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