Waste types: what goes in which bin
There are five waste types to choose from at checkout. Pick the one that matches the job, check the size caps for heavy loads, and keep the banned items out. That's how you avoid a contamination fee.
The five waste types
Open each one to see what it takes, what it doesn't, the biggest bin it can go in and the fee if the wrong thing ends up inside.
General Household
The everyday mix from a clean-out: the stuff a house, unit or small office collects over the years.
Goes in
- Household rubbish, packaging and plastics
- Cardboard and paper
- Furniture, appliances and timber
- Light building waste
Stays out
- Heavy soil, concrete or rubble
- Anything on the banned list
- Weight: 150kg per m³ included
- Mattresses: declare at booking, $100 each
General Builders
For building jobs: the demolition, renovation and construction offcuts, plus the everyday rubbish that piles up on site.
Goes in
- Demolition and renovation waste
- Timber, sheet metal and steel
- Furniture and general rubbish
- Some dry brick, tile and concrete in the mix
Stays out
- Anything on the banned list
- Mattresses: declare at booking, $100 each
Green Waste
Garden waste and nothing else: the prunings, leaves and lawn from a yard job.
Goes in
- Grass, leaves and lawn clippings
- Tree trimmings, branches and bark
- Weeds and garden prunings
- Branches no longer than half the bin
Stays out
- General waste, soil, clay or dirt
- Concrete or rubble
- Tree trunks wider than 25cm
- Anything on the banned list
- Weight: limited to 500kg per m³
- Contamination fee: $150
Concrete & Clean Rubble
Heavy hardfill from a reno or demolition, kept clean of everything else.
Goes in
- Dry concrete and cement
- Bricks, rocks, pebbles and stones
- Roof and ceramic tiles
Stays out
- Stone benchtops
- General rubbish or green waste
- Soil or dirt
- Anything on the banned list
- Biggest bin: 6m³
- Contamination fee: $200
Dirt
Uncontaminated soil from excavation, levelling or a landscaping job. Priced by quote rather than online.
Goes in
- Uncontaminated soil and dirt
Stays out
- Turf
- General waste or hardfill
- Green waste
- Contaminated soil
- Anything on the banned list
- Biggest bin: 4m³
- Contamination fee: $200
- Price: quoted by phone
Limits and fees in one place
These are the same numbers the checkout and our terms use.
- 150kg / m³Included with General Household.
- 500kg / m³The limit for Green Waste.
- Max 4m³Biggest bin for dirt.
- Max 6m³Biggest bin for concrete and clean rubble.
- 6m³ and upNever take sand, soil or dirt.
- Fill lineNothing loaded above it, whatever the waste.
- $200Contamination fee on concrete and dirt bins.
- $150Contamination fee on green waste bins.
- $1,500Charged for processing if asbestos turns up.
- $100Per mattress, declared at booking.
- $50Cancelling within 48 hours of delivery.
- 14 daysStandard hire, unless you add more.
The full conditions are in our hire terms.
Never in any bin
- Asbestos
- Tyres
- Batteries
- Car, truck and lithium batteries included
- Liquids, paint and oils
- Gas bottles, fire extinguishers and pressurised containers
- Wet plaster and wet cement
- Food waste
- Polystyrene
- Chemicals and other hazardous waste
- Dead animals or faecal matter
- Sand, soil or dirt in any bin 6m³ or bigger
- Tree trunks wider than 25cm
Banned items can mean a rejected load or fees, and they put the driver at risk. Mattresses are accepted in most bins as long as they're declared at booking ($100 each). Wet paint or cement? Dry it out in a tub before it goes anywhere near the bin.
Sorted what's going in?
Choose that waste type on the booking page and the checkout keeps you to the right bin sizes.