Port Macquarie-Hastings · NSW 2446
Schedule data last verified: August 2026
Wauchope is a NSW suburb in postcode 2446, served by Port Macquarie-Hastings for kerbside waste, recycling and organics collection.
The suburb sits roughly 20km West of Port Macquarie.
Locals know it for the the Hastings River and Timbertown heritage village.
Collection days in Wauchope are set street by street, so there is no single day that holds for the whole suburb. Search your address to get the day and the bins for your place.
Everything below applies to Wauchope generally; your own street's dates come from the address search on the home page.
The standard Wauchope lineup from Port Macquarie-Hastings 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.
Wauchope falls under Port Macquarie-Hastings for waste and recycling collections.
Visit Port Macquarie-Hastings 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.
It depends on the holiday and the council. When Port Macquarie-Hastings shifts collections, everything from the holiday onward that week usually moves one day later. An address search during a holiday week shows any adjusted dates the council has published.
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, Port Macquarie-Hastings included.
FOGO means Food Organics and Garden Organics: food scraps composted along with garden waste in the green bin. Whether Port Macquarie-Hastings's green bin accepts food depends on its current rollout; the lid sticker is the quickest check, and the council website confirms it.
The surrounding suburbs each have their own collection days. Here are the closest ones.
Skip the guesswork on bin night in Wauchope. One address search shows the confirmed dates for every bin you have.
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