Waste & recycling for residents

The 2023 recycling and waste calendars are available for Adelaide and North Adelaide.

Keeping the community clean and hygienic

Keeping the city and North Adelaide clean is one of the many tasks provided by the City of Adelaide’s Public Realm Team. It helps keep the area tidy and visually appealing, not to mention hygienic.

Collection services

The Council provides a regular kerbside waste collection service to residents for:

  • general waste (140 litre red lidded bin) – collected weekly
  • recyclable items (140 or 240 litre yellow lidded bin) – collected fortnightly
  • organic waste such as food and garden waste (140 or 240 litre green lidded bin) – collected fortnightly
  • Hard waste – two pre-booked collections per household each calendar year.

To see when your bins will be collected you can view the calendar:

Tip: Why not print a copy and put it on your fridge for handy reference!

Public holidays

Waste collections continue on public holidays, except for Good Friday and Christmas Day. Collections that fall on these days resume the next day.

Enhanced services

Need a larger bin? No problem. If the regular waste service is not suitable for your needs and you wish to discuss your bin size options please contact customer service. Note: there may be fees with upsizing.

Kitchen caddys

As part of our commitment to environmentally sustainability, City of Adelaide enables residents to recycle waste food using a small green organics (lime green lid) bin.

This service aims to reduce the amount of food waste destined for landfill as the contents can be placed in your green organics bin for kerbside collection.