Recycle garden organics

What you need to do

1. Order your new bin online

This free service is available to all City of Sydney residents. If you live in an apartment building, ask your strata manager if a garden organics bin can be ordered.

Complete this online form to order a free green lid garden organics bin for your home.

Order bin online

2. Use your green lid bin correctly

We can’t take your bin if it contains unacceptable items, if the lid can’t close, or there’s material outside your bin. If you have excess garden waste it needs to be bundled, tied and booked as a separate pick-up for bulky items.

3. Check your collection day and put your bin out the night before

   We’ll collect your green lid bin every second week, on the same day as your yellow lid bin. This may be any time from 6am to 6pm.

   To find the exact date of your next green lid bin collection, you can search your address in our collection day map. A pop-up window will open. Click on check calendar.

If your apartment building doesn’t have a green lid bin

Ask your strata manager if a garden organics bin can be ordered for your building. In the meantime, you can book a free pick-up for garden waste that is bundled and tied together.

Book this under furniture and bulky household items. Branches shouldn’t be more than 1m long or 10cm thick. We don’t collect tree stumps, logs, trunks, soil or potting mix.

Before you start

Consider recycling your garden organics at home by composting or mulching.

If you’d like to learn more about setting up your own compost at home, visit Sydney City Farm and sign up for a workshop.

Where it all goes

Your garden organics are collected and taken to a local processor where they are recycled into mulch, soil conditioners and compost. These products are then sold into the commercial market.