Waste

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Meet the Hastings family. They'll help you with your bin service including recycling, bin collection days, damaged bins, waste facility locations, kerb side collections and help you choose 'Which Bin?'.

PLEASE NOTE:

For current flood information for bins and other Waste information visit the Community Flood Updates page.
Restrictions to the number of customers allowed in Waste Facilities at one time may result in delays. Please practise social distancing and good hygiene including bringing your own brooms and/or wear gloves when unloading waste.
Customers are encouraged to use credit cards/EFTPOS at all Waste Facilities.

The Hastings Family

Meet the Hastings Family, Harry, Lucy, Hannah, Joey and Timmy who will help you organise your household waste.
Drop off for free

Information about what items can be dropped off for free at our waste facilities such as TVs, fridges, paints and scrap metal.
Avoiding unnecessary packaging, single use items and food waste

As consumers, we should consider the environmental, social and financial costs of the things we buy, before we buy them. The ultimate goal is to avoid producing waste in the first place.
Red, Yellow and Green Bins

Not sure what goes in 'Which Bin?'. We've got you sorted.
Reorder cornstarch bags for your kitchen food waste bin

Reorder your cornstarch bags here. Your kitchen food waste bin is for all food scraps, including meat bones. All food waste goes in your green bin.
Bin collection days

Not sure 'which bin' goes out when? Find out about your bin collection days, how to put your bins out, and download the collection calendar.
Manage your recycling

Information on where to drop off items that can be recycled including the community recycling centre and the return and earn scheme.
Waste facility locations

Easter Weekend Operating Hours
The Waste Transfer Stations at Port Macquarie, Wauchope, Kew + Cairncross will open daily from 8am - 4pm Friday April 2 - Monday April 5, inclusive.
Other waste services

Find out about rural waste pick-up, hazardous materials, illegal dumping and commercial waste services.
Litter

Let's reduce litter on our streets and pick, pick, pick it up, don't walk, walk, walk on by. Litter on our streets often ends up in waterways. Not only does litter pose a major threat to the local environment & wildlife, it also costs ratepayers.
Green Bin Service for Multi-Unit Dwellings (MUDs)

Information about and registration for a green bin service at multi-unit dwellings.
Schools Waste Education

Council offers waste education to primary schools throughout the Port Macquarie-Hastings community.

The Hastings Family

Drop off for free

Avoiding unnecessary packaging, single use items and food waste

Red, Yellow and Green Bins

Reorder cornstarch bags for your kitchen food waste bin

Bin collection days

Manage your recycling

Waste facility locations

Other waste services

Litter

Green Bin Service for Multi-Unit Dwellings (MUDs)

Schools Waste Education

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