Garden rubbish removal (green waste)

What counts as green waste

Pruned branches, limbs, hedge trimmings, tree off-cuts, garden timber, stumps and root balls, and the leaves, bark and spoil that come with them. Anything from the garden that was once growing goes in as green waste.

Soil and topsoil are not green waste — they are hard fill. If the pile has a fair amount of earth in it, tell us and we will size it as hard fill so the bin is rated for the weight.

Why size matters for green

Timber and brush do not compact the way rubbish does. A ute load of branches can fill a 2.0m3 bin level to the rim, which is why the 3.5m3 and 6m3 bins exist. Getting the size right means one drop and one pick-up instead of two.

Large limbs and stumps need the bigger bin and a clear access point. A tight driveway or a low hedge tells us which size can physically be craned in and out.

Chipped, chipped, gone

Green waste is chipped and reprocessed rather than tipped with general waste, so it leaves the property as a sorted stream. That is the honest end of a garden clean-up: the pile you spent a weekend building is processed, not relocated.