View all our services to help you dispose your unwanted items, learn how to recycle and more.
Manage your waste
Book a hard rubbish collection
Looking to get rid of large unwanted household items. Find out what we can collect.
Container Deposit Scheme in Manningham
Victoria’s first Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic) is now operating across Victoria, including sites in Manningham.
Soft plastics recycling put on hold
We are working with other Victorian Councils to lobby the State Government for soft plastics processing facilities.
Recycle at your local mini recycling station
We've installed mini recycling stations so you can recycle common household items that cannot go into your bins.
Find your local transfer stations (tips) and recycling centres
View a list of our closest transfer stations (tips) and recycling centres.
How to dispose of items
Find out how to dispose of your unwanted items using the Alphabetical listing
Guides
Below we have collated some of our popular applications.
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Waste and recycling
Waste and recycling facilities close to Manningham
View a list of our closest transfer stations (tips) and recycling centres below.
Not sure how to dispose of unwanted items?
Check out our A-Z waste and recycling guide or contact us.
To celebrate National Recycling Week, come along to our information session about all things waste.
Not sure what item goes into each bin?
Get confused about what can and cannot be recycled?
Would you like to know more about what is happening the in the waste industry?
Come along to our friendly session so we can answer all of your queries and dispel any myths!
To celebrate National Recycling Week, we are hosting an online Q and A session about all things waste.
Not sure what item goes into each bin?
Get confused about what can and cannot be recycled?
Would you like to know more about what is happening the in the waste industry?
Come along to our friendly Q and A session so we can answer all of your queries and dispel any myths!
To help you remove garden waste to prepare for bushfire season, you can drop off either one car boot, station wagon, ute or a 6‘x4’ level trailer load of garden waste on certain dates throughout the year.
Who can use this service?
You need to live in a Bushfire Prone Area to use this service. We will ask you to show proof of residency (either a driver's licence or rates notice) at the check-in point on the day. If someone else drops off the garden waste for you, make sure you provide them with your proof.
Not sure if you live in a Bushfire Prone Area?
View our Bushfire Prone Area map to check or contact us.
If you are not eligible for this service or have excess garden waste to dispose, you can:
- order an additional garden waste bin for spring
- book a bundled branches collection
- take it to a local transfer station.
Need help? Contact us
What items can and cannot be dropped off?
Yes, we accept:
✔ Branches
✔ Tree prunings
✔ Logs (maximum 250mm diameter)
✔ Large garden cuttings
No, we don't accept:
✖ Soil
✖ Grass clippings
✖ Building material, bricks, steel or concrete
✖ Plastic bags
✖ Ivy, rose bushes or thorny material
✖ Bamboo leaves and stems
✖ Palm trees or branches
✖ Fence palings
How much can you drop off?
You can drop off either one car boot, station wagon, ute or a 6’x4’ level trailer load of garden waste for free. There is a charge for any extra garden waste – see costs below.
Garden waste load type | Example | Cost |
Car boot | FREE | |
Station wagon or ute | FREE | |
Single trailer level – 6’x4’ | FREE | |
Single trailer heaped – 6’x4’ (up to 1.1m3) | + $30 | |
Single trailer high sides – 6’x4’ (up to 2m3) | + $50 | |
Tandem trailer level (up to 1.25m3) | + $30 | |
Tandem trailer heaped (up to 2m3) | + $50 | |
Tandem trailer high sides (up to 3.65m3) | + $90 |
How to pay
You can only pay by EFT on the day.
How to book
Due to high demand of this service, you can only book one timeslot per household each month. Bookings are essential.
Choose a date from the list below, select your preferred 30 minute timeslot and click ‘Register’ to finalise your booking. We will continue adding timeslots for future months throughout the year - so keep checking back for more options.
Disposal days will not proceed on a Total Fire Ban day or a day of Extreme or above Fire Danger Rating.
We will be hosting a free ‘Waste Drop Off Day’ where residents can responsibly dispose of a range of materials that cannot be placed into household bins. All items collected on the day will be recycled.
Registrations are essential and can be made on Eventbrite.
