Cronulla bin day

Cronulla is collected by Sutherland Shire Council. Check your next collection date and which bins go out.

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Which council collects Cronulla?

Cronulla is in Sutherland Shire Council, NSW. That is the council that decides your collection day, supplies your bins and publishes the schedule — so it is the council name to look for on any official bin information.

This trips people up more than it should. Council boundaries rarely match the suburb names people actually use, and a suburb can sit on the edge of one council while the shops you drive to are in the next one. If you have just moved to Cronulla, or you are checking on behalf of a rental, Sutherland Shire Council is who you are dealing with. Our full Sutherland Shire Council bin day guide has the detail , and Sutherland Shire Council’s own website is the source of record .

Cronulla bin colours and collection frequency

Sutherland Shire Council issues 3 bins to households in Cronulla:

Red bin: General waste. Collected weekly.
Yellow bin: Recycling. Collected fortnightly.
Green bin: Garden organics. Collected fortnightly.

Sutherland Shire covers the Sutherland Peninsula in southern Sydney, including Cronulla and the suburbs around Port Hacking.

Why your street may differ from the rest of Cronulla

Knowing the council is only half of it. Sutherland Shire Council divides its area into collection zones so the trucks can work through it across the week, and those zone lines do not follow suburb boundaries. A single suburb the size of Cronulla is often split across two or more collection days, which is why a neighbour a few streets away can be a reliable-sounding but wrong source.

The other half is which week you are in. General waste here is weekly , while recycling is fortnightly , and garden organics is fortnightly. Anything on a fortnightly cycle means counting weeks, and public holidays shift the count. The checker above returns the actual next date for each bin, so there is nothing to count.

Cronulla bin day: common questions

What council covers Cronulla?

Cronulla is collected by Sutherland Shire Council, in NSW. That is the council that sets your collection day, provides your bins and publishes the schedule.

When is bin day in Cronulla?

Collection day in Cronulla depends on your street. Sutherland Shire Council splits its area into collection zones so the trucks can cover the whole council across the week, which means different parts of Cronulla can be collected on different days. Enter your postcode in the checker on this page to get the next collection date for your own address.

How often is general waste collected in Cronulla?

Sutherland Shire Council collects the red bin for general waste weekly in Cronulla.

Which bin is recycling in Cronulla?

In Cronulla the yellow bin takes mixed recycling — paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal containers. It is fortnightly.

Does Cronulla have a green or FOGO bin?

Yes. Sutherland Shire Council provides a green bin for garden organics in Cronulla, fortnightly.

What if I've just moved to Cronulla?

The colour scheme you learned at your old address may not apply here. Check the Sutherland Shire Council colours below, then run your new address through the checker to get your collection day — asking a neighbour is unreliable, because they may be in a different collection zone.

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