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Surf Coast Shire Council Surf Coast separates landfill, mixed recycling, glass bottles and jars, and food-and-garden organics across four bins. Rural service and FOGO frequency differ from urban areas.
Your exact collection day
Check your street address Collection weekdays and next dates vary by property. Select a complete address for an official property-level result.
Use the official council checker ↗ Collections Day encrypts the address and keeps the result private and non-indexable. At a glance Mixed recycling bin: Fortnightly in urban and rural service areas.Food and garden organics bin: Weekly in urban areas; fortnightly in rural service areas.Glass-only bin: Check the exact address calendar.
What goes in each bin Use these rules for Council-provided bins. If your building uses a private service, check its signs or ask the service provider.
Yellow lid
Mixed recycling bin Fortnightly in urban and rural service areas. For accepted paper, cardboard, rigid plastic and metal packaging; bottles and jars use the separate glass bin.
✓ Yes — place in this binClean, dry paper and cardboard Accepted rigid plastic bottles and containers Steel tins Aluminium cans and foil × No — keep out of this binGlass bottles and jars Plastic bags and soft plastics Batteries and e-waste Crockery and cutlery Check the full council guidance ↗ Lime green lid
Food and garden organics bin Weekly in urban areas; fortnightly in rural service areas. For food scraps, leftovers and accepted garden material.
✓ Yes — place in this binFruit, vegetables and leftovers Meat, dairy and bones Grass, leaves and small branches Loose food and garden organics × No — keep out of this binPlastic bags Pet waste and nappies Garden pots and treated timber General waste and recycling Check the full council guidance ↗ Check the exact address calendar. For glass bottles and jars separated from mixed recycling.
✓ Yes — place in this binBeer and wine bottles Food jars Medicine bottles Other empty glass bottles and jars × No — keep out of this binDrinking glasses Mirrors and window glass Crockery and ceramics Light globes Check the full council guidance ↗
Use the service properly Keep mixed recycling loose and scrape containers clean. Remove glass from the yellow bin and use the purple bin. Only Council-approved AS 4736 compostable liners are accepted in FOGO. Put bins out the night before or before 5:30 am. Rural properties must opt in to receive the four-bin service.
Quick answers
Does glass go in Surf Coast’s yellow bin? No. Put glass bottles and jars in the purple-lid glass-only bin.
Is FOGO weekly everywhere? No. It is weekly in urban areas and fortnightly in rural service areas.
Is rural kerbside collection automatic? No. Council describes rural kerbside service as optional.
More council waste services Kerbside bins ↗ Four-bin service · Address calendar · Rural opt-in Recycling bin ↗ Accepted and excluded recycling · Fortnightly collection FOGO bin ↗ Accepted and excluded organics · Urban and rural frequency · Certified liners