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Load sheet

Waste types and limits

Match the waste type to what you are throwing out and you avoid contamination fees. Each sheet below lists what a bin takes, what it refuses and its limits.

01 / Five waste types

Read the sheet for your job

Green waste, concrete and dirt bins must hold that material only. Mixed loads belong in a General Builders or General Household bin.

General Builders

Mixed construction, renovation and demolition waste.

Takes

  • Renovation and demolition rubble mixed with general rubbish
  • Timber, steel, sheet metal and old furniture
  • Dry brick, tile and concrete in modest amounts

Keep out

  • Anything on the banned list

Limits

  • All five sizes
  • Mattresses declared at booking, $100 each
  • Nothing above the fill line

General Household

The everyday mix from a house or office clear-out.

Takes

  • Household rubbish, plastics and packaging
  • Light building waste and cardboard
  • Furniture, appliances and timber

Keep out

  • Anything on the banned list
  • Heavy material: soil, concrete or rubble

Limits

  • All five sizes
  • 150 kg per m³ included
  • Nothing above the fill line

Green Waste

Prunings, clippings and other garden material, nothing else.

Takes

  • Grass, leaves and lawn clippings
  • Tree trimmings and small branches
  • Weeds and bark

Keep out

  • Concrete, clay, soil or general waste
  • Tree trunks wider than 25 cm
  • Anything on the banned list

Limits

  • All five sizes
  • Limited to 500 kg per m³
  • Branches up to half the bin's length
  • $150 contamination fee

Concrete & Clean Rubble

Clean hardfill from a slab, wall or tiled floor.

Takes

  • Dry concrete, cement, bricks and rocks
  • Ceramic and roof tiles
  • Pebbles and stones

Keep out

  • Stone benchtops
  • Soil, green waste or general rubbish
  • Anything on the banned list

Limits

  • 6 m³ bin at most
  • $200 contamination fee

Dirt

Clean spoil from excavation, levelling or a garden dig.

Takes

  • Uncontaminated soil and dirt only

Keep out

  • Turf or green waste
  • Hardfill, general waste or contaminated soil
  • Anything on the banned list

Limits

  • 4 m³ bin at most
  • Priced by phone on 1800 462 674
  • $200 contamination fee
02 / Load limits

Sizes allowed per waste type

Load chart: which waste goes in which bin

Waste type3 m³4 m³6 m³9 m³15 m³Limit
General BuildersYesYesYesYesYesEvery size. Mattresses declared at booking, $100 each.
General HouseholdYesYesYesYesYesEvery size. Includes 150 kg per m³.
Green WasteYesYesYesYesYesEvery size. Limited to 500 kg per m³.
Concrete & Clean RubbleYesYesYesNoNoCapped at 6 m³ by weight.
Dirt Quote QuoteNoNoNoCapped at 4 m³. Priced by phone. Nothing 6 m³ or bigger takes soil.

A heavy job bigger than one capped bin is split across bins by phone. The online form will not book past a cap.

03 / Banned

Never in any bin

Asbestos, tyres and batteries are refused outright, whatever the size or waste type. The rest of this list is never accepted either.

  • Asbestosno amount is acceptable; $1,500 processing fee
  • Tyrescar and truck
  • Batteriesincluding car and lithium
  • Gasgas bottles, fire extinguishers and pressurised containers
  • Liquidspaint, oils, wet cement and wet plaster
  • Foodfood and kitchen waste
  • Polystyreneall of it
  • Chemicalsand other hazardous waste
  • Animalsdead animals or faecal matter
  • Trunkstree trunks wider than 25 cm

Mattresses can go in most bins if you declare them at booking; each one costs $100. Let paint or cement dry out fully before it goes anywhere near a bin, and ask your council about drop-off points for gas bottles, oils and batteries.

04 / Numbers

Limits and fees

  • 150 kg/m³Included with General Household
  • 500 kg/m³Limit for Green Waste
  • 6 m³ maxConcrete & Clean Rubble
  • 4 m³ maxDirt; nothing 6 m³ or larger takes soil
  • Fill lineNothing loaded above it
  • $200Contamination, concrete or dirt bins
  • $150Contamination, green waste bins
  • $1,500Asbestos processing
  • $100Each mattress, declared at booking
  • 14 daysStandard hire

What we collect is sorted so less goes to landfill. Every condition is spelled out in the hire terms.

Waste type sorted?

Choose it in the booking form and the right sizes open up.