Bulky Waste Kerbside Collection Service

You must sort your items into three piles by the Sunday night of your scheduled collection week:

1. General waste
2. Metals
3. Mattress (limit of one per household)

The three piles will be collected separately at any stage during your collection week. Exact pickup days for each pile differ from zone to zone and will depend on logistical requirements of the collection truck teams and the total volume of material left out for collection across your suburb.

Kerbside collection rules for bulky waste:

• Collections are limited to 2 cubic metres.

• Collections should be no more than 1 metre tall, 1 metre wide and 2 metres in length, approximately the same as a 7ft x 4ft box trailer.

• All items left for collection must be able to be handled by a maximum of two people.

• Larger piles will not be collected and may be treated as illegal dumping.

Reducing waste and recycling is an important step in waste management, that’s why we try to recycle as much as we can.

• Metals will be collected separately and recycled through scrap metal

• Mattresses will be separated and recycled through Soft Landings

All other bulky household items will go to landfill.

• Please place all your items out on the kerbside in front of your property the night before (Sunday) your collection commences in your area 

• Items that are put out late will not be collected

Some items are not suitable for the bulky waste collection service and will not be picked up by Council’s contractors.

Please review the lists of acceptable and unacceptable items for kerbside collection and the other restrictions listed below and at the top of this page. 

Restrictions on bulky waste items left out for collection

• Items left out for collection must be sorted into three piles: 1. General waste, 2. Metals, 3. One mattress (limit one per household).
• All items must be able to be lifted by a maximum of two people.
• Items must abide by the size regulations (no taller than 1 metre and no wider than 2 metres).
• Limit of one mattress per household.
• If you want to discard a hot water system, you must first contact the Wingecarribee Waste Hotline on 1300 133 969 prior to your collection date to ensure its eligibility. Only small hot water systems are accepted.

Items not accepted for kerbside collection

• Asbestos or items contaminated with asbestos.

• Car tyres and batteries, vehicle engines or other car parts.

• Household chemicals or hazardous wastes such as oils, paint, gas bottles, pesticides, herbicides, pool chemicals, fire extinguishers and poisons.

• Demolition waste including fibro, roofing iron, concrete, bricks, builder’s rubble, fencing wire.

• Electronic waste such as televisions, computers and phones.

• General household rubbish, food or green waste such as food scraps, recycling, compost, garden clippings, and tree branches.

• Glass and mirrors

• Oil heaters.

• Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners.

Items accepted for kerbside collection

• Household furniture (that can be lifted by two people).

• Household goods and loose items (toys, cutlery, crockery, clothing, bikes, kitchen appliances).

• Metals and whitegoods (excluding refrigerators).

• Timber off-cuts.

• Mattresses (one per household).

• Small hot water systems (excludes large hot water systems, please contact the Wingecarribee Waste Hotline on 1300 133 969 prior to your collection date to ensure eligibility of your hot water system).
• Old carpet (provided it meets to size restrictions outlined above).

• When we visited your property, no items were placed out for collection. Always place your bulky kerbside items out for collection the evening before your collection commences as the service may begin early. While most collections are not removed until 7:00 am, some can occur earlier to avoid road congestion during peak hours.

• Vehicles or other obstructions prevented our drivers from collecting the materials.

• We could not find your address.

• The items were presented in a way that made it difficult for our drivers to remove it. Please review the guidelines at the beginning of this page for more information on how your kerbside collection must be presented.

• Your items were located on private property and not on the kerbside. Our drivers will not enter private property to collect twaste.

• If none of the above applies, we may have missed your collection. To report a missed service, contact Customer Service on (02) 4868 0888.

You're not required to pre-book this collection service.

Wingecarribee Shire Council does not operate on booking service for Bulky Waste Collection. These events are scheduled, and open for all Domestic Waste Service Charge residents to participate in. 

The cost of the bulky waste collection service will be absorbed by Council for the first two years of operation.

Collections will then be increased to a bi-annual service after July 2024 and an annual levy applied to eligible ratepayers thereafter.

There are a number of local organisations that take a range of products from large furniture to textiles and clothing:

• Father Riley's Youth Off The Streets Op Shop, Bowral (clothing and household goods only - no furniture)

• Cool Room Emporium, Robertson

• Anglicare Op Shop, Bowral

• Lifeline Shop, Moss Vale

• Red Cross Shop, Bowral

• Reviva Centre, Moss Vale

• R & R Recycled and Retro, Bundanoon

• Salvation Army Op Shop, Bowral

• Save the Children Op Shop, Bowral

• Southern Highlands Community Hospice Furniture Shop, Mittagong

• Timeless: Southern Highlands Community Hospice Fashion and Furniture, Bowral 

• Vinnies, Moss Vale, Bowral and Mittagong