Latrobe City · VIC 3842 · typically Thursdays
Schedule data last verified: July 2026
In Churchill, postcode 3842, waste and recycling services come from Latrobe City.
The suburb sits roughly 160km East of Melbourne CBD.
Locals know it for the Federation University Australia Gippsland campus.
Most streets in Churchill have a Thursday collection day, though your exact day depends on your street.
What follows covers the bins, the typical schedule and the quirks that apply locally. The address search on the home page turns that into exact dates for your door.
Latrobe City provides the following kerbside bins in Churchill. Each has a different frequency, so the bins you put out vary week to week.
Green space, green bin. The garden organics collection is more useful here than you might think.
Living near parks and waterways means more yard material. Council has a separate stream for that.
Churchill falls under Latrobe City for waste and recycling collections.
Visit Latrobe City website for the official policy and any service updates.
When collections are pushed back over a holiday period, the gap between pickups grows. General waste and organics can build up faster than usual, especially across the festive season when households produce more of both.
Tip: Squash and flatten where you can, and avoid overfilling. A lid that will not close can mean the truck skips your bin.
Grass clippings, leaves, small branches and prunings. If Latrobe City runs a FOGO service, food scraps can join them in an approved compostable liner; if the lid says garden organics only, keep food out. When unsure, check the lid sticker or the council website.
A clean, dry pizza box is fine in the yellow bin. If the base is soaked with grease, tear off and recycle the clean lid and put the greasy half in general waste. This rule is the same across every VIC council, Latrobe City included.
Paper, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, steel and aluminium cans, and rigid plastic containers like bottles, tubs and trays. Soft plastics, food waste and contaminated packaging do not belong in it anywhere in VIC.
The surrounding suburbs each have their own collection days. Here are the closest ones.
Two Churchill streets can have two different bin nights. Your address gives you the exact dates for every bin at your place.
Find my bin day