Council clean-up collections
Council’s clean-up collections are for large, damaged household items that are too big for your bins. Residents can book two ‘Your Call’ collections per calendar year in addition to one scheduled collection.
Placing items on the street without a confirmed clean-up booking is considered illegal dumping, which may attract fines of up to $8,000.
Consider donating or selling items
Council’s clean-up services help reduce the cost and pollution associated with illegal dumping and are not designed to recover resources. While some items like mattresses, metal and certain whitegoods can be recycled, most go to landfill. Council is working to improve this. Before placing items out for collection, consider donating or selling items instead – The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre offers free home pick-up for quality goods.
Scheduled clean-up collections
You can look up your scheduled collection date here. No booking is required.
'Your Call' collections
You can book a ‘Your Call’ collection using our online portal. Bookings are confirmed via an email with a booking reference number. Please plan ahead to secure a booking on your preferred date.
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- Furniture
- Small appliances (e.g. toasters, kettles, blenders)
- Metals and whitegoods (e.g. fridges, washing machines)
- Damaged general household items that cannot fit inside a garbage bin
- Mattresses (limit to 2 singles or 1 larger per collection)
- Bulky garden organics (tree branches no larger than 10 centimetre in diameter; must be cut into 1 metre pieces, tied and bundled)
- Mirrors (maximum size 1 metre x 1 metre wrapped in a sheet/blanket)
- Empty paint cans
- Batteries of any size
- Any items containing batteries or motors
- Hot water heaters
- Oil heaters
- Paints, oils, gas cylinders, fire extinguishers, batteries, smoke detectors, fluoro globes and tubes
- Construction and demolition materials such as bricks, concrete, tiles, sand and asbestos
- Car parts, such as batteries and tyres
- Commercial waste, such as cooking oils
- Bean bags filled with small polystyrene balls
- Heavy items that cannot be lifted by two people such as exercise equipment, carpet rolls, glass
- E-waste including computers, peripherals and electrical appliances
- Turf and soil
Refer to our A-Z Waste & Recycling Directory and tricky household waste page to find responsible ways to dispose of these items.
- For a scheduled clean-up collection, items must be presented neatly on the kerb the Sunday evening prior to your collection date. Note: collections are completed within the nominated collection week.
- For a ‘Your Call’ collection, items must be presented neatly on the kerb the evening prior to your collection date.
- Be mindful not to block roadways or footpaths.
- Items put out too early may attract illegal dumping as passers-by can add to the pile.
- Each collection should not exceed 2 cubic metres (2 metres x 1 metre x 1 metre).
- Remove doors off fridges and other appliances whenever possible.
- Think about the safety of your neighbours and our crew when presenting your materials e.g. mirrors of any size must be wrapped to prevent glass from shattering.
- Remove batteries from small appliances.
We’re here to help
For more information, help booking a collection, or if you are a strata or property manager wishing to book a clean-up service on behalf of multiple residents, call our Customer Service team on 9083 8000 or email waste@waverley.nsw.gov.au.
Give pre-loved goods a new life
The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre will collect good quality items from your home and rehome them to people in need.
Quick links
Need more information?
- Email us
- Call Customer Service at 9083 8000