Mitcham is collected by City of Whitehorse. Check your next collection date and which bins go out.
Which council collects Mitcham?
Mitcham is in City of Whitehorse, Victoria.
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 Mitcham, or you are checking on behalf of a
rental, City of Whitehorse is who you are dealing with. Our full
City of Whitehorse bin day guide has the detail
, and City of Whitehorse’s own website is the source of record
.
Mitcham bin colours and collection frequency
City of Whitehorse issues 3 bins to households
in Mitcham:
Whitehorse offers FOGO as an opt-in service — the lime green bin accepts all food scraps including meat and bones. Yellow and lime green alternate fortnightly.
Why your street may differ from the rest of Mitcham
Knowing the council is only half of it. City of Whitehorse 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 Mitcham 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 food and garden organics (fogo) is fortnightly (alternates with yellow, opt-in).
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.
Mitcham bin day: common questions
What council covers Mitcham?
Mitcham is collected by City of Whitehorse, in Victoria. That is the council that sets your collection day, provides your bins and publishes the schedule.
When is bin day in Mitcham?
Collection day in Mitcham depends on your street. City of Whitehorse splits its area into collection zones so the trucks can cover the whole council across the week, which means different parts of Mitcham 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 Mitcham?
City of Whitehorse collects the red bin for general waste weekly in Mitcham.
Which bin is recycling in Mitcham?
In Mitcham the yellow bin takes mixed recycling — paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal containers. It is fortnightly.
Does Mitcham have a green or FOGO bin?
Yes. City of Whitehorse provides a lime green bin for food and garden organics (fogo) in Mitcham, fortnightly (alternates with yellow, opt-in).
What if I've just moved to Mitcham?
The colour scheme you learned at your old address may not apply here. Check the City of Whitehorse 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.
