Your organics bin has a lime green lid and is collected on the opposite week to your yellow-lid recycling bin. 

The service currently only accepts garden clippings. If it grew in your garden it can go in your garden organics bin.

From 30 June 2025 food scraps will also be accepted and your bin will be collected weekly. However we are not licenced to accept food until that date. More information available here.

Check the dates for Cessnock and Maitland’s FOGO information kiosks here.

If you do not have an approved organics bin, or your bin has not been serviced, click here.  An additional bin is available by contacting your local council.

Your organics are processed into commercial grade compost by ANL that is used in a range of horticultural products used to improve soil quality.

To protect the quality of the final product, the Solo collection trucks are equipped with cameras that detect and record any incorrect material in the bin.