Find out how to upgrade the bin rooms at your apartment complex.
Does your building have insufficient space for bins and waste storage? You may be eligible to receive a Council rebate to upgrade your facilities and improve waste management for your block.
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Council and the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) are offing rebates of up $10,000 under our Building Better Bin Bays Program. Funds are available to apartment buildings to improve the functionality and safety of their waste storage areas.
By upgrading bin bays, buildings can:
- Reduce litter and illegal dumping
- Improve safety and accessibility to bins
- Make recycling easier and more efficient
- Create a more attractive street frontage by concealing bins
Eligible buildings can apply for a rebate of up to $10,000*.
Rebates can be used to assist in covering the costs of:
• Completing a Development Application (DA)
• Demolition of previous waste infrastructure
• The construction of new DA approved waste storage areas
*The rebate will not cover costs exceeding $10,000. If the full amount is not spent, the unused portion of the rebate will not be issued.
- Apartment blocks with communal external waste storage areas, or where an absence of infrastructure results in bins being stored on driveways or grass
- Buildings approved prior to 2012
- Either a Strata or Community Title properties; build to rent, boarding houses or other single private owner properties are ineligible
- Preference will be given to smaller buildings where the financial burden of improvement works per unit is more significant
Expressions of Interest open Wednesday 24 September 2025
For more information, contact Resource Recovery on 9707 9000 or email recycling@cbcity.nsw.gov.au
This program is made possible with grant funding from the NSW Government Waste Innovation Fund.