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Southport bin day & collection schedule

Gold Coast City · QLD 4215

Southport waste collection overview

Southport is a QLD suburb in postcode 4215, served by Gold Coast City for kerbside waste, recycling and organics collection.

The suburb sits roughly 76km S of Brisbane CBD.

Locals know it for the Gold Coast University Hospital.

This page summarises the bin schedule, recycling rules and council details that apply to Southport. For the live schedule for your specific address, enter it on the home page.

Key facts

  • Council: Gold Coast City
  • Postcode: 4215
  • Population: 29,000
  • Location: 76km S of Brisbane CBD
  • State: QLD

Which bins does Southport have?

Gold Coast City provides the following kerbside bins in Southport. Each has a different frequency, so the bins you put out vary week to week.

  • General Waste, collected weekly.
  • Recycling, collected fortnightly.
  • Garden Waste, collected fortnightly.

Southport bin day at a glance

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.

About your council's collection service

Southport falls under Gold Coast City for waste and recycling collections.

  • This council operates a standard three-bin kerbside service: general waste (red lid), recycling (yellow lid), and garden organics (green lid).
  • Collections are typically fortnightly, with recycling and organics alternating each week.
  • Your exact collection day depends on your street. Enter your address above to find it.
  • Your specific collection day depends on your street. Enter your address above to find yours.

Visit Gold Coast City website for the official policy and any service updates.

What goes where: batteries

Correct bin: Neither bin. Drop off at Bunnings or a council facility..

Batteries can cause fires in both collection trucks and at sorting facilities. Bunnings stores, some councils, and battery retailers accept used batteries for safe recycling.

Avoid: Don't put batteries in any kerbside bin, not even the general waste bin.

Frequently asked questions

Are bottle caps recyclable?

Metal screw-top lids from glass jars and bottles can stay on when you put them in the yellow bin. Small plastic caps on plastic bottles should generally be removed, as they're often a different plastic type. Large plastic lids from takeaway containers are fine in recycling.

How often is recycling collected?

In many councils, recycling is collected every two weeks, often alternating with garden organics. Some areas run weekly recycling, and a few run weekly general waste with fortnightly everything else. Enter your address above to find your specific schedule.

What goes in the yellow recycling bin?

The yellow-lid bin accepts paper, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, steel and aluminium cans, and rigid plastic containers (bottles, tubs, trays). Soft plastics, food waste, and contaminated packaging don't belong in it.

Nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbs have their own collection schedules. Here are the closest ones to check.

Surfers ParadiseBroadbeachRobinaCoolangatta

Quick tips for bin night

  • Check your bin before bin night. Bin night is not the time to discover your bin is still full from last fortnight. A quick check the day before saves you a very long fortnight.
  • The green bin loves your garden. The green bin isn't a mulching service, but it's as close as most households get. Grass clippings, leaves, small branches: all welcome.
  • Batteries are not bin material. A battery in any kerbside bin is a fire waiting to happen in the truck. Drop them at a collection point instead. Future you, and the truck driver, will thank you.

Get the schedule for your street

Bin days in Southport vary by street and zone. Enter your address on the home page to see the next collection date for every bin.

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