You can book a bundled green waste collection twice a year, in April and in October.
When to book
Bookings are now open and will close at 2 pm on Friday 22 October.
Collections take place from Monday 4 October and finish Friday 29 October.
Your green waste will be collected during your chosen week.
Book your green waste collection
Apartments and units
If you live in an apartment or unit complex with 7 or more dwellings, you can organise a bundle green waste collection through your body corporate or managing agent.
What we collect
- Tree branches and prunings (up to 7.5 cm wide and 1.5 m long, securely tied in bundles of up to 30 cm diameter)
- Single tree limbs, with no branches and/or leaves (up to 20 cm wide, 1.5 m long maximum)
- Tree roots that can be lifted by one person
What we don't collect
- food waste
- green waste over the maximum size or not bundled or tied properly
- items with non-organic materials, such as wire, plastic or nails
- timber and tree stumps (only roots allowed)
- non-tree prunings
Other options for disposing of green waste
You can also put your green waste:
- in your food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin
- in your green waste bin
You can book a Christmas tree collection in January.
The Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre accepts green waste if you:
- have used both your green waste collections for the year
- need to dispose of items that we don't collect.