Recycling & waste

Read about the waste and recycling services available to residents within Adelaide city and North Adelaide. Download and print your areas collection calendar.

The City of Adelaide provides a regular rubbish collection service for businesses. Discover what you can and can't dispose of and when your bins will be collected.

Learn the eligibility criteria for Adelaide city and North Adelaide residents who wish to apply for a bin repair or replacement.

The City of Adelaide has put together this handy reference guide for residents about what items can go in your yellow lid bin, collected fortnightly.

The City of Adelaide has partnered with Central Adelaide Waste and Recycling Authority and Australian Food & Grocery Council to bring city residents a kerbside collection soft plastics recycling trial.

The City of Adelaide provides a hard waste collection service for residents of Adelaide city and North Adelaide. Read about the service and make a booking here.

City of Adelaide residents can dispose of hard-to-recycle items at our four Reuse and Recycle Hubs in the city. Find out more.

The City of Adelaide encourages the sustainable recycling of organic waste such as food scraps and garden waste. Learn about the tools available to residents.

City of Adelaide residents can order or collect a free kitchen caddy to help move food scraps to their green bin. Find out more about this service.

Information for residents of Adelaide city and North Adelaide on the safe disposal of electronic and hazardous waste items.

Littering and illegal dumping costs the City of Adelaide and the community. Learn what is littering and illegal dumping, and how to report it.

Do you have an item you're not sure how to dispose of? Use the which bin checker to find out.

Use the Resident waste portal for booking hard waste collections, requesting a new bin, to request a bin to be fixed or to report a missed bin collection.