Frankston City Council provides residents with one municipal wide free hard waste collection of up to 2 cubic metres of hard waste items and/or bundled green waste within each financial (ratings) year where the eligible household has a paid council waste service.
To find you property’s collection date please search:
Please Note: The Annual Hard Waste Collection is only eligible for households with a Paid Frankston Council Residential Bin Service. This service is not available for Commercial properties or Households engaging a Private waste collection company.
Please Note: All of your Hard Waste Collection material must be out on your Nature strip by 6:00am on the Monday of your allocated collection week, a return visit will not be made.
Download the Hard Waste Collection Brochure here(PDF, 6MB) for more information.
More information
What can and cannot be collected?
There are certain items we can and can't collect when picking up your hard waste. Some items have a maximum weight or size limit, or requirements in the way they must be placed on your nature strip.
| What can be collected |
What cannot be collected |
| household furniture |
tyres, wheels or batteries |
| mattress, mattress base and bed base (maximum 2 pieces) |
fencing, rubble, soil, bricks or concrete |
| clothing |
poisons or pool chemicals
|
| scrap metal and whitegoods |
asbestos, cement sheeting or sharps |
| e-waste such as televisions, computers and DVD players |
gas bottles, fuel tanks or water tanks |
| timber (no more than 1.5m in length, maximum 12 pieces) |
unwrapped glass |
| branches (no more than 15cm in diametre) |
green waste placed in plastic bags |
| tree stumps (less than 30kg) |
green waste that is untied |
| carpet rolls (no more than 1.5m in length) |
waste from industrial or commercial premises |
| lawn mowers, hot water systems and electrical items |
waste from businesses operating from home |
For more information on what can and can't be collected, please visit the Our collection do's and don'ts page.
What if I require a further collection throughout the year?
Residents can have hard waste collected at other times of the year at a cost. Please see the Book a paid hard waste collection page for more details.
Book a paid hard waste collection