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Waste & recycling

Council provides a range of waste and recycling services for the community and local businesses. Follow the links below for information about the different services we provide.

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  A-Z Waste & Recycling guide

  It is important to know where to dispose of items correctly. Use the list on this page to find out where your unwanted items can be recycled, collected or disposed of.

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  Book a clean-up collection

  Waverly Council offers 2 free ‘Your Call’ clean-up collection services to households for unwanted bulky items, plus 1 scheduled collection each year.

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  Collection days & bins

  Find out your collection days for your rubbish and recycling bins as well as your yearly household clean-up collection day in Waverley Council area.

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  Composting & wormfarming

  Recycling your food waste is easy with composting and wormfarming. Get your free bin and handy compost and wormfarm tips through our Compost Revolution program.

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  Illegal dumping

  Help us keep Waverley Beautiful and protect the environment by eliminating dumped rubbish and littering. Find out how you can help to tackle the problem here.

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  Litter

  Council works hard to keep Waverley’s beaches and public spaces clean and clear of rubbish and litter. This is particularly important over the summer months, when up to 80,000 visitors can pass through Bondi in one day!

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  Plastic free businesses

  Since 2016, we’ve been working to tackle the litter issue on our beaches and in our neighbourhoods by working with local businesses through our “Bondi Unwrapped” and “Unwrapping our Futures” programs.

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  Problem Waste

  Various free services exist for Waverley residents for the safe disposal of unusual items like broken electronic equipment, needles, batteries and chemicals.

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  Recycle Smart app

  You can also find out the correct disposal method for hundreds of household items through the Recycle Smart App. The search feature makes recycling easy. Download the app through Google Play or the Apple Store.

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  Resources for apartment buildings

  Over 80 percent of residents in the Waverley area live in multi-unit dwellings. We recognise that strata and building managers play an important role in ensuring the correct sorting of recycling, proper disposal of bulky waste, and hygienic collection of rubbish in the buildings they manage.

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  Resources for schools

  Looking to improve waste and recycling in your school? We encourage teachers, parents, students and staff to explore programs and resources available to schools in the Waverley Council Local Government Area.

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  Return & Earn

  Return and Earn will help reduce the 160 million drink containers littered in our environment each year.

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  Solar bins

  Waverley Council provides a range of informative fact sheets, how-to guides and posters to help raise awareness of proper waste and recycling practices.

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  Where your waste goes

  Ever wondered what happens to your rubbish once it's picked up from your kerb? Waverley Council is turning your trash into treasure!

Need more information?

Ask us about missed collections, missing bins, bin deliveries/removals and anything else relating to household waste and recycling services by calling our Customer Service on 9083 8000.