What you need to do
When you register, select the time slot you wish to drop off your waste and we’ll take care of the rest.
Only the following items will be accepted:
- Small household electrical items (like toasters, hairdryers and tools)
- IT and TV equipment (like computers, printers and cables)
- Computer accessories (like keyboards, mice and storage devices)
- Game consoles and electronic toys (remove batteries)
- VCR, DVD and CD players
- Microwaves
- DVD and CDs (no VHS tapes)
- X-rays
- Clean polystyrene - blocks only (no pellets or balls)
- Smoke alarms
- Fluorescent tubes and CFL globes
- Paint tins and spray cans (10 litres max)
- Gas bottles
- Household and car batteries
- Cardboard (must be flattened - limited to one car boot load per person)
We do not accept:
- vacuum cleaners
- electric blankets
We reserve the right to reject any unsuitable items.
How to register
Complete the registration by selecting a suitable time slot below to attend and drop off your unwanted items - we'll take care of the rest.
Registrations are only open to Manningham residents and are essential to avoid lengthy delays.
Join Scott Hitchins as he returns to the Strathdon kitchen to create some of our, soon to be hot favourite, comfort dishes.
With a focus on low waste cooking, Scott will teach participants the techniques to create delicious winter warmers using every bit of what you grow or buy.
The focus in this session will be on using vegetables from the garden and an overview for slow style cooking that you can try at home.
You will be provided with a sample of what is cooked on the day and digital notes to try some of Scott’s recipes at home.
What to wear: Suitable clothing for getting your hands dirty in the kitchen and closed toe shoes.
What to bring: an apron (optional)
Who: Adults or teens
About Scott
Scott Hitchins has been working with sustainable, food-producing gardens for most of his life.
He has qualifications in biological science, permaculture design, education, and is a founding member of Werribee Park Heritage Orchard.
Scott has been providing popular workshops and garden-design advice to local councils, schools, and other community groups for many years.
He presents useful facts and skills in a fun and engaging manner. To quote Scott in a recent interview “Get me talking about sustainable gardening and you’ll never shut me up.”
What is electronic waste (e-waste)?
E-waste refers to any item with a plug, battery or cord that is no longer working or wanted such as:
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Large appliances like fridges.
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Small appliances like toasters and blenders.
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IT, telecommunications and TV equipment like computers, printers and cables.
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Lighting equipment like fluorescent lamps.
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Electrical and electronic tools like drills and sewing machines.
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Toys, leisure and sports equipment like hand held video games and battery operated toys.
Not sure if your item is electronic waste?
Check our A-Z Waste and Recycling guide or contact us.
Can you place electronic waste into your bins?
No.
E-waste can contain hazardous materials such as heavy metals like lead, mercury and cadmium. These items also contain valuable materials which can be recycled and reused. Also the Victorian Government banned e-waste going to landfill from 1 July 2019.
How to dispose of electronic waste
Do not put e-waste in your bin, instead:
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Check our How to dispose of your e-waste items
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Find a local mini recycling station to drop off your smaller items
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Book a place at our next Waste Drop Off Day event.
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Find a local transfer station or recycling centre to drop off your items.
Celebrate Plastic Free July with an interactive online workshop led by sustainability advocate and author Anita Vandyke.
Anita is the author of the new book ‘A Zero Waste Family: a thirty day guide’.
She will be joining us to discuss her personal journey to reduce waste. During the workshop she will show us how to make low waste items including a facial cleansing oil, body scrub and cleaning products.
Join Open Table a not-for-profit community organisation for an informative and fun cooking class showcasing practical ways to reduce your food waste.
Learn how to make gnocchi from stale bread as well as tips and tricks for meal planning and food storage.
Recipe and ingredients list will be provide prior to the class so you can cook along at home!
Chemicals and hazardous waste are items such as:
- Paint / solvents
- Poisons
- Motor oil
- Batteries
- Fluorescent tubes and globes
- Cleaning products
- Fertilisers
Not sure if your item is chemical and hazardous waste?
Check our A-Z Waste and Recycling guide or contact us
Can you place chemical and hazardous waste into the bin?
No.
