General waste
Everyday rubbish that cannot be recycled or composted. Bagged food scraps where there is no organics service.
128 councils, all states
Your council's bins, hard rubbish and green waste.
One postcode opens the rules for where you live: what goes in which bin, when hard rubbish runs, your green waste service and your nearest tip. No council website maze.
692 postcodes mappedVerified from official council pages
The kerbside systemAS 4123
Four standard lids across the country. Your council decides which services run and exactly what each bin accepts.
How it works
Three steps to the right answer
- 01
Enter your postcode
We match it to your local government area, even where a postcode straddles two councils.
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Read your bin rules
Bin lid colours, hard rubbish process and green waste, in plain language, verified from the council.
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Act with confidence
Book hard rubbish, find your nearest tip, or get overflow help when something will not fit.
The colour code
What each lid is for
The lid colour is the fastest signal of where waste belongs. It is a national starting point, not the final word, so always confirm the accepted-item list on your own council page.
Look up a specific itemRecycling
Rinsed bottles, jars, cans, paper and cardboard. Loose, never bagged. Check your council for soft plastics and glass.
Garden and food organics
Grass, prunings, leaves and small branches. Food scraps too where a food and garden organics service runs.
Glass
A separate glass bin in a growing number of councils, so bottles and jars are recycled cleanly. Not offered everywhere yet.
Need to drop it off
Open Tip Finder AustraliaFind your nearest tip or transfer station
For a load you would rather take yourself, our sister guide maps every tip, recycling centre and transfer station in Australia with fees and opening hours.
Overflow that will not fit the bin
When it will not fit the kerbside bin
Missed the hard rubbish window, or clearing a whole house or garden? Ask for a local rubbish removal or skip service. You leave a mobile, the platform texts you the details, and no phone numbers are shown here.
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Same-day and next-day rubbish removal across Adelaide and regional SA.
1800-GOT-JUNK? Adelaide
Full-service junk removal with uniformed crews and same-day options.
Cluster Services
Junk removal with flexible same-day scheduling in many Adelaide suburbs.
1300 Rubbish
Home, business, construction and industrial rubbish removal across South Australia.
HandiSkips SA
Local skip hire and rubbish removal operator servicing Adelaide.
South Adelaide Rubbish Removal
Locally owned residential and commercial rubbish removal in Adelaide's south.
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Kerbside waste, answered
How do I find my council's bin rules?
Enter your postcode in the search at the top of the page. Kerbside opens the page for your council with its bin lid colours, hard rubbish process and green waste service, plus a link to the official council page.
What do the bin lid colours mean?
Australian Standard AS 4123 sets the national reference: red for general waste, yellow for recycling, green for garden or food organics, and purple for a separate glass bin. Councils still set their own accepted-item lists, so the council page comes first.
When is hard rubbish collected?
It depends on your council. Some run scheduled area collections a few times a year, others ask you to book a pickup online. Your council page on Kerbside explains which system applies and links to the booking page.
What if an item will not fit in the bin?
For bulky items outside the hard rubbish window, or loads a council will not take, a local skip bin or rubbish removal service can clear it. You can request one from your council page without any phone numbers to copy down.