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Food waste collection
on the Northern Beaches.

We collect food waste every week on the Northern Beaches, from Manly and Balgowlah through Freshwater, Brookvale and Dee Why to Narrabeen and Mona Vale. Each 120L bin costs $45 to $54 a week by weight, ex GST, plus a fuel levy.

Northern Beaches

Where we collect
on the Northern Beaches.

We collect from Manly, Fairlight and Balgowlah north through Freshwater, Brookvale, Dee Why, Collaroy, Narrabeen and Warriewood to Mona Vale. That covers The Corso and the Manly wharf area, Pittwater Road through Dee Why and Collaroy, and the Brookvale industrial area. For Newport, Avalon and further up the peninsula, send us your address and we will check before we promise a day.

  • Manly
  • Fairlight
  • Balgowlah
  • Freshwater
  • Brookvale
  • Dee Why
  • Collaroy
  • Narrabeen
  • Warriewood
  • Mona Vale
Where this area sits among the areas we collect Pacific Ocean Parramatta River 8Newcastleand the Hunter north 1Sydney CBD 2Inner West 3Eastern Suburbs 4Inner South 5Lower North Shore 6Northern Beaches 7Parramatta
Diagram, not to scale.
How collection works here

Set up once.
Runs every week.

  1. We deliver the kit

    Caddy, liners, signage and the 120L bin, set up in the kitchen.

  2. Collected weekly

    We collect the bin on the same day every week.

  3. We set your tier

    For the first few weeks we watch the real weights, then set the tier that fits.

Your collection day

Your bin is collected once a week on a fixed day, set when you sign up. Beachfront streets get busy on summer mornings, so tell us where the bin can be reached and we will plan around it.

Holiday crowds and quiet winters

Food waste on the beaches follows the weather. A kitchen in Manly or Dee Why can make far more food waste on a January weekend than a July weekday. Our prices are set by weight from real numbers, so if your summer bins get heavy we can move the tier or add a bin for the season, and review it again when things quieten down.

The NSW food waste rules take seasons into account too. The EPA says seasonal businesses must comply, and a site whose general waste bin capacity moves above or below a threshold during the year may be covered at some times and not others. The thresholds are 3,960L a week from 1 July 2026, 1,980L from 1 July 2028 and 720L from 1 July 2030.

Northern Beaches Council and the rules

According to the NSW EPA's council list, Northern Beaches Council currently provides garden organics to households but not yet food organics. Households must have a food and garden organics service by 1 July 2030, so food separation is still new for many people here, and clear kitchen signage helps. For businesses, the business food waste rules already apply, and Northern Beaches Council checks compliance for most sites. Our guide to the NSW food waste rules explains how to count your bins.

What it costs

The price is the same as everywhere we collect: $45 a 120L bin a week for up to 20kg a lift, $49 for up to 35kg and $54 for up to 50kg, ex GST, plus a 9.93% fuel levy shown as its own line. For the first few weeks we watch the real weights, then set the tier that fits. See how the weight tiers work.

See how our weekly food waste collection works and how weight tiers work, or check the Lower North Shore page.

Council household service status from the NSW EPA FOGO services map and council list, checked 11 October 2026. Prices are our current rates for the 2026-27 financial year.

Northern Beaches questions

Local
questions.

Every area has the same prices. See all the areas we collect.

Do you collect in Avalon or Palm Beach?
Send us your address. We collect from Manly to Mona Vale, and we will check further up the peninsula before we promise a collection day.
Can we add a bin just for summer?
Ask us. Each 120L bin is priced on its own, so adding a bin for the busy months and reviewing it later is straightforward.
Does Northern Beaches Council collect business food waste?
The council's household service is garden organics only at the moment, according to the NSW EPA. Businesses arrange their own food waste collection, which is what we provide.

Start with
one bin.

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