The Victorian Government has set up Detox your home - a free service to help you safely dispose of your toxic, unwanted household chemical and hazardous waste.
How to dispose of chemical and hazardous waste?
The Victorian Government has set up Detox your home - a free service to help you safely dispose of your toxic, unwanted household chemical and hazardous waste. They offer two ways to dispose this type of waste:
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Mobile drop off days
Accepts a wide range of household chemicals on scheduled weekends.
Register for the next event near you -
Permanent drop off sites
Accepts a limited range of household chemicals and hazardous waste.
Find the nearest permanent drop off site.
Other hazardous materials
Some hazardous material like lead flashing can be disposed of at metal recyclers.
Asbestos can only be removed by a licensed asbestos remover.
Always take precautions when handling hazardous materials. Visit the EPA website for advice on how to get rid of construction and demolition waste.
We will be hosting a free ‘E-waste Drop Off Day’ where residents can responsibly dispose of a range of materials that cannot be placed into household bins. All items collected on the day will be recycled.
Registrations are essential and can be made via Eventbrite.
What you need to do
When you register, select the time slot you wish to drop off your waste and we’ll take care of the rest.
Only the following items will be accepted:
- Small household electrical items (like toasters, hairdryers and tools)
- IT and TV equipment (like computers, printers and cables)
- Computer accessories (like keyboards, mice and storage devices)
- Game consoles and electronic toys (remove batteries)
- VCR, DVD and CD players
- Microwaves
- DVD and CDs (no VHS tapes)
- Household and car batteries
- X-rays
- Clean polystyrene - blocks only (no pellets or balls)
- Cardboard (must be flattened - limited to one car boot load per person)
We do not accept:
- vacuum cleaners
- electric blankets
We reserve the right to reject any unsuitable items.
How to register
Complete the registration by selecting a suitable time slot below to attend and drop off your unwanted items - we'll take care of the rest.
Registrations are only open to Manningham residents and are essential to avoid lengthy delays.
Please note: location will be provided upon registration.
Why recycle food waste?
When food and garden waste is sent to landfill it decomposes without oxygen (anaerobically). This process produces odorous gases and methane, which has a global warming potential 25 times greater than carbon dioxide.
Also our garbage bins contain approximately 50% food and garden waste. That means composting your food you can cut your rubbish in half.
Start composting with our Compost Community promotion
To assist you to reduce your waste and start composting, we offer a range of discounted composting products through Compost Community. Manningham residents can receive 40% off the recommended retail price, including free delivery.
Who can order from Compost Community?
You can order from this program as long as:
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you live in a residential property in our municipality
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your household has not already ordered through this promotion.
What products are available?
We are offering 5 types of composting systems through the Compost Community promotion. Here is a list of the available products:
Composting system |
RRP (incl. shipping) |
Cost (40% off and free delivery) |
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Worm farming starter pack |
$213.85 |
$99.00 |
Compost starter pack |
$165.90 |
$81.00 |
Bokashi starter pack |
$157.00 |
$69.00 |
Pet poo composting kit |
$152.00 |
$62.40 |
Tumbler pack |
$274.95 |
$130.80 |
Replacement worms pack |
$183.85 |
$83.10 |
How to purchase products
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Visit the Compost Community website.
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Enter in your Manningham residential address.
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Choose your composting system.
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Order your products.
As our city grows, so does the amount of waste we create.
We are committed to reducing the impact our waste management has on our environment and are continually seeking better, smarter and more sustainable ways of reducing waste, increasing resource recovery and increasing diversion from landfill.
The way we manage waste is a shared responsibility, so we are also raising awareness and actively working with our community to create more sustainable future behaviours in how we use, reuse and dispose of materials once we are done with them.
Our achievements so far
- 56 per cent of material (25,000 tonnes) diverted away from landfill.
- 18 tonnes e-waste safely collected via our waste drop-off day program.
- 12 tonnes of hazardous chemicals safely collected via our detox your home initiative.
- 6 tonnes of chemical waste safely collected via our waste drop-off day program.
- 1,788 composting products sold through the Compost Revolution program.
