New South Wales · 16 suburb guides
Schedule data last verified: July 2026
Your bin night depends on your street, not just your suburb. An address search shows the exact dates for your property.
Enter my addressEach linked suburb page lists its usual collection day and the bins in service there. Postcodes 2264, 2265, 2280, 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2289 and more fall inside the council area.
Lake Macquarie City Council runs a two bin kerbside service: general waste is collected weekly and recycling fortnightly.
Bin types and frequencies may vary by property. Enter your address for the confirmed schedule.
Collection nights in Lake Macquarie City Council vary by street and zone, so the reliable way to get your night is an address search rather than a suburb level guess.
If your street sits near a zone edge, your night can differ from your neighbours two blocks over, so search your address to confirm.
Public holidays are the main disruptor of an otherwise steady cycle. What changes and when is covered in the public holiday bin guide.
Lake Macquarie City Council 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 Lake Macquarie City Council 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.
Search your address from the home page. The result shows which bins go out on which nights at your property over the next four weeks, drawn from Lake Macquarie City Council's data.
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.
Lake Macquarie City Council looks after waste and recycling services for its part of New South Wales, covering the 16 suburbs listed on this page. The dates shown here come from the council's own collection data.
For anything account related, such as new bins or missed pickups, use the Lake Macquarie City Council website.
Or browse all New South Wales councils.