Melbourne City bin collection days

Look up waste, recycling and FOGO collection nights for Melbourne City (Metro), Victoria. Free on CouncilBins — one app for every council.

full full open-data coverage · 6 collection zones

Find your Melbourne City bin night

Street + suburb works best. Multi-day suburbs need an address so we can pin the correct zone.

Preferred path: OCD day-zone polygons (street pin) + 2026–27 calendar schedule model (waste weekly, FOGO weekly, recycling fortnightly epoch 2026-07-06). No property-level feed. Open-data rub_start/rec_start still 2015 and rec_weeks=1 — overridden. Some multi-unit communal FOGO sites have weekly recycling (not modelled). Holiday exceptions (Good Friday, Christmas Day) per council.

About Melbourne City schedules

Kerbside bin nights in Melbourne City are set by collection zone (or property), not by suburb alone. That means two homes on different streets in the same suburb can have different days for garbage, recycling and FOGO.

CouncilBins supports Victoria’s open data initiative: when Melbourne City publishes machine-readable schedules (CSV, GeoJSON or ArcGIS), we import and periodically refresh them so residents get one reliable experience.

Data attribution: City of Melbourne open data — Garbage collection zones (OCD) + 2026–27 calendars

Official council site: www.melbourne.vic.gov.au

Frequently asked questions

What day are bins collected in Melbourne City?

Collection days vary by street and zone within Melbourne City. Enter your street and suburb on CouncilBins to pin your exact waste, recycling and FOGO nights when open data allows.

Does Melbourne City publish open data for bin schedules?

Yes — Melbourne City has machine-readable schedule data we refresh into CouncilBins so residents can look up next collection dates in one statewide app.

What is FOGO?

FOGO means Food Organics and Garden Organics — the green-lid kerbside bin used by many Victorian councils. Collection is often fortnightly, alternating with recycling.