for information on which week your recycling and garden organics collections fall.
Garden Organics Bin Guidelines
- Place material loosely in the bin so that it will be emptied completely
- Do not use any bags, wrapping or string to contain/bundle the material
- Do not overfill your bin, as this can lead to spillage & litter problems
- Material with a heavy moisture content (eg freshly mown grass clippings) should be placed near the top of your bin to prevent sticking
- A good hint is to mow your grass as close to collection day as possible and put the clippings on top of prunings or twigs
Your Garden Organics bin should not be heavier that 40kg or it may not be able to be collected.
How will you know? It will be very difficult to wheel about. The heaviest material is generally grass clippings, especially when wet.
Items accepted
- Grass clippings and weeds (free of soil)
- Branches and small logs up to 10 cm diameter and 40cm in length
- Garden prunings
- Leaves
Please place items loose in the bin - not in plastic bags!
Not accepted
- NO plastic bags
- NO plant pots
- NO household rubbish
- NO food scraps
- NO bricks or rubble
- NO large logs or stumps
- NO sand or dirt
- NO material from a commercial business
Contact Council on 1300 88 22 33 for further information on what can be recycled in Maroondah.
