Sunshine Coast · QLD 4560
Schedule data last verified: July 2026
In Nambour, postcode 4560, waste and recycling services come from Sunshine Coast.
The suburb sits roughly 105km North of Brisbane CBD.
Locals know it for the the Nambour heritage main street and the old sugar mill site.
Below is the Nambour rundown: which bins you have, the usual collection rhythm and the local rules worth knowing. For your street's exact dates, search your address from the home page.
The standard Nambour lineup from Sunshine Coast is listed below. Because the cycles differ, no two weeks put exactly the same bins on the kerb.
Garden organics collected separately. Find out which week yours goes out.
Green lid, green bin, fortnightly rotation. Enter your address to confirm your next pickup.
Nambour falls under Sunshine Coast for waste and recycling collections.
Visit Sunshine Coast 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.
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 QLD council, Sunshine Coast included.
Anything in the yellow bin that does not belong: food soiled packaging, soft plastics, clothing, electrical items. It matters because a contaminated load from Nambour can send a whole truck to landfill, and Sunshine Coast can tag or refuse repeat offending bins.
FOGO means Food Organics and Garden Organics: food scraps composted along with garden waste in the green bin. Whether Sunshine Coast's green bin accepts food depends on its current rollout; the lid sticker is the quickest check, and the council website confirms it.
The neighbouring streets have their own schedules. Here's what's happening nearby.
Two Nambour streets can have two different bin nights. Your address gives you the exact dates for every bin at your place.
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