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