Red General Waste Bin | City of Darwin | Darwin Council, Northern Territory

Important message

Changes to Library access and book drop

Construction of the new Civic Centre building will soon commence. The current Civic Centre carpark and nearby entrance will be closed from Monday 28 April and remain closed while works take place. The City Library will remain open and will be accessible from the Civic Centre Customer Services’ entry near Civic Park.

Please note that the City Library returns chute will be temporarily unavailable. A new Book Drop will be installed at the Cavenagh St side of the Civic Centre soon.

We kindly ask all customers to:

return items inside the Library during opening hours, or
use one of the 24/7 return chutes located at Casuarina, Nightcliff or Karama libraries.

For more information about the project, please go here.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

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Place these items in your red general waste bin.

These items cannot be recycled through your yellow recycling bin or at the Shoal Bay Transfer Station.
Everything in your general waste bin is sent to landfill.
Disposing of waste in landfill is the least preferable option in the Waste Management Hierarchy, as explained in the diagram below. As such, residents are encouraged to consider your options when it comes to this waste stream to try prioritise options higher up on the waste hierarchy.

the waste heirachy

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