360 Litre Wheelie Bin Hire Adelaide

The 360L is the smallest size we hire out and the one most people pick for a tidy-up rather than a full cleanout. $99 flat for 7 days, GST in, delivery in, pickup in. We drop it on your chosen day, you fill it across the week, and we're back the following week to collect. No permit, no skip truck, no extras at the end.

How much fits in 360 litres

360 litres is roughly 1 to 1.5 trailer loads, or about 3 of the large council kerbside bins put together. Packed sensibly, you'll get close to half a cubic metre of compacted waste in it. That's a real amount of stuff for a small job, and the 360L lives in the gap between "I'll squeeze it in the council bin" (which never works) and "I need a skip" (which is overkill for one room).

In tangible terms, you'll fit the contents of a kid's bedroom plus the wardrobe behind it, or a thorough kitchen pantry clear with the broken small appliances thrown in, or a garden bag tidy covering 4 to 5 garden bags worth of clippings, broken pot plants and the dead garden hose.

Footprint and where it sits

The 360L is a step up from the kerbside council bin but not by much. It's around 80cm wide, about a metre deep, and stands around 1.1m tall with the lid closed. It rolls on two wheels at the back the same way a council bin does, so anyone who can tip the wheelie bin out on Sunday night can move this one.

That 80cm width is the key feature: it fits down the side gates and narrow paths that a skip bin can't go anywhere near. If your side path is even a tight one, the 360L will roll down it. It sits flat against the side of the house, on the driveway, in the carport, or tucked behind the gate. No verge permit, no traffic management, no truck blocking your driveway for the week.

The jobs the 360L is right for

These are the jobs the 360L genuinely covers without leaving you stuck:

• End-of-lease on a 1 or 2-bed flat. The final pass: pantry clear, fridge contents, the bits the previous tenant left behind, the bond clean leftovers.
• Single-room declutter. A kid's bedroom that's grown out, a study you're reclaiming, a spare room you've been using as storage.
• Kitchen drawer-and-cupboard clear. Old Tupperware lids, broken small appliances, the toaster that's never been right.
• Garden bag tidy. A weekend of pruning and the dead palms in the corner.
• Wardrobe overhaul. Clothes that should've been binned three winters ago, broken hangers, old shoeboxes.
• Garage shelf clear (one set of shelves, not the whole garage). Old paint tins (empty), random offcuts, that mystery box from the move.

The most common mistake: undersizing

The 360L is the right call for a real tidy-up, but it's the wrong call for a real reno. The most common mistake we see is people booking the 360L thinking they'll get a kitchen strip-out into it, then running out by Wednesday and having to book a second bin.

Rule of thumb: if you're ripping out cabinetry, tearing up flooring, or clearing more than one room, jump up to the 660L for $129. That's $30 more and roughly double the volume. Or the 1100L for $179 if the job is a proper garage or a single-room reno. The size guide walks through this in more detail.

Pay the extra $30 once. Don't pay $99 twice.

Real example: end-of-lease 2-bed flat

A common 360L job: a tenant moving out of a 2-bedroom flat in the inner suburbs. The week looks like this. Saturday morning, the bin gets dropped on the carport. Saturday the pantry, the fridge and the bathroom cabinet get cleared. Sunday the wardrobes go. Mid-week the broken vacuum, the lamp that hasn't worked since 2022, the mattress topper, the kids' old toys. By Friday the bin is three-quarters full and the flat is empty. We collect Saturday. Bond cleaner walks through on Sunday. One bin, $99, done.

What can and can't go in

A 360L wheelie bin takes general household waste, packaging, light timber, broken furniture, small whitegoods, carpet offcuts, and the usual mixed rubbish from a tidy-up. The full breakdown is on the what can go in a hire bin post.

What can't go in: asbestos, soil and dirt, bricks or concrete, liquid paint, oil or chemicals, gas bottles, batteries, tyres, or food waste in bulk. These rules aren't paperwork, they're physical. A 360L bin full of soil weighs more than the truck can safely lift, and a bin with liquid paint or chemicals leaks all over the driveway. If your job has any of that, ring us first.

Pricing and extra days

$99 flat for 7 days. GST is included, delivery is included, pickup is included. If you need it for longer, extra days are $5 per day, so a 10-day hire is $114 total. No fuel levy, no permit fee, no hidden charges at pickup. Every size is on the prices page.

Why a 360L wheelie bin instead of a skip

For a small job, a skip is the wrong tool. The smallest skips run more in dollar terms and need a flatbed truck to drop, often a verge permit, and a clear straight run from the road. The 360L is walked in by hand, sits on your own property, doesn't need a permit, and is half the bother for the same outcome.

The fuller comparison is in the skip bin vs wheelie bin post if you want the side-by-side.

Where we deliver

Across Adelaide metro: the CBD, the inner suburbs, the foothills, the coastal stretch from about Hove-Seaview up to Port Adelaide and North Haven, and out east to Tea Tree Gully and Modbury. North-of-Gawler and Sellicks-south aren't covered. Full list is on the service areas page.

Booking

Pick a delivery date on the 7-day hire page or head straight to book online. Two or three minutes start to finish. The bin's on your driveway by mid-morning on the day, and we collect a week later. If you're weighing up sizes, the full services list shows the lot.