Waste and Recycling
Update – Plastics collection pause at the Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre (CRC)
Council currently remains unable to collect soft and hard plastics at the Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre (CRC). Visit the Community Recycling Centre webpage for details.
Updated 21.02.2025
Hornsby Shire Council is responsible for the weekly collection of red lid garbage bins and alternating, fortnightly collection of recycling (yellow lid) and garden (green lid) bins.
Your Weekly Collection
Hornsby Shire residents are among the best recyclers in Australia but sometimes it's not clear what can and cannot be recycled. Read this guide to help you sort your recycling correctly.
Recycling
Hornsby Shire Council carries out regular bulky waste collections, when residents can place large items on their nature strip to be picked up and taken to landfill or recycled.
Bulky Waste Collection
Stay up to date with exciting waste and recycling initiatives, workshops and events.
Waste Events and Education
Hornsby Shire Council provides local businesses with a range of waste and recycling options.
Biz Waste Services
There are many viable alternatives to single-use items. We encourage you to check out the range and choose what is best for you.
Waste Reduction
More than 20 per cent of Hornsby Shire’s residents live in apartment buildings. Council recognises the importance of recycling and the key issues associated with recycling and apartment buildings.
Apartment Living Program
llegal dumping costs Council and the community thousands of dollars each year and damages our environment.
Report Illegal Dumping
Waste & Recycling Enquiries
Please call the Waste Hotline on13 70 30
Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm
Community Recycling Centre
Find your bin collection dates
Book a Bulky Waste Collection
Collection Service Requests
Report a Waste Issue
Waste Fees and Charges
Waste Events and Education
Waste Questions and Tips
Waste and Recycling Services Guide
View the guide in English, Simplified Chinese, Farsi, Korean or Arabic.
