Council Clean Up
Council offers a service for collecting bulky household items, mattresses and whitegoods.
Use the drop down below to find out how to organise a Council clean up in your area.
If your items are too good for the tip, there are options to reuse and re-home them:
Inner West Council – West (former Ashfield area)
Inner West Council offers:
- free scheduled clean-up service for bulky household items and furniture. Check our online waste calendar for the clean up date in your location
- free mattress and whitegoods collections for recycling
Still have items you want to dispose of? Council operates a Weekend Transfer Station that accepts mattresses, e-waste, garden organics and recycling for free. General waste is accepted for a fee.
Organise your scheduled collection
Check the online waste calendar to find out the exact date for the clean up in your area.
- 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 place materials so they block the footpath or hinder pedestrian access
- Don’t place materials out late – they will not be collected.
What we collect
- Old furniture and damaged household items
- Bundled and tied ropes, strings, hoses
- Garden waste, tied in bundles or bagged, less than 1m in length
What we don't collect
- Whitegoods – see below for a booked whitegoods collection
- Car parts
- Paint, oils, gas cylinders, batteries, fluorescent lamps/tubes, smoke alarms – you can bring many of these to one of our Community Recycling Centres
- Building materials such as bricks, concrete, soil, sand, asbestos – See the Business Recycling website for drop off options
- TVs, computers and peripherals – you can drop these to one of our Community Recycling Centres
Book a free white goods and mattress collection
All whitegoods and mattresses collected are recycled. Inner West Council has partnered with mattress recyclers to collect, reuse and recycle mattresses. Mattresses that cannot be used are dismantled and recycled.
- Try to book at least two weeks in advance.
- Please place items neatly on the kerb the night before your collection. Any items placed out earlier could be considered illegal dumping
Book a mattress collection
Book a white goods collection
Report a missed booked clean up
Cancel a booked clean up
What we collect
- Ovens and stove tops
- Washing machines
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Clothes dryers
- Microwaves
- Metal water heaters
- Small metal appliances (non-repairable)
- Guttering (cut into approx. 1 metre lengths)
- Mattresses
What we don't collect
- Car parts
- Paint, oils, gas cylinders, batteries, fluorescent lamps/tubes, smoke alarms – you can bring many of these to our Community Recycling Centres
- Building materials such as bricks, concrete, soil, sand, asbestos – See the Business Recycling website for drop off options
- TVs, computers and peripherals – you can drop these to one of our Community Recycling Centres
- Furniture including bed frames and air mattresses - refer to you scheduled Council Clean Up
- Recyclables
- Polystyrene foam
- Garden waste
Inner West Council – North (former Leichhardt area)
Inner West Council offers:
- free scheduled clean-up service for bulky household items and furniture. Check our online waste calendar for the clean up date in your location.
- free mattress and whitegoods collections for recycling.
Still have items you want to dispose of? Council operates a Weekend Transfer Station that accepts mattresses, e-waste, garden organics and recycling for free. General waste is accepted for a fee.
Organise your scheduled collection
Check the online waste calendar to find out the exact date for the clean up in your area.
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).
What we collect
- Old furniture and damaged household items
- Bundled and tied ropes, strings, hoses
- Garden waste, tied in bundles or bagged, less than 1m in length
What we don't collect
- Whitegoods – see below for a booked whitegoods collection
- Car parts
- Paint, oils, gas cylinders, batteries, fluorescent lamps/tubes, smoke alarms – you can bring many of these to one of our Community Recycling Centres
- Building materials such as bricks, concrete, soil, sand, asbestos – See the Business Recycling website for drop off options
- TVs, computers and peripherals – you can drop these to one of our Community Recycling Centres
Book a free whitegoods and mattress collection
All whitegoods and mattresses collected are recycled. Inner West Council has partnered with mattress recyclers to collect, reuse and recycle mattresses. Mattresses that cannot be used are dismantled and recycled.
- Try to book at least two weeks in advance.
