Woollahra Municipal Council Bin Day

Woollahra Municipal Council is a local authority in New South Wales, home to ~60,000 residents, covering Double Bay, Paddington, Vaucluse, Rose Bay, Bellevue Hill, Edgecliff and Watsons Bay. Like most Australian councils, it runs a multi-bin kerbside collection service. The day your bins go out, and which bins go out which week, depends on your address.

This guide covers the standard Woollahra Municipal Council bin colours and frequencies, how to find your specific collection day, and an easier way to never have to think about bin night again.

Woollahra Municipal Council bin colours and schedule

Woollahra collects all three bins weekly — one of the few Sydney councils to do so. FOGO has been running since 2008, making it one of the longest-running food waste services in NSW.

How to find your collection day in Woollahra Municipal Council

Your exact collection day depends on your address. Woollahra Municipal Council divides the area into collection zones to balance truck routes across the week, which means different streets - and sometimes different sides of the same street, can have different days. The most reliable way to check is through the official Woollahra Municipal Council website:

Check your Woollahra Municipal Council bin collection day →

Enter your address there to see a personalised schedule, including any upcoming public holiday changes.

Why bin night gets confusing

Woollahra Municipal Council runs a FOGO (food and garden organics) service, which means food scraps go in the green or lime-green bin alongside garden waste, not the red bin. Many residents don't realise this when they first move in, especially if they've come from a council that still uses a fortnightly green-only garden bin.

Public holidays can shift the entire schedule by a day, and some councils push the rotation forward while others skip a week entirely. If you've just moved to Woollahra Municipal Council, your neighbours may be on a completely different rotation to you, even on the same street.

What the bin colours mean

The bin lid colours used in Woollahra Municipal Council follow Australia's national standard for kerbside bins (AS 4123.7):

• Red lid: general waste: the things that can't be recycled or composted.
• Yellow lid: mixed recycling: clean paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal containers.
• Green lid (FOGO): food and garden organics: food scraps go here, not in the red bin.

An easier way to remember bin night

If you're tired of checking calendars and counting fortnights, there's a simpler approach. Bindicator is a small lamp that sits on your kitchen bench or shelf and lights up the night before collection day in the colour of the bins that need to go out. You set it up once (it takes about 2 minutes), and then you never need to check a Woollahra Municipal Council calendar again.

Everyone in the house can see it. No app to open, no notification to dismiss.. When someone takes the bins out, they tap the lid to turn off the light, so the rest of the household knows it has been handled.

Bindicator costs A$35 with free returns and a 3-year warranty. No subscription, no ongoing cost.

Woollahra Municipal Council bin day: frequently asked questions