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Waste and recycling

We offer several options for recycling, composting and waste disposal. Services include kerbside bin collections, organics alternatives, hard waste and mattress collections and a range of other services to support you.

Bin collection dates

Find the next collection day for your waste, recycling and green organics bins or download your collection calendar.

A-Z disposal guide

Find how to dispose of common household items and everyday products. See what goes in which bin and other disposal options.

Garage Sale Trail Festival

Australia’s favourite festival of reuse, the Garage Sale Trail, returns to the south this November. Happening online and in your community, it’s a month of money making, waste reducing, treasure hunting fun!

Kerbside bin collection service

Information about your wheelie bins include when they are collected, extra bins and bin issues including missed, broken or stolen bins.

Hard waste & mattress collection bookings

Do you need to get rid of items that cannot be recycled or are too bulky to go in kerbside bins?

Report an issue with your bin

You can report missed bin collections, lost or stolen bins or damaged bins online.

Request a green organics pass

Do you have excess green organics you need to dispose of? Request a free green organics disposal pass.

Composting at home

We offer subsidies and workshops to residents to help reduce the amount of organic matter that goes to landfill and cut the production of greenhouse gas emissions.

Waste and recycling drop-off options

Residents can access these drop off options to help dispose of unwanted items. Including e-waste, dumps, bottle and can recyclers and scrap metal recyclers.

Education and support

Waste and recycling educational tools and resources for home and school.

Illegal dumping

Help us keep our communities clean by reporting illegal dumping and littering.

Hook, Line and Thinker

Find out where you can dispose of your old fishing debris.

Shopping trolleys

Report abandoned shopping trolleys direct to the relevant retailer. Find their contact details here.

Waste Nott recycling store

The Waste Nott Recycling Store diverts items from landfill and sells them to the community as low-cost supplies for art, education and fun.

Balloons

To reduce damage to wildlife and natural spaces, the City of Onkaparinga is no longer using balloons at council-hosted events. We are also encouraging those participating in events with council or on council land, to consider using alternatives to balloons.

Compostable bags

Compostable bags are now available to purchase from our Customer Services offices.

Single use plastics ban

From 1 March 2021, single-use plastic straws, cutlery and stirrers will be prohibited from sale, supply or distribution in South Australia.

SRWRA School Recycled Art Competition 2021

We are calling out to all year 4-7 primary school classes / students in the Cities of Holdfast Bay, Marion and Onkaparinga to create artwork that illustrates the theme: Circular Economy.

Deadline extended to 5pm Friday 25 June 2021.

Customer Relations Centre

P +61 8 8384 0666
E mail@onkaparinga.sa.gov.au

Postal: PO Box 1,
Noarlunga Centre SA 5168

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Kaurna acknowledgement
The City of Onkaparinga acknowledges the Kaurna Nation and its people as the traditional owners and custodians of the land in the area now known as the City of Onkaparinga, and pays respect to Elders past and present.