Report a Missing Bin

Missing bins

Before reporting a missing or stolen bin, please look up and down your street to check your neighbours haven't taken your bin by mistake. Replacement bins are generally issued within one to two weeks of notification, with red lid bins given priority.

Report missing bin

Found or abandoned bins

If you find a misplaced bin that is not yours, please let us know via the contact details below. After notifying us, please leave the abandoned bin on the kerbside for collection.

Bin Type	How to report:
Red lid or Green lid	Email waste@ncc.nsw.gov.au or call 02 4974 2000 (8am – 5pm weekdays)
Yellow lid	Email our recycling contractor or call 02 4920 1455 (7am – 5.30pm weekdays)

Bin Type

How to report:

Red lid or

Green lid

Email waste@ncc.nsw.gov.au
or call 02 4974 2000 (8am – 5pm weekdays)

Yellow lid

Email our recycling contractor
or call 02 4920 1455 (7am – 5.30pm weekdays)

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.