Waste & rubbish

Your garbage is collected weekly from the nature strip, with recyclables or garden organics collected on alternate weeks (that is, every 2 weeks). There are also additional hard waste and household chemical collections.

Your weekly garbage will still be collected on a public holiday, even Christmas Day!

You might see red lid garbage bins in Maroondah from November 2021. That’s because we’re changing our garbage bin lids from green to red over the next ten years to align them with Australian Standards and so they meet the requirements of the Victorian Government’s Recycling Victoria policy.

Look up your collection day

Enter your address to check your next waste collection date or see a printable waste calendar

On call hard rubbish collection
Two hard waste collections are available each financial year to residents who pay the residential bin charge.
Weekly rubbish collection
Find out your next collection date online. Bins should be on the kerb by 6am on the day of collection (or the night before), and removed within one day of collection.
Recyclables collection
Your blue lid recycling bin is used for the collection of recyclable containers and paper items.
Food and Garden Organics service
Food and Garden Organics service is coming! FOGO is a kerbside collection service that allows food scraps to be added to garden waste bin so it can be recycled into top quality compost.
Garden organics collection
Your garden organics bin (maroon lid) is collected fortnightly. Material collected includes grass clippings, prunings, weeds, leaves and other garden waste.
Electronic waste collection (E-waste)
The Victorian Government banned e-waste from going to landfill on 1 July 2019. Council holds several e-waste collection events a year.
A-Z of waste disposal
Locate agencies and recycling centres that help with safe disposal of waste items and correct recycling procedures.
Household chemical collection
You can dispose of unwanted household chemicals for free at local events or permanent drop-off sites. The collected items are recycled and do not go to landfill
Recycling and waste centres
Find rubbish tips and recycling centres located in Melbourne's Greater Eastern Region.
Sharps and pharmaceuticals disposal
We provide our residents a free disposal service for used hypodermic needles and syringes.
Discount compost systems
Council is offering Maroondah residents up to 60% off the purchase of a compost bin, worm farm (and worms) or a Bokashi bin.
Commercial and industrial waste services
Waste collection services are available for both commercial and industrial businesses located in Maroondah.
School and community waste education
We offer a range of free waste education workshops and presentations.
Recycling and garden organics Bin Inspection Program
Read more about what can and can't go in your bins.
Back to Earth Initiative
The Back to Earth Initiative encourages the community to correctly use Council's green waste collection service.
Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution. Take the Plastic Free July Challenge.
Maroondah Food and Garden Organics (FOGO) Champions program
Apply to become a Maroondah FOGO Champion.

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Waste & rubbish

Look up your collection day

On call hard rubbish collection

Weekly rubbish collection

Recyclables collection

Food and Garden Organics service

Garden organics collection

Electronic waste collection (E-waste)

A-Z of waste disposal

Household chemical collection

Recycling and waste centres

Sharps and pharmaceuticals disposal

Discount compost systems

Commercial and industrial waste services

School and community waste education

Recycling and garden organics Bin Inspection Program

Back to Earth Initiative

Plastic Free July

Maroondah Food and Garden Organics (FOGO) Champions program

Stay up-to-date