Colac Otway bin collection days
Colac Otway Shire · Victoria · 4 suburb guides
Schedule data last verified: September 2026
Find your bin day in Colac Otway Shire
Your bin night depends on your street, not just your suburb. An address search shows the exact dates for your property.
Enter my addressSuburb bin day guides
Suburb guides below cover the usual collection night and bin setup for each area. Together they are home to around 16,000 people. Postcodes 3233, 3236, 3242, 3250 fall inside the council area.
Bins collected in Colac Otway Shire
Kerbside collection in Colac Otway Shire covers three bins. 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.
When is bin night in Colac Otway Shire?
Collection nights in Colac Otway Shire vary by street and zone, so the reliable way to get your night is an address search rather than a suburb level guess.
Treat the suburb day as a starting point and confirm your street with an address lookup.
After most public holidays, collections can slide back a day for the rest of that week. How this plays out is covered in the public holiday bin guide.
About the schedule data
Colac Otway Shire publishes bin schedules through its waste services portal, the same address lookup that appears on the council website.
When you search an address here, we query that portal directly, so the dates shown match what the council itself would tell you.
Colac Otway Shire bin questions
When is bin night in Colac Otway Shire?
Collection nights in Colac Otway Shire vary by street and zone, so the reliable way to get your night is an address search rather than a suburb level guess. Enter your address on Bin Night Tonight to see the exact pickup dates for your street.
What happens to Colac Otway Shire bin collection on public holidays?
Some public holidays push collections back one day for the rest of the week, while others change nothing. Check your address here during a holiday week to see the adjusted dates.
Does every street in Colac Otway Shire have the same bin day?
No, zones can split a suburb, and streets near a zone boundary often differ from their neighbours. Searching your address is the reliable way to get your night.
About Colac Otway Shire
As the local government area responsible for this corner of Victoria, Colac Otway Shire sets bin days, manages the kerbside fleet and handles service changes. Its most populous suburbs covered here are Colac, Apollo Bay and Birregurra. Schedules on this site track the council's published information.
Bin repairs, hard waste bookings and official notices live on the Colac Otway Shire website.
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