Brisbane City · QLD 4067
Schedule data last verified: July 2026
St Lucia is a QLD suburb in postcode 4067, served by Brisbane City for kerbside waste, recycling and organics collection.
The suburb sits roughly 6km South-West of Brisbane CBD.
Locals know it for the the University of Queensland sandstone campus and the Great Court.
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.
The standard St Lucia lineup from Brisbane City is listed below. Because the cycles differ, no two weeks put exactly the same bins on the kerb.
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.
St Lucia falls under Brisbane City for waste and recycling collections.
Visit Brisbane City 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, Brisbane City included.
The usual reasons: the lid was not fully closed, the bin was out after the truck passed, contamination was spotted in the recycling, or the truck arm could not reach past a parked car. Brisbane City has a missed collection form on its website; report it and leave the bin out.
Anything in the yellow bin that does not belong: food soiled packaging, soft plastics, clothing, electrical items. It matters because a contaminated load from St Lucia can send a whole truck to landfill, and Brisbane City can tag or refuse repeat offending bins.
The streets around here all have their own bin days. Here are the nearby suburbs worth bookmarking.
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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