2026 Assisted Pick-up Outdoor Hard Waste Collection Booking Form | City of Darwin

PROGRAM OUTLINE

The 2026 assisted pick-up outdoor hard waste collection service is for people with limited physical and/or mental capacity that have no support to manage unwanted outdoor household items that may become hazards in a cyclone.
To be eligible, you must meet all eligibility criteria outlined below.
If all criteria are met, please complete and sign the authorisation below and click ‘submit booking request’.

AUTHORISATION

Eligibility Criteria

Please read the following eligibility criteria carefully and tick the box for each statement that is true:

I reside within the City of Darwin municipality

I have limited physical and/ or mental capacity to remove unwanted outdoor items and hold a current disability support card or a current doctor’s certificate for any of the following reasons: disability, age related frailty, mental illness, chronic illness, injury, recovery from surgery or another medical condition

I have no household member who is reasonably able to undertake the work safely

I have no reasonable access to informal or community support to undertake the work

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please read the following terms and conditions carefully before ticking the boxes below to confirm your agreement.

I agree:

to present my current disability support card or doctor’s certificate at my property, if requested, before City of Darwin collects my unwanted items
to sign the consent and indemnity form at the commencement of the hard waste collection service at my property to allow people to enter my private property for the purposes of this program
to declare all animals on-site in the booking form and on site that may pose a risk to collections teams
that all items will be presented safely in an outdoor area for collection (eg not inside houses or sheds)
there will be no prohibited items (image below) presented for collection
that submitting this booking request does not guarantee an assisted pick-up. City of Darwin will assess eligibility and available spaces and make contact by phone or email to confirm the booking, collection date and time
that providing false and misleading information is an offence under the Local Government Act 2019 for which the maximum penalty is $74,000 or imprisonment for 2 years

I declare that, as at the date below, I meet all the eligibility criteria listed above

I have read and agreed to the terms and conditions.

Type Full Name

Date

BOOKING DETAILS

Residential Address

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Phone Number

Email address

Preferred method of contact

Phone

Assisted pick up collection period

Bookings are open from 10 August and close 4 September 2026. Bookings may close earlier if all places are filled.
Collections will occur between the end of August and through to early October 2026.
Please select your preferred collection day(s) (Monday to Friday) and time window (7:00–11:00 am or 12:00–3:00 pm). While we will do our best to accommodate your preferences, they are subject to availability.
If your application is approved, City of Darwin will contact you to confirm your collection date and time.

Preferred collection day and time window (subject to availability):

Items that can be collected

General Household

Other Household

Scrap Metals

Outdoor furniture
Whitegoods
Large plastic items
Mattresses

Timber
Pallets

Bed frames
Sheet metal
BBQs
Bikes

Items that cannot be collected (Prohibited items):

Asbestos
Broken glass
Cardboard (recycle in your yellow bin)
Commercial waste
Concrete
Food and garden waste (including fridges containing food waste)
Unlabelled liquids and chemicals
Waste exceeding 2 cubic metres
Large items longer than 2 metres in length such as scrap metal, trampolines, swing sets and lengths of timber

List each item and quantity for collection. Please note items not listed may not be able to be collected and items from the prohibited items list will not be collected.

Item eg. outdoor umbrella	Quantity	Operations
Item eg. outdoor umbrella	Quantity

For safety reasons please describe any animals that may be present outdoors on the day of collection. Include type, breed, temperament and location on the property. Write/ type “None” if not applicable.

I acknowledge that I have read and understand the City of Darwin Privacy Statement .

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