Find my bin day
Residential bin days and times are changing
If you have a wheelie bin, changes will begin from 17 March 2025.
Even if your day isn’t changing, your collection time may. Always place your bins out the night before.
If you have a bulk bin there will be no change to your bin days.
Use the bin day finder for your current and new schedule. Find out more about bin day changes below.
Please note: Waste collection services operate as usual on public holidays. Please ensure bins are placed kerbside on the night before your collection day.
Whose bin service will change?
We are making changes to residential wheelie bin service schedules across the Gold Coast. Find out if your day or week is changing by searching your address above. Please note that even if your bin service day or week is not changing, the time of service may change.
What are the changes?
We are changing the routes of our bin collection to help reduce truck time on the road and create a more sustainable service.
Below are the four ways your bin services could change:
- Time of service change only (always place your bins out the night before)
- Change to collection days
- Change to collection week for your recycling and green organics bin
- Change to both collection day and collection week
Find out if your day and or week is changing by searching your address above.
When do the changes occur?
The first day of the new schedule will be 17 March 2025. Find out if your day and or week is changing by searching your address in the field above.
Why are changes being made?
This is the first significant change to bin collection schedules in 20 years. Substantial growth and changes to our city and road networks during this time means that it has become essential to adjust the bin collection routes and schedules of our collection trucks. The new routes and schedules will address the growth and changes and benefit our community by:
- helping maintain reliable and efficient bin collection services
- contributing to reducing traffic congestion and improving the city's amenity
- enhancing traffic, pedestrian, and truck driver safety.
When should I put my bin out?
The new schedule will begin from 17 March 2025. Keep your regular routine of placing your bin next to the kerb the night before your new collection day. Find out if your day and or week is changing by searching your address in the field above.
What should I do to get prepared?
To prepare for the change please search your address in the field above to see if your service day and or week is changing. Get familiar with your new schedule. There may be some additional time between your previous collection day and your new collection day.
Will the City App tell me the new schedule?
From 17 March 2025 the City of Gold Coast mobile app will display your up-to-date bin collection schedule on the My bin day feature on the app’s home screen. You can check you are using the latest version of the City of Gold Coast app via the relevant app store.
If you need to update the version you are using, simply go to the relevant store, search for the app, and click on ‘UPDATE’.
The City of Gold Coast app will not display your new schedule until 17 March 2025. Before then, search your address in the field above.
How do I update my City of Gold Coast app bin day notification?
Make sure you have the latest version of the app. Open the app to refresh the bin day information on the home screen. This will refresh both the information and any notification set up.
If you are having trouble with your notification, ensure focus mode / do not disturb is switched off on your device.
If this does not work, please remove your bin day address and re-add it, setting up your notification again.
The City of Gold Coast app will only display new service schedule information from 17 March 2025.
Will the iCalendar I downloaded from the Find my bin day website have my new schedule?
The iCalendar downloaded from our Find my bin day tool will not have your new collection day. From 17 March 2025, a new personalised iCalendar will be available to download from this webpage.