Organise a Household Kerbside Clean-Up Collection

Step 1.What can I dispose of through the Household Kerbside Clean-Up Collection?

• The Clean-up Service is for bulky household items only. Bulky items are those that do not fit into your general household bins. Please refer to the ‘Acceptable Clean-Up Items’ list below.
• Mirrors or glass of any type are not accepted as part of the kerbside clean-up collection service owing to safety risks for collectors and the general public. Further unacceptable items are listed below under ‘Non-Acceptable Clean-Up Items’

Step 2.Acceptable Household Clean-Up Items

Please place materials in 4 separate piles:

• Pile 1: Bulky garden organics such as pruned trees; timber such as fence palings (nails removed). NOTE: all vegetation must be bundled and tied and no longer than 1.5metres in length. Branches must be less than 10cm in diameter. If it is not practicable to bundle and tie loose vegetation, it must be suitably bagged or put into a box.
  
  
• Pile 2: Whitegoods/steel and metal products such as stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines and most hot water systems under 300 litres in capacity and under 1.5m in length. Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers prior to being placed out on the kerbside next to your other household metal items. Other household metal items (e.g. clothes line and trampolines) are limited to 1.5m in length. Please contact the Waste Hotline on 1800 623 895 if you are unsure. 
  
  
• Pile 3: Mattresses. Please stack your mattress/mattresses in a neat pile for public safety and ease of collection.
  
  
• Pile 4: Other bulky waste; furniture, carpet (rolls must be bundled and tied and no longer than 1.5 metres in length), furnishings, clothing and bedding. Other unwanted household goods such as toys and tools. All loose items must be bagged or put in a box, and comfortably handled by two people.

Step 3.Non-Acceptable Clean Up Items

• Medical waste, building and demolition materials, trade, industrial, commercial and shop wastes, liquids and putrescible waste (household garbage including food waste);
• Trees, tree trunks and stumps, thorny plant materials, stones, soil and masonry products such as concrete;
• Motor vehicles, engines and car parts;
• Chemicals and hazardous wastes including fuels, gas bottles, oils, paints, asbestos, batteries and poisons;
• Glass of any type and/or mirrors and perspex; and
• Items not originating from the household, items not comfortably handled by two people or commercial quantities of material

Clean-up materials that do not comply will not be removed. Please contact the Waste Hotline on 1800 623 895 if you are unsure.

Step 4.Do you have polystyrene foam to dispose of?

Polystyrene foam can be disposed of through the red lidded garbage bin. Do Not place polystyrene foam into the yellow lidded recycling bin. Polystyrene foam should be placed into a bag before being disposed of in the red lidded garbage bin as loose or large pieces of polystyrene may get wedged in the bin, making it difficult for the truck to empty it completely.

If you have a large amount of polystyrene foam to dispose of, you may like to include it in your household kerbside clean-up collection. Polystyrene foam must be bagged or boxed prior to being placed out on the kerbside to prevent it from blowing away.

Step 1.Book a Household Kerbside Clean-Up Collection

The Household Kerbside Clean-Up Collection Service is managed by our waste collection contractor, Cleanaway. To make a booking, please click on the link below to be re-directed to the Hills Shire Council/Cleanaway booking portal.

Please note: If you live in an apartment or townhouse, your strata or executive committee must call the Waste Hotline to request a Household Kerbside Clean-Up Collection on behalf of the whole complex. Requests cannot be made through the booking portal.

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Make a booking here

Alternatively, call the Waste Hotline on 1800 623 895.

Step 2.Next Steps

When can I put my waste out at the kerbside?

• Clean up materials are only to be placed on the kerb the night before the collection date provided. Materials placed at the kerbside earlier than the night before may incur a penalty without previous written Council approval.
• Residents MUST NOT place materials at the kerbside unless a clean-up booking has been made (materials placed at the kerbside without a booking may be treated as illegal dumping and may incur a penalty).

How to Place Items for Collection

How do I change or cancel the date of my clean-up?

Please call the Waste Hotline on 1800 623 895 to cancel or change the date of your clean-up collection. Changes cannot be made online. Please provide at least 1 working day notice to cancel your booking.