Maroondah hard rubbish: a couch, drawers and a rolled rug on a nature strip under tall trees, a teal skip of decking boards on the driveway

Maroondah hard rubbish collectionTwo free collections a year, shared with prunings

Maroondah households with council bins can book two free collections each financial year, for hard rubbish or bundled prunings. Here’s how the allowance works, and what it won’t take.

  • From Maroondah Council’s own pages
  • What it takes, and what it won’t
  • Where the rest can go

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Book online, by live chat or on 1300 88 22 33, a week ahead, and put it on the nature strip the weekend before your collection week.

  • 2 m³each free collection: 2 m long, 1 m deep and 1 m high
  • 2free collections a financial year, or one double of 4 m³
  • 0.5 m³limit on home-improvement items such as cupboards

What Maroondah hard rubbish takes, and what it won’t

Goes out

  • Household furniture
  • Whitegoods and appliances, fridge and freezer doors removed
  • E-waste, such as TVs, computers and cables (batteries removed from tools)
  • Mattresses, up to 3, placed to one side
  • Carpet and underlay, rolled and tied, up to 1.5 m and 2 rooms
  • Up to 10 pieces of timber, without nails, up to 1.5 m
  • Up to 3 internal doors
  • Home-improvement items such as cupboards and toilet fittings, up to 0.5 m³
  • Empty paint tins, lids off; wrapped glass and mirrors

Not collected

  • Decking, and wooden structures such as pergolas, sheds, gazebos and trellis
  • Fencing and gates
  • Building waste: bricks, concrete, tiles, pavers, rubble, soil, pallets and insulation
  • Plasterboard, cement sheet, fibro and asbestos
  • Garden waste, pots and garden features
  • Items longer than 1.5 m (except mattresses and large furniture) or too heavy for two people
  • Batteries, gas bottles and fire extinguishers
  • Tyres and car parts, garage roller doors, and anything in plastic bags

How the allowance works

Each financial year (1 July to 30 June), Maroondah households with a residential waste service can book one of these:

  • Two single hard waste collections, or two single bundled prunings collections
  • One double hard waste collection, or one double prunings collection
  • One single hard waste and one single prunings collection

Hard waste and prunings are booked separately, and a booking can’t be changed or cancelled once made. Up to two more paid collections a year can be booked through Council’s online booking portal; Maroondah doesn’t publish the fee.

Putting it out

The crew collects only from the nature strip and won’t come onto your property.

  • Keep the pile neat, and footpaths, hydrants and pits clear.
  • Put mattresses to the side, with nothing on top.
  • Anything not taken gets a sticker explaining why. Remove over-limit or non-conforming items within a day, and report a missed collection within a week.

Bundled prunings

Prunings use the same two collections as hard waste, and the food and garden bin is emptied fortnightly.

  • Tie bundles with natural string or twine, no more than 1.5 m long and 30 cm wide.
  • Single limbs must be under 20 cm wide and 1.5 m long, with no branches attached.
  • Loose clippings, stumps, soil, pots and rubble aren’t taken.

Where the rest can go

Maroondah has no council tip, and its website lists centres in neighbouring councils for what hard waste won’t take.

  • E-waste and more: free collection days for Maroondah residents each May and October. In 2026, October’s is on Saturday 24 October, 8am to 2pm, at the Operations Centre, 24–28 Lincoln Road, Croydon, and you must register. They also take car batteries, gas bottles up to 9 kg and fire extinguishers, which hard waste doesn’t.
  • Small e-waste: the free recycling station at Realm, 179 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood. Batteries now go in the drums at the Realm and Croydon customer service centres.
  • Household chemicals: the state’s free Detox Your Home events.
  • Asbestos: Maroondah says to get professional advice before handling it.

When a skip makes more sense

Maroondah names decking, pergolas, sheds, fencing and building waste as things hard waste won’t take, and caps home-improvement items at half a cubic metre. A deck or pergola demolition, a renovation, or a clean-out bigger than your allowance suits a skip: a builders skip for the timber and rubble (no asbestos or fibro), or a general waste skip for the rest, on your driveway when it suits you.

Skip bins in Maroondah: Croydon, Ringwood.

Common questions

Can I put hard rubbish out without booking in Maroondah?

No. Maroondah lists unbooked hard waste among the most commonly dumped rubbish, and dumping waste is against the law in Victoria.

Where this information comes from

The rules and fees on this page come from these published pages, checked on 2 October 2026.

More guides

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