Blacktown City Council is rolling out the biggest change to its waste services in more than 30 years by providing a new food and garden waste service to more than 127,000 households.
Council will this week begin delivering kitchen caddies and green-lidded food and garden waste bins to eligible households which will help divert thousands of tonnes of waste from landfill.
This waste will be processed at Eastern Creek Organics and turned into compost for farming and agriculture use.
Blacktown City Mayor Brad Bunting said the rollout was a milestone in making the local area more sustainable.
"During extensive consultation for these changes, our community told us it was keen to have a food and garden waste service and make a positive contribution to the environment.
"Making this possible for the biggest council area in NSW is a mammoth task and a lot of careful planning of the resources needed to do the job has been required.
"I'm looking forward to seeing our community make the most of this opportunity so we can continue to look after where we live."
In addition to environmental benefits, the new standard waste service will provide households an increased bin capacity of 140 L per week to separate their waste.
The new standard waste service includes:
- a 240 L green-lidded food and garden waste bin, collected weekly
- the existing 240 L yellow-lidded recycling bin, collected fortnightly
- a 140 L red-lidded waste bin, collected weekly. Council will swap the existing 240 L red-lidded bin for a new 140 L red-lidded waste bin. Residents may choose to retain the 240L bin at an added cost or downsize to an 80 L red-lidded waste bin.
- up to 12 household clean-up services each year for bulky items
- 7 L kitchen caddy to collect food scraps for the new food and garden waste bin, 150 compostable liners to line the caddy and information on the new waste service options.
The new standard waste service will cost $674 for the 2025/26 financial year. This is $40 more than the current, two bin 2024/25 service. Residents may choose a smaller ($571) or larger waste service ($788) if this better suits their needs.
The new service also supports the NSW Government mandate for all households to have a food and garden waste service by 2030.
Council will assess extending the rollout to more households at a later date.
To help the community use the service, Council is running an online chat to make asking questions and receiving answers more convenient.
The service is available Monday to Friday, from 3.30 pm to 7.30 pm, via blacktown.nsw.gov.au/waste.
People can also call Council's Customer Service Centre on 5300 6000 Monday to Friday, 08.30 am - 4.30 pm.
Council has a strong track record of looking after our natural surroundings. Its environmental health team was named team of 2025 by Environmental Health Australia. In 2024, Council was named Keep Australia Beautiful NSW's Overall Sustainable Cities Winner.
