Apartment bins and waste collections

Find out how to contact us about bins and services for apartment buildings.

Waste and Recycling in apartment buildings

More than 90 per cent of City of Port Phillip residents live in medium or high density apartments.

Depending on the size and era of your apartment building your waste and recycling may be in a bin room, you may have chutes, or a combination of both.

Some buildings in Port Phillip are on a full council waste & recycling service, some are on full private contract service, and some are on a hybrid service combining council and private contractor arrangements. 

Talk to your building manager, owners committee, or strata provider to find out more. 

Buildings on a Full Council Service will automatically have a Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) bin service at no extra charge as part of the mandatory State Government roll out of FOGO.

If you are on council service you can use this link to Check your area’s bin day. 

Not all buildings are eligible for hard waste collections. This is determined at the planning phase based on factors including whether they are on private waste collection, and if there is a suitable safe location for kerbside collection. Only your Building Manager, Owners Corporation or Chair of the owners committee will be able to make bookings.

Buildings on full council service are eligible. Eligible buildings can also book hard and green waste collections.

Services for multi-unit buildings

Residents in apartments share bins. We work out the number of bins your building gets based on permit conditions or the waste management plan.

Request bin repairs, replacements or a different size

Service changes or repairs must be requested by the building manager, Chair of the owners' committee or owners’ corporation representative.

They can request bin repairs on My Port Phillip, request a new, extra or change to your bin sizes on My Port Phillip or phone ASSIST on 03 9209 6777 during business hours.

What goes in the bin

Recycling and FOGO

General waste bin

Use your general waste bin (red or dark green lid) to dispose of items you can’t reuse, recycle, reuse, donate or compost.

Do not put e-waste or vapes in any bin. Find an e-waste drop off, book a hard waste collection, or head to the Resource Recovery Centre.

Education for residents

We work with building managers, owners corporations, real estate agents and strata providers to improve waste management services in the buildings they manage.

To reduce waste and help everyone to understand what waste goes where, we offer:

  • waste and recycling education
  • signage installation on your site
  • posters and brochures.

We have created info posters that you can print and display in your apartment bin bay:

You can also collect these posters at the St Kilda Town Hall Assist counter. 

Find out about waste education resources by sending us a message on My Port Phillip or call us on 03 9209 6777 during business hours.

New Development Waste management plans

Developers must submit a waste management plan with when they apply for a planning permit for a multi-unit development.

For help preparing a waste management plan read our Waste Management Plan Guidelines (the guidelines) and submit your waste management plan through My Port Phillip. These plans are reviewed for compliance with the guidelines.

For existing buildings, owners corporations can apply for council bin services by submitting a new waste management plan.

All waste management plans must be prepared by a suitably qualified professional. 

Waste management plans are part of our requirements for sustainable design for developments.

Submit a waste management plan