Adelaide Hills Council

We provide Adelaide Hills Council residents with a:

blue-lidded bin (140 litres) for general waste
yellow-lidded bin (240 litres) for recycling
lime green-lidded bin (240 litres) for green organics.
‘at call’ hard waste collection (1 free per financial year)

General waste is collected weekly and alternate fortnightly pick-ups are scheduled for recycling and green organics within the township areas. Check your collection calendar and map to find your collection days. Your bin collection may change if it falls on a catastrophic fire danger rating day – find out more about bin collection on fire warning days.

Kitchen Caddy for food scraps

Adelaide Hills Council provide residents who currently have a green-lidded food and garden organics/FOGO bin with a kitchen caddy and one roll of 150 compostable liners to collect food scraps and other compostable items.  These materials can be placed into the green-lidded food and garden organics/FOGO bin for composting.  Call  Council on 08) 8408 04000 to order a basket or liners or collect your free starter kit from Council’s service centres located at Norton Summit, Woodside, Gumeracha and Stirling. A limited number of bags and caddies are available

Has your bin gone missing or been vandalised? 

Click here to download and submit the form to East Waste.

Does your bin need repairing?

Click here to fill in the online request form or call East Waste on 8347 5111

Missed bin day?

Get in touch with us to arrange collection or report a problem. Download the free My Local Services app to recieve bin collection reminders.

Please click on the links below to download and submit forms to East Waste for the following requests or enquiries:

Apply for an additional bin 

Transfer or Cancellation of additional bin service

Missing or Vandalised bin report

Please click on the links below to download and submit forms to Adelaide Hills Council for the following requests or enquiries:

Apply for a new home bin service

Application for Green Organic bin service for commercial property

Application for Event Bins for Community events

Hard rubbish made easy!

East Waste collects hard rubbish for Adelaide Hills Council residents and each household is entitled to one free hard waste collection (up to two cubic metres, about the size of a standard trailer load). Book your hard waste collection.

Waste management for the Adelaide Hills Council is managed as part of the Adelaide Hills Region Waste Management Authority (AHRWMA). The authority and East Waste are committed to meeting the goals and targets outlined within the State’s overall waste strategy and educating the regional community on responsible waste choices that enhance and maintain their environment.

East Waste takes the general waste collected from the Adelaide Hills Council area to the Brinkley Landfill – the AHRWMA develops and manages this site as an EPA compliant model regional landfill.

Free green organics waste drop off days
To assist with fire prevention in the Adelaide Hills Council district, ratepayers can drop off green organic material for free on the following dates from 9am to 4pm. (Proof of residency is required).

• Wednesday 20 March ​Gumeracha Council Depot ​5 John Fisher Avenue
• Saturday 23 March ​ ​Gumeracha Council Depot ​​5 John Fisher Avenue and ​Woodside Council Depot ​10 Tiers Road
• Wednesday 27 March ​Woodside Council Depot ​10 Tiers Road
• ​Saturday 30 March ​Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre ​​​32 Scott Creek Road

Only clean residential green organics will be accepted – including grass clippings, prunings, leaves and small branches up to 100mm diameter. Load size is limited to a 6×4 trailer.

Drop off locations:
Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre, 32 Scott Creek Road Heathfield
Woodside Council Depot, 10 Tiers Road Woodside
Gumeracha Council Depot, 5 John Fisher Avenue Gumeracha

Service will be cancelled if a catastrophic fire danger day is declared.

Electronic waste recycling

Click here to locate your nearest drop-off location for electronic items ie anything with a battery or cord. Most electronic items are banned from landfill and should be recycled.

Find out more about East Waste’s commitment to the environment and our waste management and recycling processes.