Victoria · 4 suburb guides
Schedule data last verified: July 2026
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Enter my addressEach linked suburb page lists its usual collection day and the bins in service there. Together they are home to around 69,000 people. Postcodes 3006, 3008, 3051, 3053 fall inside the council area.
Melbourne City runs a three bin kerbside service: 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.
There is no single Melbourne City bin night. Among the four suburbs with guides on this site, one has a Wednesday collection, one a Thursday run, one a Monday run and one a Tuesday run.
Southbank mostly see a Wednesday pickup and Docklands mostly see a Thursday pickup, though the boundary streets of any zone can differ.
Zone boundaries follow streets rather than suburb lines, so confirm your own night with an address search.
Holiday weeks are the usual reason a bin goes out on the wrong night. For how councils shift the schedule, see the public holiday bin guide.
Melbourne City 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.
There is no single Melbourne City bin night. Among the four suburbs with guides on this site, one has a Wednesday collection, one a Thursday run, one a Monday run and one a Tuesday run. Enter your address on Bin Night Tonight to see the exact pickup dates for your street.
It depends on the holiday. When collections do shift in Melbourne City, everything from the holiday onward usually moves one day later that week.
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.
As the local government area responsible for this corner of Victoria, Melbourne City sets bin days, manages the kerbside fleet and handles service changes. Its most populous suburbs covered here are Southbank, Carlton and Docklands. Schedules on this site track the council's published information.
Official service announcements and bin requests go through the Melbourne City website.
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