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Bins are allocated to a property during the development application based on the number of residential and commercial units. This is done to ensure that the building is designed to sufficiently hold the number of bins required by the residents.
Depending on the size and layout of the building bins may be allocated as 240, 660 or 1100 litre wheelie bins and either collected onsite or from the kerb.
Type of service
240L bin
660L bin
1100L bin
Rubbish (red)
Put out on the kerbside or collected onsite
Collected onsite
Recycling (yellow)
Garden waste (green)
Put out on the Kerbside for collection
Booking clean-ups
Clean ups can be booked up to one year in advance and it is best to give residents as much notice as possible on upcoming collections.
You can book collections by calling 9707 9000 or online at cb.city/cleanup
Maintaining bin storage areas
It is the responsibility of the building management to ensure that the bin rooms remain clean and accessible. This is particularly important on collection days as inaccessible bins will not be serviced.
Keeping a bin bay clean and well-lit encourages residents to do the right thing and correctly place their waste inside the bins provided.
Download our Caretakers Guide for tricks and tips on keeping your bin areas clean and tidy.
Managing illegal dumping onsite
It is the responsibility of building management to manage and remove illegal dumping onsite. It is illegal to move dumping from private property onto the nature strip more than 24 hours prior to a Clean Up collection.
Following a trial in 2016-17 the City of Canterbury Bankstown recognises that our apartment blocks are able to offer us the opportunity to recycle additional items beyond our standard red, green, and yellow bins.
To help improve resource recovery and ease pressure on rubbish collections council is offering large (70+units) additional recycling services. These include:
Mattress collections,
Electronic waste,
Polystyrene (foam),
Textiles and,
Bulky Cardboard.
Additional information
Additional Recycling Services in Apartments Agreement Case Study - The City of Canterbury Bankstown – Resource Recovery of Problem Wastes
Additional Recycling Services in Apartments Agreement
Case Study - The City of Canterbury Bankstown – Resource Recovery of Problem Wastes
Applications must be made by the building management on behalf of the owner's corporation, applications by residents will not be accepted.
For more information and to apply please contact Resource Recovery on 9707 9000 or email recycle@cbcity.nsw.gov.au.
By-laws are increasingly used to manage waste issues and illegal dumping in apartment blocks.
These laws can be used to recoup costs following dumping from tenants moving on as they are attributed to the specific unit. It is then the responsibility of the owner to charge the tenants bond for the removal of the dumping.