Look up once
Search your suburb, add a street where needed, and see your next collection days in one place.
About CouncilBins
CouncilBins is a free app for kerbside bin collection dates — general waste, recycling, FOGO (food & garden organics), and glass where councils offer it.
The goal is simple: one experience across Australia. When you move suburbs — or interstate — you shouldn’t need a new council app, a new PDF calendar, or a new notification setup.
If your council hasn’t shared machine-readable schedules yet, the app says so clearly and makes it easy to send a polite request. Gentle public accountability — so coverage grows.
In New South Wales right now: 67 of 129 NSW councils have full schedules (51.9%) · See coverage
Save & remind
Pin addresses to My bins and turn on notifications the night before collection.
Move and keep it
Same app when you change council. Switch state anytime and track which LGAs still need data.
Built on open data
CouncilBins is built for Australia’s open data community: when councils publish machine-readable schedules and maps, residents get better services without juggling a dozen portals. Victoria’s open data initiative is a strong example of that approach — we also use data.gov.au, state portals such as data.vic.gov.au, and individual council open-data sites.
We periodically refresh public feeds and normalise them into one simple resident experience. Direct submissions from councils are welcome too.
If bin days aren’t available — or look out of date — it often means the council isn’t yet publishing (or refreshing) bulk schedules as open data. Use the report tools on a lookup to email them a ready-made request.
We don’t replace your council’s service rules — always check local guidance for what goes in each bin and for temporary changes (public holidays, missed collections). Councils sharing bulk data: export formats →
Contact us
Questions about the app, data coverage, partnerships, or a bug? Send a message and we’ll get back when we can. For a missed truck, use the report button on your lookup page — that email goes to your council, not us.