Gannawarra Shire Council operates a weekly kerbside waste collection and fortnightly recycling collection to most properties throughout the Shire.Collection days vary depending on your location.
To find out when your bin is collected, please go to the My Neighbourhood Page, and enter your address.
240L Yellow Recycling bin emptied once a fortnight
The following items
CAN go in your recycling bin:
- Cardboard
- Glass bottles and jars
- Milk and juice cartons
- Aluminium and steel cans, foil trays and aerosols
- Rigid plastic containers and bottles
- Newspapers and magazines
- Letters, envelopes and office paper
- Advertising materials
- Telephone books
Do NOT put these items in your recycling bin:
- Food scraps
- Garden waste
- Nappies
- Plastic bags
- Soft plastics such as chip packets and muesli bar wrappers
- Medical waste including syringes and syringe disposal containers
- Crockery
- Clothing
- Polystyrene foam
- Household rubbish
- Chemicals, liquids and paint
- Soil and rubble
120L Red household waste bin emptied once a week
The following items
CAN go in your rubbish bin:
- Plastic bags
- Polystyrene foam
- Bagged lawn clippings
- Household rubbish
- Soft plastics including plastic bags
- Nappies
- Garden waste
- Food scraps
Do NOT put the following items in your rubbish bin:
- Hot ashes
- Liquids including oil, paint & solvents
- Soil and rocks
- Gas bottles
- Medical waste
- Timber, concrete, bricks and building material including asbestos
Your bin should be placed out for collection the night before your scheduled collection day. As collection times may vary it is not recommended you place it out of a morning.
The bin should be placed on the naturestrip or shoulder of the road in rural areas, with the wheels furthest from the road. Do not place the bin near obstructions such as trees or powerpoles, or behind parked cars.
Where two or more bins are placed in the same area for collection, ensure there is at least 0.5 metres between them - this is the same when placing your recycling out for collection also.
In rural areas, ensure the bin is on the shoulder of the road and at least 1 metre back from the edge of the seal.
All residents throughout the Shire may join the Waste and Recycling collection service, and if operational in your area, the Green Waste service. In many cases your property will be located along or within a short distance of a garbage route, however this may not always be the case. Should this occur, you will be informed of the distance to the nearest collection point prior to your service being activated.
If you wish to join the service or alter your current arrangements, including cancelling your service, please complete the form below. Your service can then generally be activated within 2-3 weeks.
Click here to view form.
Missed Collection
If your bin was placed out correctly for collection and did not contain any prohibited items but was not collected, please report the missed collection to Gannawarra Shire Council on 5450 9333.
If any of your household waste bins have been damaged or are missing, please complete the form below for your bin to be repaired or replaced.
Click here to view form.
If you need a Bulk Rubbish Container for your property, please complete the form below:
Click here to view form.
To be rolled out across Victoria in November 2023, the container deposit scheme (CDS) will reward Victorians with a 10-cent refund for every eligible can, carton and bottle they return.
For more information regarding the scheme, including its rollout and how community groups will be able to participate, please click here.
Visy will oversee this program in the Gannawarra Shire. For information regarding Visy's services, please click here.
The Gannawarra Shire Waste and Resource Recovery Group is excited to announce the launch of the its Waste Info App.
The Waste Info App has been developed to help residents make quick and simple waste and recycling decisions with the aim to reduce contamination and increase recycling levels.
Features of the Waste Info App include:
• Personalised bin collection calendar for residents, with optional reminders
• A-Z list of materials and images showing which bin to put materials in
• Further information, hints and tips to help with waste management
• Information about Council’s waste and recycling services and facilities, including contact details, opening times and maps
• ‘Report a problem’ form allowing residents to send feedback direct to Council
• Push notifications letting residents know changes to collection dates, events and programs.
Download the FREE Gannawarra Waste Info App through the App Store or Google Play with the search: Gannawarra Waste.