Changes to waste collections this Christmas

• There will be no kerbside waste collections on Christmas Day (25 December).
• Collections will resume on Boxing Day, 26 December and will run through to Saturday 30 December.

All waste collections will be pushed forward by one day. If you normally receive a waste collection on a Monday, you’ll receive it on a Tuesday – and so on.   

How to dispose of your Christmas tree

Once the festivities are over, it’s important that Christmas trees are disposed of thoughtfully in our City.

If you live in a house or townhouse, you have a couple of options:

• You can book a free hard / green waste collection – note this is an extra service and won’t detract from your four, free, annual hard and green waste collections.
• You can dispose of your Christmas tree using your FOGO bin – cut the tree into pieces so that it fits neatly inside your bin. It will then be recycled into nutrient rich compost to be used on Victorian farms.

If you live in an apartment or unit block, we request that you book a hard / green waste collection. This is an extra service and won’t impact on the six free collections that apartments are eligible for each year. Please contact your owners corporation or building manager to make a booking on your behalf.

We request that those in apartments do not use our FOGO communal hubs to dispose of their Christmas tree. They take up a lot of space and may cause an issue for those wanting to use the bins for food and garden waste.