- Community awareness and education programs dedicated to waste reduction/reuse and recycling - resulting in low bin contamination of 7 per cent.
Turning our sustainability goals into actions
Collaborating with the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group and other councils on the delivery of waste services for landfill, recycling, garden waste and advanced waste processing systems.
Actively seeking and investigating new sustainable and innovative environmental practices for waste management, recycling and advanced waste processing to increase future recovery of resources that would otherwise be destined for landfill.
Exploring the provision of Food Organics Green Organics (FOGO) waste collection services (42 per cent of garbage in bins currently consist of food organics) to further divert waste from landfill.
Planning for the introduction of the container deposit scheme and the potential addition of a fourth bin for glass recycling.
Building awareness and directly engaging with our community — residents, schools and businesses through a variety of education programs and events around waste reduction, good recycling, composting and diverting garden and food waste away from landfill.
Continuing to work with our community in supporting good recycling behaviours by providing versatile collection and drop off services.
Supporting community and school efforts in litter collection for Clean-Up Australia Day.
Fostering partnerships with organisations to encourage, educate and equip our community to reduce waste sent to landfill — Compost Community an award winning social enterprise created to help households start composting and worm farming.
What we are doing
- Lead to Sustain Conference: offering young people in our community the opportunity to learn how to become more sustainable in their choices and to lead by adopting more sustainable actions for the future benefit of our local community – includes activities dedicated to reducing waste, recycling, saving water, reducing energy consumption, supporting biodiversity and ecology
- Resource Smart Schools Program: assisting schools to embed sustainability into everything they do including ways to minimise waste, save energy and water, promote biodiversity and take action on climate change to benefit their school and community.
- Manningham Schools Environmental Education Program and the Doncaster Hill Community Garden School Holiday Program: includes activities dedicated to recycling and worm farming.
- Manningham’s Backyard Biodiversity: Litter Impacts a wildlife video series produced in collaboration with Wild Action Zoo - highlights the impact of discarded litter on our local wildlife and natural environment.
- Smarter Living Program: a webinar series in collaboration with Whitehorse Council - dedicated to managing household waste and living more sustainably.
- Eastern Alliance for Sustainable Learning (EASL): offering a range of learning programs and events such as the annual Learning for Sustainability Conference — in collaboration with 5 member councils across the Eastern region.
Reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover
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Keep up to date with our latest environment and sustainability events.
An infringement, also known as either a fine or a penalty notice, is issued when a law or regulation is broken to help protect the rights, amenity and well-being of the Manningham community.
What happens if you receive an infringement notice?
Find a list of options available to you if you have received a penalty notice.
Guiding legislations (LGA and our Local Law)
View information on Manningham’s Community Local Law (2023), a local law made under Part 5 of the Local Government Act (1989 ) and section 42 of the Domestic Animals Act 1994, that further describes infringements and fines.
What types of infringements are issued?
We issue infringements that relate to:
- parking breaches
- animal management
- health and wellbeing
- food safety
- environment
- signage
- planning
- asset protection.
Manningham has one of the largest networks of open space in metropolitan Melbourne covering approximately 17 per cent of the municipality and including more than 300 parks.
This includes recreation parks, sporting reserves, natural areas and neighbourhood parks.
Our unique natural environment provides a sanctuary to 56 threatened animal species and is home to 22 per cent of Victoria’s known plants, including 11 species of state significance and four species of national significance.
A large section of the eastern half of Manningham is designated as a ‘Green Wedge’ area for the protection of our natural and rural environment.
Responding to climate change
As an environmentally forward thinking Council, we believe the decisions we make today have the potential to change the future for generations to come.
Protecting our environment
Protecting our environment and biodiversity is a shared responsibility. Together with the support of our partners and community, we are actively working to preserve and enhance our city’s natural resources to ensure they will survive and thrive for generations to come.
Land management grants
Each year we offer a series of land management grants. These grants are designed to help property owners with tree planting, weed removal and pest animal control. Find out if you're eligible to apply.
The Green Wedge
A large section of the eastern half of Manningham is designated as a ‘Green Wedge’ area for the protection of our natural and rural environment. Learn about the area and what we're doing to protect it.
