• Council provides a  240 litre green organics bin for household organic waste.
• The organics bin has a green lid.
• You can recycle your food scraps by putting them in your organics bin.
• Watch the 'Tale of Two Bins: Organics' video

When is it collected?

• Once every two weeks
• On the same day as your waste to landfill bin.

What goes into your organics bin

Only place items that can be composted in your organics bin and only use compostable bags.

  Look for the looped seedling logo or home compostable logo, the international certification symbols that verify a product's claim of compostability according to the Australian Standards.

  To find out what products and bioplastics are certified as compostable, visit the Australian Bioplastics Association. See Who is certified in Aus & NZ.

Remember the rule: 'If it didn't grow, it doesn't go in your organics bin'.

Find out more about compostable, degradable, biodegradable and oxo-degradable.

• food scraps
• cut flowers
• hair - human and pet
• kitty litter - compostable only
• lawn clippings
• leaves
• pet poo
• prunings
• small branches up to 15cm wide x 60cm long
• twigs and bark
• weeds
• compostable bags
• paper or cardboard - ripped or shredded eg heavily soiled pizza boxes
• tissues and paper towel

Find out more about food scraps recycling

What not to put in your organics bin

• bricks
• dirt, sand or soil
• garden and other tools 
• household waste 
• irrigation hoses
• kitty litter - crystal type
• nappies
• painted or treated timber
• plant pots and trays
• plastic of any kind
• rocks and stones.

Odour and pest control

• Freeze particularly smelly food waste eg. seafood in paper and place in your organics bin just before collection day.
• Cover or mix food waste with other organic material eg. garden clippings, shredded paper, used paper towel.
• If you don't have other organics to put in the bin or you have large amounts of food waste, wrap your scraps in newspaper to absorb moisture or put them in a compostable bag. This will also prevent food sticking to the inside of your bin.
• Ensure that your bin is undamaged and the lid shuts completely to retain odours and reduce pests.
• Store pet poo in a separate, open container and empty it into your organics bin just before collection day.