Your yellow lid recycling bin is collected fortnightly on the same day as your garbage collection. Use your Waste Calendar to check when your next collection will be.

To recycle correctly:

• Remove lids from bottles and containers and give them a quick rinse before placing them in the recycling bin.
• Flatten plastic and cardboard containers to make more space in your recycling bin.
• Tear large cardboard items into smaller pieces to prevent them from getting stuck in the bin.
• DO NOT put items in plastic bags, as they cannot be recycled.

Materials ACCEPTED in your Yellow Recycling Bin:

• Plastic bottles and containers marked “1” to “7”
• Glass bottles and jars
• Aluminium and steel cans (including empty aerosol cans)
• Paper (including newspapers, magazines, telephone books)
• Milk and juice cartons (including liquid paper board)
• Cardboard (including empty pizza boxes)
• Egg cartons

Materials NOT ACCEPTED in your Yellow Recycling Bin:

• Soft plastics (including plastic bags, bin liners, food packaging)
• Neon tubes or light globes
• Plate glass
• Medical waste (including syringes)
• Polystyrene
• Nappies and hygiene products
• Car parts
• Household waste (including food scraps)
• Garden vegetation
• Lids from bottles and jars
• Textiles
• Hazardous waste (including batteries, paint chemicals)

Your green lid garden vegetation bin is collected fortnightly on the alternative week to your recycling bin. Use your Waste Calendar to check which fortnight.

This service is offered to single dwelling households and townhouse developments only.

The garden vegetation material collected by Council is either processed into compost and mulch products for agricultural and horticultural use or used as biofuel to produce green electricity.

If you want to know more about composting, check Compost Revolution. Strathfield residents get 50% discount when buying a compost bin or worm farm.

If your bin collection has been missed, please contact Council Customer Service to report a missed service.

Materials ACCEPTED in your Green Garden Vegetation Bin

• Grass clippings
• Leaves
• Pruning
• Flowers
• Small twigs and branches
• Weeds
• Bush and hedge trimmings

Materials NOT ACCEPTED in your Green Garden Vegetation Bin

• Plastic bags or bin liners
• Food waste
• Household waste
• Recyclables
• Soil or rocks
• Medical waste (including waste)
• Building or construction waste
• Tree stumps or large branches
• Treated or painted timber
• Garden tools
• Flower pots

If you have extra vegetation to dispose you can also access Council’s Free  Clean Up Collection Service. This service accepts branches, plants, clippings, mulch, etc., up to 1 metre long and 15 cm in diameter. Loose items must be bundled and securely tied.

Access Waste Calendar to find out about waste collection days, streets and zones.

Stolen, lost or damaged bins must be reported to Council through Customer Service on 9748 9999.

Repairing damaged bins, such as fixing damaged lids and wheels, is free of charge. Stolen or lost bin replacement can incur a fee.

Replacement bins can be ordered by printing and completing the Waste Bin Application Form below. Return the forms to Council by facsimile, mail or in person.

Payment for replacement bins must be made to Council prior to delivery and can be made by:

• By cash to our Customer Service Advisers
• By credit card – over the phone or in person to a Council Customer Service Adviser. Visa and Mastercard are accepted
• By Eftpos at Council’s Customer Service Centre
• By cheque made payable to Strathfield Council and crossed NOT NEGOTIABLE

Bin Costs for replacement (stolen or lost bins):

Lodgement Details

Email: council@strathfield.nsw.gov.au

Mail: Strathfield Council, PO Box 120, Strathfield NSW 2135

Fax: 9748 1034

In Person: Customer Service Centre, 65 Homebush Road, Strathfield NSW 2135

The Waste Bin Application form should be used when:

Please complete the below form and return to Council.

For more information, contact Council on 9748 9999 or council@strathfield.nsw.gov.au