Household Refuse

This service is provided weekly on the following days:

• Bordertown - Tuesday & Wednesday
• Mundulla - Wednesday
• Wolseley - Wednesday
• Keith - Thursday & Friday
• Padthaway - Friday

Please ensure your red-lidded bin is put out by 6am on the day of collection, is facing the kerb and does not contain hazardous waste, heavy objects or glass.

Council supplies each property within the townships with one SULO bin.  Replacement bins can be arranged at a cost of 140 litre bin $48, 240 litre bin $55 by calling the Keith Office on (08) 8755 3347or the Bordertown Office on (08) 8752 1044.

Wheelie Bin Requirements

Household Refuse – Red lidded 140 litre bin

This service is provided weekly on the following days:

Bordertown - Tuesday & Wednesday

• Mundulla - Wednesday
• Wolseley - Wednesday
• Keith - Thursday & Friday
• Padthaway - Friday

On collection day please remember to:

• Put your bin out by 6am on the day of collection
• Place your bin close to the kerb, within 1 metre.
• Ensure your bin is not obstructed by trees, poles etc.
• Check that the wheels of your bin are facing towards your house.
• Ensure your bin is not packed too tightly as garbage may become stuck.
• Limit the load in your bin or it may damage the truck or your bin when being lifted. Bricks, rocks, etc should not be put in your bin
• Do not overfill your bin so that the lid cannot be fully closed, otherwise rubbish may spill onto the street.

What Not To Place In Any Bin

There are certain items that should not be placed in any residential bin. If your garbage bin is seen to contain any of the following materials, your bin will not be collected:

• Car motor parts
• Any materials preventing the lid from closing
• Oil or liquid waste
• Chemicals or hazardous waste
• Large tree branches
• Dirt, bricks or rocks
• Hot ashes,
• Building products (such as steel, concrete, bricks, or builder's rubble),

Make sure you don't overfill your bin or leave rubbish beside your bin - if you do, it will not be collected.

If material blows out of your bin YOU are responsible for picking it up!

Household Recycling

"If it's not clean, it's not recyclable"

This is a service provided fortnightly to town residents on the following days:

• Bordertown - Tuesday & Wednesday
• Mundulla & Wolseley - Wednesday
• Keith & Padthaway - Friday

Please ensure your yellow-lidded bin is put out by 6am on the day of collection and is facing the kerb. 

When recycling it is important to make sure everything that you put into your recycling bin can actually be recycled and that it is not contaminated by other materials.  If everyone follows the simple steps below, we can keep costs down, minimise contamination and avoid sending valuable material to landfill:

• Glass Jars & Bottles - remove caps, lids and recycle (rinse out containers)
• Cardboard - all types of cardboard are acceptable for recycling from non-waxed cereal boxes to large cardboard packing boxes (please flatten all boxes)
• Paper - All office paper, envelopes, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, advertising material, books and telephone books can be recycled.
• Milk & Juice Cartons - rinse the empty cartons & flatten containers.
• Plastic - All household plastics can be recycled, including plastic shopping bags.
• Steel & Aluminium - All aluminium can be recycled including cans, alfoil trays & aluminium foil (please ensure no food scraps are stuck to trays and foil).

PLEASE NOTE:  Recycling bins holding any of the following materials will NOT be collected:

• Mirror or Window Glass
• Polystyrene 

 For more information on recycling contact www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au