Your green bin is for organic matter such as food and garden waste. This bin is emptied every week and turned into compost, which can be purchased. Your green bin isn’t the place for items such as treated timber, large tree stumps or branches, or animal waste.
What you can put in your green bin
- Food scraps (including meat, bones, seafood)
- Food scraps in cornstarch bags
- Food scraps wrapped in paper or newspaper
- Small, non-treated timber offcuts
- Garden clippings, twigs and small branches
- Grass clippings, weeds, flowers and leaves
- Palm fronds (cut to ensure bin closes).
PMHC What goes in your Green Bin Poster(PDF, 2MB)
Kitchen tidy and green bags
If JR Richards trucks collect your green organics bin from your kerb each week, we will provide a free kitchen tidy and rolls of compostable cornstarch bags to put your food scraps in. You can re-order cornstarch bags if you run out.
To request a domestic waste collection service, call us on 6581 8111.
What you can’t put in your green bin
- Oyster shells
- Shredded paper
- Paper towel and serviettes
- Tea bags
- Soiled pizza boxes
- Treated timber
- Stumps or large branches
- Plastic bags – even if bio-degradable
- Large amounts of soil
- Dead animals
- Animal waste
- Textile material (including clothes)
- Recyclables
- Hazardous materials
- Packaging materials - even if biodegradable
Purchasing compost
The contents of your green bin are converted into compost at our Organics Resource Recovery Facility at Cairncross.
This compost can be purchased from our Cairncross facility in both small and large quantities for mixing with soils or using as mulch.
Contact Remondis on 02 6585 0899 or email compost@remondis.com.au for more information on purchasing compost.