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Schedule data last verified: August 2026
Skip the guesswork. Type your address and get the next four weeks of pickups for every bin you have.
Enter my addressEach linked suburb page lists its usual collection day and the bins in service there. Postcodes 4865, 4869, 4870, 4879 fall inside the council area.
The standard Cairns Regional household puts out three bins across the cycle: general waste is collected weekly and recycling and garden organics fortnightly.
Bin types and frequencies may vary by property. Enter your address for the confirmed schedule.
Collection nights in Cairns Regional vary by street and zone, so the reliable way to get your night is an address search rather than a suburb level guess.
Your exact night depends on which side of a zone boundary your street sits, so check your address to be sure.
Public holidays are the main disruptor of an otherwise steady cycle. What changes and when is covered in the public holiday bin guide.
Cairns Regional runs its own address lookup service for bin schedules.
We built a direct connection to it, so a search here returns the same dates as the council's own tool.
Collection nights in Cairns Regional vary by street and zone, so the reliable way to get your night is an address search rather than a suburb level guess. Search your address here for the dates that apply to your property.
No. Collection zones follow streets rather than suburb boundaries, so two addresses in the same suburb can have different nights. An address search resolves your exact zone.
The usual lineup is this: general waste is collected weekly and recycling and garden organics fortnightly. Individual properties can differ, so check your address for the confirmed set.
Kerbside collection across Cairns Regional is run by the council itself, which sets the zones, days and bin lineup for the whole Queensland council area. What you see on this site mirrors the council's published schedule.
For anything account related, such as new bins or missed pickups, use the Cairns Regional website.
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