Council Clean Up
Booked Council clean ups are on hold at this time, please hang on to anything that can't be reused or recycled until normal services are resumed.
Until it is safe for our staff and our community to use this service again please
- store any unwanted items that can't go into your bins in a suitable space in your home
- don't place those items on the kerbside. This it not ok and you can get fined
- don't drop your stuff in front of a charity shop. This material is considered litter and will be sent to landfill at a cost to the charity
What you can do instead
Inner West Council – Ashfield
Council offers two scheduled clean up services each year and additionally up to 4 free booked clean up services per household per year.
Scheduled Council clean up
Council holds two general clean ups per year, usually in May and November. Check the online waste calendar to find out the exact date for the clean up in your area.
How to prepare for your Clean Up
- Please separate white goods, metals, garden waste and mattresses into different piles. These materials may be collected by different collection crews.
- Items suitable for collection must be placed on the kerb outside your premises the Sunday before collection in your street begins. Any items placed out earlier could be considered illegal dumping.
- Please remove all doors and locks from refrigerators and other items that have compartments.
- Don’t put out materials that are too dangerous or too large
- Don’t put out commercial, industrial or building waste out for collection – these will not be collected
- Don’t place materials so they block the footpath or hinder pedestrian access
- Don’t place materials out late – they will not be collected.
Please carefully read the list of items we do and don’t collect (PDF 1.1MB) at a scheduled clean up.
Free booked Clean Up
Current pre booked Council clean up services will be collected.
Future Council clean up bookings are closed.
Normal services will recommence as soon as possible.
Find out more information about Council’s Coronavirus response plan here
Inner West Council – Leichhardt
Council offers two scheduled clean ups each year and a free booked clean up for metal, white goods and mattresses.
Scheduled Council clean up
Council holds clean ups of household items twice a year for disposal of damaged items only. Check the online waste calendar to find the dates for your location.
What we do collect
- Damaged furniture (secure doors)
- Damaged soft furnishings
- Broken blinds, toys etc.
- Broken flower pots
What we do NOT collect
- White goods, car parts – Council provides a separate collection for white goods (no car parts)
- TVs, computers and peripherals – visit the household chemical and e-waste drop off page
- Paint, gas cylinders, batteries, fluorescent lamps/tubes, out of date gas bottles, paints, smoke alarms – visit the household chemical and e-waste drop off page
- Building materials such as bricks, concrete, soil, sand, asbestos – See the Business Recycling website for drop off options
- Hazardous chemicals – visit the household chemical and e-waste drop-off page
How to prepare your items
Please place items neatly on the kerb the night before your collection. Any items placed out earlier could be considered illegal dumping. Maximum 1 utility load (approximately 1.5m x 1.5m x 1m).
Booked Council clean up (for metal, white goods and mattresses only)
Current pre booked Council clean up services will be collected.
Future Council clean up bookings are closed.
Normal services will recommence as soon as possible.
Find out more information about Council’s Coronavirus response plan here
Inner West Council – Marrickville
Current pre booked Council clean up services will be collected.
Future Council clean up bookings are closed.
Normal services will recommence as soon as possible.
Find out more information about Council’s Coronavirus response plan here