Your holiday guide to waste and recycling 2025
Published on 12 December 2025
The holiday season is almost here! This is a fun and busy time, but it can also mean more waste at home. With presents, parties and visitors, our bins can fill up very quickly.
To help you stay organised, here is an easy guide to bin collection, recycling and special services running over the holidays.
Changes to bin collections
Due to the Christmas and New Year public holidays, some bin collections will take place one day later than usual.
Between Thursday 25 December and Friday 2 January, all bins normally collected on Thursdays and Fridays will be collected the following day.
What this means for you:
- If your bin day is Thursday 25 December, it will be collected on 26 December
- If your usual bin day is Friday 26 December, it will be collected on Saturday 27 December
- If your usual bin day is Thursday 1 January, it will be collected on Friday 2 January
- If your usual bin day is Friday 2 January, it will be collected on Saturday 3 January.
Pine Christmas tree collections
If you have a real pine Christmas tree, we can collect it for free.
Pickup day: Monday 19 January
To book, call 03 9217 2170 by Friday 16 January.
This is part of our bundled branch collection service.
Free and discounted waste and recycling vouchers
All residents, including renters, can use free or discounted waste and recycling vouchers to dispose of:
- household waste
- brick and rubble
- green waste
- timber waste.
For more information, visit the Waste and recycling disposal vouchers page.
You can also check the public holiday waste disposal calendar for landfill and recycling facilities opening times.
Hard rubbish collections
Doing a big clean-up these holidays?
Book your hard rubbish collection early. You can book online or call us to arrange a collection.
A-Z guide to waste and recycling
Unsure how to dispose of something? Our A-Z guide to waste and recycling is a handy tool which allows you to search an item and it explains how to dispose, recycle, reuse or donate many common items.
If you still need help, give us a call on 03 9217 2170 or email us at info@whittlesea.vic.gov.au.
Circular Fashion Market
Got new clothes for Christmas and want to clear some space in your wardrobe?
You can sell your pre-loved clothes at the Circular Fashion Market on 22 February.
Bookings to be a stallholder will open soon, so keep an eye on our website.
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