Residential verge collections

TIP: If your items are in good condition, donate them to family, friends, your local charity or Facebook Buy Nothing group before placing them on the verge.

The City is introducing changes to the bulk junk verge collections.

Simply remember the 4+4+4 rule - you can place 4m³ of general junk, plus four white goods, plus four mattresses out for collection. 

Sort your junk piles to help the City and our contractors to collect the items and recycle where possible. The graphic below shows how you should place junk on your verge. 

We will collect:

• Household furniture (no glass panels or table tops) - included in the 4m³ allowed
• General junk items such scrap metal, e-waste and timber products up to 1.5m in length - inlcuded in the 4m³ allowed
• Up to four white goods such as stoves, dishwashers, washing machines, clothes dryers, fridges, freezers and air conditioners (doors must be removed where applicable)
• Up to four mattresses of any size

We will not collect:

• Chemicals, oils, paints, pesticides, solvents, gas cylinders and asbestos
• Bricks, tiles, sand, solar panels, cement, concrete products and fencing materials
• Household waste that goes in your normal rubbish bin
• Glass, mirrors or shower screens
• Tyres, car bodies and parts
• Batteries
• Materials more than 1.5m in length
• Green waste
• General junk from commercial properties
• Play equipment and trampolines that have not been dismantled

To dispose of items that are not collected during the bulk junk collection, please visit the recycle right website.

The City provides two green waste verge collections a year to every residential property. Items collected are taken to be recycled and reused -bagged and boxed material will not be collected.

To assist the City in collection, we ask that you follow some guidelines listed below.

Please remember - verge trees remain the property of the City and all maintenance and pruning is to be completed by the City. Please call on 9397 3000 if you have a request.

We will collect:

• Tree and shrub prunings in pieces cut up to 1.5m in length and up to 30cm in diameter
• Palm trunks in pieces cut up to 30cm

We will not collect:

• Bags, boxes or loose-leaf litter or lawn clippings (please place in your grey or red-lidded bin for collection)
• Treated or stained timber
• Prunings more than 1.5m in length or more than 30cm in diameter.
• Weed and root material, including dug-out lawn
• Sand and soil material
• General rubbish, metal, timber, junk or whitegoods
• Mixed piles of junk and green waste
• Green waste from commercial properties

If items do not meet these guidelines, our contractors will not collect the items from your verge and it will remain your responsibility to dispose of them.