Quarterly Clean-Ups
Once every quarter Council collects bulky items from residential households that aren’t normally collected on a weekly basis.
To find out the exact pick-up date for your street, please check the online database.
Please note:
- All material needs to be on the nature strip the evening before the scheduled collection day.
- Don’t put material out more than a week in advance.
- Avoid placing materials in a way that blocks cars and people.
- Excessive amounts of rubbish won’t be collected; no more than 2m³.
- Loose items should be in either bags or boxes.
- The longest any item can be is 1 metre.
- Any rejected materials left on the nature strip will be referred to Council Rangers.
General Clean Up
Acceptable material:
- Bath and laundry tubs
- Soft furnishings
- Carpet and linoleum
- Mattresses
- Non-recyclable household items
- Small appliances
- Furniture less than 50% metal
Unacceptable material
- Vegetation
- Metals and whitegoods
- Dirt, stones and sand
- Car batteries
- Car parts and tyres
- Building materials like bricks, concrete and tiles
- Liquids such as paints, chemicals and oils
- Household garbage
- Hazardous materials such as volatile liquids, medical waste or explosives
- Plate glass or mirrors
Metal & Whitegoods Recycling Service
Items need to be at least 50% metal construction. This includes aluminium, brass, copper and stainless steel. Items collected in this service will be recycled.
Acceptable material:
- Household appliances like fridges, washing machines, dryer, microwaves (all doors removed)
- Any household item of basic metal construction, such as hot water systems, ironing boards, bikes, metal bed frames, pots or umbrellas
- Metal guttering
- Aluminium frames
- Sinks
Unacceptable material:
- Whole cars and tyres
- Oil-filled heaters
- Sealed drums
- Gas cylinders
- Reinforced steel
- General household waste
Bulk Vegetation Recycling Service
Acceptable material:
- Tree prunings (must be tied into manageable bundles with string)
- Untreated timber and untreated fence palings
- Christmas trees (chopped in half)
Unacceptable material:
- Plastic bags
- Painted or chemically treated timber or pine
- Tree stumps
- Whole wood pallets
- Building timber
- Whole fences
- General garbage
To dispose of waste outside the scheduled clean up times, take pre-sorted loads of recyclables and general household waste to the Artarmon Resource Recovery Centre at Lanceley Place, Artarmon.
A range of recyclable items are accepted for free, including:
- Steel and aluminium cans
- Fire extinguishers
- Glass bottles and jars
- Paper and cardboard
- Scrap metals (size limits apply) including whitegoods (limit of 4 whitegood items)
- Sump oil in household quantities
- Vehicle batteries
Charges may apply for other items. Call 1300 651 116 to find out more.
To see how to dispose of other items, check the A –Z Recycling Guide.
How to estimate two cubic metres
A cubic metre is an item or items 1 metre long by 1 metre wide by 1 metre high. 1 metre X 1 metre X 1 meter = 1 cubic metre.
2 cubic meters could be: 2 metres X 1 metre X 1 metre = 2 cubic metres.
It could be any combination of lengths as long as all three dimensions multiplied together equals 2. For example; 4 metres X 1 metre X 0.5 metre = 2 cubic metres.
