Red General Waste Bin

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Holiday Closure 2025

City of Darwin offices will be closed from 5pm Wednesday 24 December 2025 and reopening at 8am Monday 5 January 2026.
Some operational services will continue to operate during this time. For more details on what's open, click here.
For urgent matters during this time please contact 08 8930 0900.

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Place these items in your red general waste bin.

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  • 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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