Kingston City · VIC 3202
Schedule data last verified: July 2026
In Heatherton, postcode 3202, waste and recycling services come from Kingston City.
The suburb sits roughly 22km SE of Melbourne CBD.
Locals know it for the Karkarook Park and the last of the market gardens.
Everything below applies to Heatherton generally; your own street's dates come from the address search on the home page.
These are the bins Kingston City supplies to Heatherton households, each on its own cycle, which is why the kerb looks different from 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.
Heatherton falls under Kingston City for waste and recycling collections.
Visit Kingston 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.
Never any kerbside bin. E-waste is banned or diverted from landfill across Victoria, and Kingston City lists its e-waste drop off options online, usually the local transfer station plus periodic collection events. Officeworks takes computers, phones and cables in most areas.
Anything in the yellow bin that does not belong: food soiled packaging, soft plastics, clothing, electrical items. It matters because a contaminated load from Heatherton can send a whole truck to landfill, and Kingston City can tag or refuse repeat offending bins.
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, Kingston City included.
The surrounding suburbs each have their own collection days. Here are the closest ones.
The suburb level picture above is a guide; your street is the real answer. Search your address for the next four weeks of collections.
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