Book a home-based collection pickup
Note: Residents eligible for a home-based collection service are entitled to 1 collection within a calendar year.
You can book a home-based collection online on the JJ Richards website, or by calling (02) 5942 6150.
Once your booking has been processed you will be informed of your collection date.
A reminder SMS or email will be sent two days prior to your scheduled collection.
How much can be collected?
Household items can be collected with the total size of all the items being no larger than 2 metres high, 2 metres wide and 2 metres deep.
Household waste that can be collected
- Household furniture (can be lifted by one or two people)
- Small corded appliances – Microwave, kettle, toaster, food processors, blenders, vacuums or any small items with a cord, plug or imbedded battery
- Power tools, electrical equipment, mowers and small hand tools
- Kitchenware, pottery and crockery
- Carpet, rugs, mats (rolled and tied please in 2m lengths)
- Cardboard and polystyrene
- BBQ’s and small yard items – Garden pots, tables, chairs
- Steel and scrap metal under 2m in length - All types of steel, metal, corrugated iron, Colourbond, fencing, wire, mesh wire etc. even if it is broken/damaged
- Timber/pallets under 2m in length
- Televisions, monitors, computers, laptops, printers and accessories or any item that operates with a plug, battery or cord
- Whitegoods (can be lifted by one or two people) - Fridges, freezers, washing machines, clothes dryers, dishwashers, ovens and stovetops, air-conditioners and fitted household heaters
Household waste that cannot be collected
- Over-length and overweight items of any nature
- Waste that exceeds the total volume allowed (a standard 6 x 4 trailer load per household)
- Items that are unable to be lifted by two people
- Waste from industrial and commercial premises or home business
- Waste material from construction and demolition of buildings
- Bricks, concrete, stone, clay, sand and soil
- Liquids, whether or not in sealed containers including; paint, oil, garden sprays and chemicals
- Hazardous waste, including asbestos
- Tyres, batteries or gas bottles of any type
- Timber and steel/metal greater than 2 metres in length (anything over the standard 6 x 4 trailer length)
- Oversize or Large whitegoods
- Mattresses
Terms and conditions
- Residents with a domestic waste management service charge are entitled to one visit within a calendar year
- Waste must not be stored on the nature strip. It must be kept just inside your front yard.
- We are unable to enter your home, shed or rear yard, present all waste material within your front yard and within your own boundary.
- We are only able to collect the equivalent of one trailer load of household waste.
- Secure your pets when collection services are scheduled.
Where do your household items go?
All items collected as part of the home-based collection service are taken to the Gregadoo Waste Management Centre.
These goods will be assessed, separated and placed in their recycling areas, for example TVs go to our EWaste recovery program, whitegoods go to the steel pile for recycling, all items will be initially placed in areas for recovery or if in poor condition will go to landfill.
Those goods that are still in good condition or reusable will be placed in our Relove It Wagga Wagga shop for resale.
If you are wanting to donate an item to our Relove It Wagga Wagga shop then bring it to our transfer station located within the Gregadoo Waste Management Centre for free disposal. All accepted items are at the discretion of our staff.
What can you do to help with unwanted household items?
Council aims to reduce waste to landfill and encourages the community to support recycling and reuse where possible, with disposal to landfill as the last option. Before you dispose of your unwanted items through the kerbside home-based collection service, take some time to consider whether the items can be reused or recycled:
- Household items, furniture, books, toys, clothes etc that are still in good order can be donated to a charity
- Printer cartridges, household batteries and mobile phones are recyclable for free at numerous retail locations.
- The Gregadoo Waste Management Centre takes many items for FREE, these include cardboard, commingled recycling, batteries, oil, quality reusable furniture for the second hand shop, soft plastics, polystyrene, paint, gas bottles and electronic waste