- Please place items neatly on the kerb the night before your collection. Any items placed out earlier could be considered illegal dumping
Book a mattress collection
Book a white goods collection
Report a missed booked clean up
Cancel a booked clean up
What we collect
- Ovens and stove tops
- Washing machines
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Clothes dryers
- Microwaves
- Metal water heaters
- Small metal appliances (non-repairable)
- Guttering (cut into approx. 1 metre lengths)
- Mattresses
What we don't collect
- Car parts
- Paint, oils, gas cylinders, batteries, fluorescent lamps/tubes, smoke alarms – you can bring many of these to our Community Recycling Centres
- Building materials such as bricks, concrete, soil, sand, asbestos – See the Business Recycling website for drop off options
- TVs, computers and peripherals – you can drop these to one of our Community Recycling Centres
- Furniture including bed frames and air mattresses - refer to you scheduled Council Clean Up
- Recyclables
- Polystyrene foam
- Garden waste
Inner West Council – South (former Marrickville area)
Inner West Council offers:
- free clean up service for bulky household items and furniture.
- free mattress and whitegoods collections for recycling.
Still have items you want to dispose of? Council operates a Weekend Transfer Station that accepts mattresses, e-waste, garden organics and recycling for free. General waste is accepted for a fee.
Please note the booking system will be online shortly.
Book a collection now
Report a missed booked clean up
Categories
1. Household items and furniture
Just place broken items out for collection as all of these will go to landfill. Check our A–Z: What goes where? for a range alternatives to dispose of many of your unwanted goods.
What we do collect
- Broken furniture
- Broken household items
- Unusable timber bed frames
- Used floor coverings
- Broken small appliances (to work towards zero waste Council offers drop offs for e-waste at one of our Community Recycling Centre)
What we do NOT collect
- Building materials (including concrete, bricks, sand, gyprock, etc.)
- Tyres
- Car parts
- Paints, oils and toxic waste (you can bring many of these to our Community Recycling Centre)
- Household garbage
- Items that cannot be lifted by two persons
2. Branches
All of the tree branches collected are processed into mulch and compost.
What we do collect
- Tree branches, bundled and tied
- Christmas trees, bundled and tied
- Maximum 1m in length and 15cm in diameter
What we do NOT collect
- Tree stumps
- Dirt
- Leaves in plastic bags
- Rocks
- Building rubble
- Garden hoses
- Garbage
- Fruits and vegetables
- Timber off cuts, untreated and painted
3. Metal and white goods
Metal and whitegoods booked through the free clean-up service are recycled.
What we do collect
- BBQs
- Stoves
- Microwaves
- Fridges
- Freezers
- Washing machines
- Dryers
- Hot water systems
- Guttering (maximum 1.8 metres long)
- Single sheet galvanised iron (maximum 1.8 metres long)
- Metal bed frames
What we do NOT collect
- Car parts
- Building materials such as soil, stone, concrete, bricks and timber (See the Business Recycling website for drop off options)
- Paints, oils, gas cylinders and toxic waste (you can bring many of these to our Community Recycling Centre)
- Recyclables
- Polystyrene foam
4. Mattresses
Inner West Council has partnered with mattress recyclers to collect, reuse and recycle mattresses. Mattresses that cannot be used are dismantled and recycled.
What we do collect
- Mattresses (all sizes)
- Ensemble bases
- Futons
What we do NOT collect
- Sofa beds
- Metal bed frames
- Timber bed frames
- Pillows
- Air mattresses
How to make an online booking
- Select the type of waste
- Provide as much information as possible about the items under "description of waste"
- Choose the next available collection date
- Add location details (front, rear or side of property)
- You will be given guidelines on when and how to present your items for collection. Don't forget to mark the collection date on your calendar and take your items out the night before!
- Please note that mattresses are collected within 48 hours of your booked collection date on weekdays, excluding holidays. A maximum of 3 mattresses are allowed per booking.
You can book a free collection for items that belong to the four categories above. Make sure you select all waste categories that apply to your booking to help us recycle. For example, book a mattress pick up separately from a fridge collection under the metal/white goods category. Items in each of the four categories are collected by different trucks as they are taken to different processing facilities for recycling or landfill disposal. Booking your items under the wrong category will cause delays in your collection.
Please place the materials for collection neatly outside your property the night before the collection date ensuring no obstructions to pedestrians. There is a limit of no more than 2 cubic metres of waste (equivalent to a small trailer load) per collection of general clean-ups and metal goods. This means that timber fencing, etc. needs to be less than 2 metres in length.
Remember: Inner West Council has education programs and free clean-up services, so please do not dispose of your waste in public spaces. Illegal dumping can be a health and safety hazard for the community, blocking drains and causing pollution. Dumping is also unsightly, has a magnetic effect, blocks amenities, and has a negative impact on community pride.
Book a collection now