Bin Collection Change For Christmas And New Year's Day 16 December

The City of Greater Geelong is making a minor change to bin collections on Thursdays and Fridays over the Christmas season fortnight.

People who would usually get their bins collected on these days will have their bins collected one day later.

As usual, residents are asked to put their bins out the evening before their scheduled collection day, with collections taking place the following morning.

There are no changes for people with collection days from Monday to Wednesday.

Our Resource Recovery Centres will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, but will operate with normal hours on all other days, allowing people to drop off extra cardboard and other holiday waste.

Mayor Stretch Kontelj OAM:

Christmas and New Year are the only times that we change our bin collection days to allow drivers the opportunity for some time off.

However, people with a change to their bin collection days will only see a difference of one day, and our Resource Recovery Centres will be open for residents except for Christmas and New Year's Day.

Environment and Circular Economy portfolio chair Councillor Elise Wilkinson:

With a bit of pre-planning, it's easy to reduce the amount of waste produced at Christmas, making clean up easier to handle and reducing your impact on the environment.

Think about cooking from scratch, reducing packaging, and sustainable gift-giving like giving experiences or edible gifts.