Maroondah’s bin lid colours are changing to meet mandatory Victorian and Australian Government standards.
This change is being implemented in response to Victorian Government policy to standardise bin lid colours across the State, making it easier for everyone to use their bins correctly through consistent education and messaging.
From August until the end of October, Council will be replacing all:
The lids will be changed progressively on recycling collection days from the start of August to the end of October. A letter will be sent to all households with a Council kerbside waste collection in late July. The letter will include instructions for how to place your bins out to have the lids changed, an updated waste services brochure and a new ‘accepted items’ sticker for your recycling bin.
If you are unsure which day is your recycling collection day, you can check here.
No, we will only be changing bin lids on recycling collection days. We will change both your recycling and general waste bin lids at the same time. On your FOGO collection week, place your general waste bin out as normal. Our crews will not come to change your general waste bin lid on a FOGO collection day, so you can bring your general waste bin in once it has been emptied on those weeks.
If your bins are not presented the day we visit your area to change over the lids, we will leave a calling card to remind you to place them out on your next recycling bin collection day.
If your bin lids are not changed by Monday 26 October, please contact Council and we will ensure they get changed over for you.
Continue to put your bins out on your usual recycling bin collection days, throughout the bin lid swap period (August, September and October). If one or more of your bin lids remain unchanged by Monday 26 October, please contact Council on 1300 88 22 33.
You can view your bin collection day on our online mapping tool or by downloading our printable waste calendar. Both can be accessed on the Waste Collection Schedule page.
If your bin is damaged, our crew will leave a sticker on your bin asking you to leave it on the nature strip for 3 business days. We will return and replace your damaged bin with a new one. The new bin will have the new lid as well.
If we need to replace your bin, please keep the bin empty and on the nature strip.
If it has not been replaced within 3 business days, please contact Council on 1300 88 22 33.
During the bin lid swap period (August, September, October), all presented recycling bin lids will be changed to yellow and general waste bins changed to a red lid, regardless of who is responsible for placing it out on the nature strip.
If you believe the bin has not been placed out to be changed over, please speak with whomever is responsible for the transfer of bins to and from the nature strip for collection at your property. This could be a maintenance person, cleaning staff, landscaper, building manager or owners corporation.
If the bin lids have not been changed by Monday 26 October, please contact Council on 1300 88 22 33.
Please speak to those you share bins with to ensure all shared general waste bins and/or recycling bins are placed on the nature strip on your recycling collection day, during the changeover period.
If your bin lid(s) have not been changed by Monday 26 October, please contact Council on 1300 88 22 33.
Council started progressively changing general waste bins to red lids in 2021. These general waste bin replacements with the new red-lidded bins have only occurred in the following four scenarios:
If your general waste bin already has a red lid due to the above circumstances, we will only change your recycling bin lid from blue to yellow.
Please place your recycling bin out on your normal recycling collection days in August, September and October and leave it out until 5pm (even if empty), until the lid has been changed. You can bring your red-lidded general waste bin in once it has been emptied by our collection truck.
Please apply the sticker to your new yellow recycling bin lid. Please note, accepted recycling items have not changed, this is just an additional resource to help households recycle correctly.
Yes. Please leave all general waste and recycling bins out until 5pm on your usual recycling collection days, even if they are empty so we can change the lids for you.
We will only replace entire bins that have structural damage such as large cracks, broken wheels, or handles. If your entire bin requires a changeover, our crew will leave a bright yellow sticker on your bin asking you to leave it out until the whole bin is replaced (up to 3 business days).
If your bin is flagged by our crew as needing replacement, please leave it empty on the nature strip for 3 business days, or until the bin has been replaced with a new one. We cannot replace bins which have materials in them, so please ensure they remain empty.
The old lids will be recycled and used to create useful products such as new bins and bin lids.
Any damaged bins that need replacing will also be recycled into new products. The entire bin is able to be recycled, including the wheels and axles.
This change has been mandated by the Victorian Government’s Recycling Victoria Policy, which states that all Victorian Councils need to standardise their bin lids by 2030.
Standard bin colours help to promote the correct use of general waste, recycling and organics kerbside bin collection services, and supports consistent education and messaging about the use of kerbside bins across Australia.
No, there will be no changes to the frequency of our waste collections. The FOGO bin and recycling bin will continue to be collected fortnightly and your general waste bin will continue to be collected weekly.
We are simply changing the colour of the bin lids to meet our legislated requirements of the Victorian Government’s Recycling Victoria Policy, which brings us in line with the Australian standard colours for recycling bin and general waste bins.
If your property is serviced by a private waste collection contractor, these changes will not affect you. Please speak to your Owners Corporation or Body Corporate to discuss your options for recycling.