Ballina Shire · NSW 2478
Schedule data last verified: July 2026
Ballina Shire handles the bins in Lennox Head, a NSW suburb in postcode 2478.
The suburb sits roughly 740km North of Sydney CBD.
Locals know it for the Lennox Head seven mile beach.
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.
These are the bins Ballina Shire supplies to Lennox Head households, each on its own cycle, which is why the kerb looks different from week to week.
You know the bay is close when the wind changes direction the night before bin day.
Every suburb has its rhythms. Knowing your collection day is part of knowing your street.
Lennox Head falls under Ballina Shire for waste and recycling collections.
Visit Ballina Shire website for the official policy and any service updates.
Correct bin: General Waste (red lid).
Standard kerbside recycling doesn't accept polystyrene, the white foam used in appliance packaging. Break it up to fit in the red bin. Some specialist facilities accept it separately.
Avoid: Don't put polystyrene in the yellow recycling bin. It clogs machinery and can't be sorted.
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 NSW.
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 NSW council, Ballina Shire included.
Bulky items never go in kerbside bins. Ballina Shire runs a hard waste service, either booked on demand or on scheduled dates depending on the area; the booking form and accepted items list are on the council website. Charities collect saleable furniture free.
The bay suburbs each run their own collection schedules. Here are the closest ones to check.
Zones split Lennox Head street by street. An address search shows exactly which bins go out at your place, and when.
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