Council bin guide
Cardinia Shire Council
bin guide
Cardinia collects rubbish weekly and recycling fortnightly. Its food-and-garden-waste bin is an optional fortnightly service.
At a glance- Recycling bin: Fortnightly.
- Food and garden waste bin: Fortnightly for properties that subscribe.
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What goes in each bin
These rules are for council bins. If your building uses a private bin service, check its signs or ask the provider.
For the clean, empty household packaging and paper accepted by Cardinia.
✓ Yes — place in this bin
- Paper and cardboard
- Accepted rigid plastic bottles and containers
- Steel and aluminium cans
- Accepted empty household packaging
× No — keep out of this bin
- Plastic bags and soft plastics
- Food and garden waste
- Batteries and e-waste
- General household rubbish
Green lid
Food and garden waste bin
An optional service for food scraps, garden material and specified compostable paper items.
✓ Yes — place in this bin
- Food, meat, seafood, dairy and eggs
- Grass, weeds, flowers and small prunings
- Paper towel, tissues and food-stained cardboard
- AS 4736 lime-green caddy liners
× No — keep out of this bin
- Other plastic bags and food packaging
- Tea bags and coffee pods
- Pet waste, nappies and kitty litter
- Soil, rocks, treated timber and large branches
Important rules
Local bin rules
- Check the address lookup for the property’s day.
- The green-lid service is optional.
- Use only lime-green AS 4736 certified caddy liners.
- Never put batteries or e-waste in any kerbside bin.
- Keep bin weight below 70 kg.
Common questions
Quick answers
- Does every Cardinia property receive a green bin?
- No. The food and garden waste bin is an optional paid service.
- Can compostable packaging go in the green bin?
- No. Certified lime-green AS 4736 caddy liners are accepted, but compostable or biodegradable food packaging is excluded.
- How often is rubbish collected?
- Weekly; recycling and subscribed food-and-garden-waste bins are fortnightly.
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