The Town Administration Centre and Town facilities will have adjusted hours over the festive season, and some bin collections will change.
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Waste Services over Christmas
Bin pickups scheduled on Thursday 25 & Friday 26 December and Thursday 1 & Friday 2 January will move one day later than usual, noting the 27 December and 3 January collections on a Saturday.
WMRC Shutdown from Monday, 22 December 2025 to Friday, 2 January 2026 - Verge Valet collections, the Recycling Hotline, and the West Metro Recycling Centre will be affected during the holiday period. The earliest available Verge Valet bookings are in January 2026, and they are filling fast.
Have you gone FOGO? A downloadable map and calendar will help you find out when your FOGO, Recycling, and General waste collections are due.
Order an extra recycling bin, a larger recycling bin or a green waste bin here. Find out who to contact to discuss your general waste service or to report a missed bin service, or damaged or missing bins.
The Town of Cambridge introduced a new FOGO three-bin bin system across all single-dwelling units on 1 July 2024. This page contains the rollout information for residents.
Find out what you can dispose of in your recycling, green, and general waste bins.
Verge Valet™ is the convenient bulk rubbish and green waste service that's streets ahead of the old, messy communal collections. This service is available for residential ratepayers only – businesses are able to use the pre-paid Verge Valet® Extra version by calling (08) 6336 7223.Book your free mattress collection.Book a tip pass for available properties.
We offer recycling programmes to make it easy to get rid of unwanted items. Click through to find out about: - Mattress collection- Household Lights- Fluorescent Tubes- Printer Cartridges- Mobile Phones- Batteries
Find your closest recycling centre where you can drop off general waste, e-waste, green waste, recyclables and hazardous waste, and find the location of Town of Cambridge recycling stations for batteries, mobiles phones, print cartridges and more.
All the information that you need to report a trolley. Use the online Report It form to report rubbish dumped in your area.
Some common household items - such as aerosols and batteries - are hazardous and should not be disposed of in the general waste, recycling, or green waste bin. Find out what you can do and where you can dispose of them.
Reducing Food and Other household waste and avoiding Single Use Plastic
The Town of Cambridge provides a range of free resources and information to encourage and assist the community with their waste minimisation goals.
Information about what is shown on the resident's rates notice and where they can change their bins.