Get RED-y! General waste bin changeover
Making the change to red-lidded bins
Every council in Victoria is required to have the same coloured bin system by 2030 in line with State Government requirements. This includes general waste bins having a red lid.
Bayside is making the change to red-lidded bins over an eight-week period, starting in September.
You don’t have to do a thing until you receive your new bin.
Here’s how it works:
- Your new red-lid bin will be delivered to your nature strip a few days before your usual general waste collection (with a tag that has changeover instructions attached).
- Take the new red-lid bin in and start using it.
- Put your old dark green bin out on your next collection day (with rubbish in it).
- This bin will be emptied as normal – but leave it out!
- It will then be taken away within the following week.
Don’t worry - your new red-lidded bin will be the same size as your current bin and the bins being taken away will be recycled into new bins.