Tree management
We plant new trees within Manningham as part of our tree planting program. We also maintain trees in residential areas, parks, and reserves. Find out about our Tree Management Plan and how to request an additional street tree for planting.
Guides
To celebrate Youth Fest, Manningham Youth Services will a shine a light our young people by hosting a Waste Not clothing exchange.
If you are aged around 15 - 19 and living in Manningham, come discover your next fashion find at our free clothing swap.
Bring any pre-loved clothes and accessories you don't wear anymore and swap with items from other young people.
We will also be showcasing other ways people are making every practice more sustainable.
Free, bookings essential
Who can start a new waste service or add additional bins?
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you are the owner, landlord or property manager
Yes, as owner or manager of the property you can make the request. -
you are renting
No, you'll need to contact your landlord or property manager to make the request. -
you run a commercial business
Yes, as long as you're the landlord or property manager of the commercial property. View commercial garbage bin costs
How much does it cost?
To start a new waste service, you'll need to choose from one of the six options below.
Option 1: $322.00 per year (standard waste service)
- 80 litre garbage bin (red lid)
- 240 litre recycle bin (yellow lid)
- 240 litre FOGO bin (green lid)
Option 2: $420.50 per year
- 120 litre garbage bin (red lid)
- 240 litre recycle bin (yellow lid)
- 240 litre FOGO bin (green lid)
Option 3: $369.00 per year
- 80 litre garbage bin (red lid)
- 360 litre recycle bin (yellow lid)
- 240 litre FOGO bin (green lid)
Option 4: $467.50 per year
- 120 litre garbage bin (red lid)
- 360 litre recycle bin (yellow lid)
- 240 litre FOGO bin (green lid)
Option 5: $671.50 per year
- 240 litre garbage bin (red lid)
- 240 litre recycle bin (yellow lid)
- 240 litre FOGO bin (green lid)
Option 6: $718.50 per year
- 240 litre garbage bin (red lid)
- 360 litre recycle bin (yellow lid)
- 240 litre FOGO bin (green lid)
Additional bins
If you already have a waste service with us, you can order additional bins. You may also swap the sizes of your bins.
Bin type | Cost |
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80 litre garbage bin (red lid) |
$213.50 per year |
120 litre garbage bin (red lid) - only available if you already have a 120 litre garbage bin |
$250.50 per year |
240 litre recycle bin (yellow lid) |
$91.50 per year |
360 litre recycle bin (yellow lid) |
$139.00 per year |
240 litre FOGO bin (green lid) - the minimum period for an additional FOGO bin is six months. You'll only be charged for the time you have the bin. For example: if you have the bin for six months it will cost $75.75. |
$151.50 per year |
How to pay
All costs are added to your rates.
How to order a new bin
You can order online using the 'Order now' button for any of the following:
- you're moving into a new house and need bins (fees apply)
- you would like an additional bin (fees apply)
- you would like to swap bin sizes (fees apply)
- the bin is missing
- the bin is broken
Otherwise you can contact us or email waste@manningham.vic.gov.au.
Setting up a new business is an exciting and challenging time with many things to consider such as budgets, staffing, branding, operations and marketing. It's important to think about the big picture and how you would like to grow into the future.
Below you'll find a range of resources, tools and information available to support all types of local businesses.
Why start a business in Manningham?
We are here to help!
The Manningham Business Team are here to assist you with resources, networking events and various training programs throughout the year.
Get to know Manningham
Business essentials
Find out more about our suburbs
- Bulleen
- Doncaster
- Doncaster East
- Doncaster Hill
- Donvale
- Park Orchards
- Templestowe
- Templestowe Lower
- Wonga Park
- Warrandyte and Warrandyte South
When do you need a permit for your business?
Have a new business idea? Find out when you need a permit and where you can get advice.
Looking for volunteers?
Eastern Volunteers delivers services directly to the community and encourages and supports volunteering in the community.
Local business associations, networks and mentoring
There are a range of local associations that encourage networking and mentoring opportunities for small businesses as well as annual events and training.