A to Z guide to waste and recycling options
| I want to dispose of | Put it in home bin | Other options |
Aerosol cans (empty) | Recycling (yellow) |
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Aluminium foil | Recycling (yellow) |
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Animal droppings | Waste (red/dark green lid) |
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Asbestos | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Bag ties | Waste (red lid) |
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Baking paper | Waste (red lid) |
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Band aids | Waste (red lid) |
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Baskets | Waste (red lid) | Op shops |
Batteries | No | |
Bricks and rubble | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Building materials | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Cake trays (plastic) | Recycling (yellow) |
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Cans | Recycling (yellow) |
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Car parts (small) | No | |
Car batteries | No | |
Cardboard | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Cardboard/paper – laminated | Waste (red lid) |
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Cardboard/paper – waxed | Waste (red lid) |
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Carpet and underlay | No | |
Cartridges (printer/toner) | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Cassettes/VHS tapes | Waste (red lid) |
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Cereal boxes | Recycling (yellow lid) |
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Chemicals | No | |
Cigarette butts | Waste (red lid) |
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Cleaning rags | Waste (red lid) |
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Cling wrap | Waste (red lid) |
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Clothing | Waste (red lid) | Op shops |
Coat hangers | Waste (red lid) | Op shops |
Coffee pods | Waste (red lid) |
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Concrete | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Corks | Waste (red lid) | Contact commercial suppliers |
Cotton wool buds | Waste (red lid) |
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Crockery (not broken) | No | Op shops |
Crockery (broken) | Waste (red lid) |
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Curtains | No | Op shops |
Cutlery (metal) | No | Op shops |
Cutlery (plastic) | Waste (red/dark green lid) |
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Detergent bottles (plastic) | Waste (red lid) |
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Doors | No | |
Electrical waste | No | Drop at some retailers |
Fluorescent tubes | No | |
Food and garden organics | Fogo bin (if in the trial) Waste (red/dark green lid) | |
Fruit/veg scraps | Fogo bin (if in the trial) Waste (red lid/dark green lid) | |
Furniture | No | Op shops |
Garden waste | Fogo bin (small amounts such as plant cuttings if in the trial) Waste (red/dark green lid) | |
Gas bottles | No | |
Glass bottles and jars with lids/caps | Recycling (yellow) | |
Household chemicals | No | |
Kitty litter | Waste (red lid) |
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Light bulbs | No | |
Liquid waste | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Long life cartons | Waste (red/dark green lid) |
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Magazines/junk mail | Recycling (yellow) |
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Mattresses | No | |
Meat scraps | Fogo bin (no cooked bones) Waste (red lid) |
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Meat trays (foam) | Waste (red lid) |
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Medicine glass bottles (empty, rinsed) | Recycling (yellow lid) |
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Medicines | No
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Milk bottles (without the lid) | Recycling (yellow) |
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Mirrors | Waste (red/dark green lid |
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Mobile phones | No | |
Nappies (disposable) | Waste (red/dark green lid)
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Needles/syringes | No | phone ASSIST 03 9209 6777 |
Newspaper | Recycling (yellow) |
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Oil | No | |
Ovens | No | |
Paint | No | |
Paint tins (dry) | No | |
Pallets | No | |
Paper | Recycling (yellow) |
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Paper – shredded | Waste (red/dark green lid) | |
Paper towel (used) | Fogo bin (if in trial) Waste (red/dark green lid) |
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Pesticides | No | phone ASSIST 03 9209 6777 |
Pet food tins | Recycling (yellow) |
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Pizza boxes (empty) | Recycling (yellow) |
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Plain wrapping paper | Recycling (yellow) |
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Plant pots | Recycling (yellow) | |
Plasterboard | No | |
Plastic bags (clean) | No | Coles or Woolworths (redcycle) |
Plastic bags (dirty) | Waste (red lid) |
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Plastic – biodegradable | Waste (red lid) |
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Plastic bottles and jars (code 1 to 5, remove lids and caps) | Recycling (yellow) |
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Plastic containers | Recycling (yellow) |
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Plastic containers – takeaway (empty and rinsed) | Recycling (yellow) |
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Plastic food wrappers | Waste (red/dark green lid) | Coles or Woolworths (redcycle) |
Plastic strapping | Waste (red lid) |
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Plastic bubble wrap | Waste (red/dark green lid) | Coles or Woolworths (redcycle) |
Polystyrene | Waste (red lid) |
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Pyrex ovenware (broken) | Waste (red lid) |
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Pyrex ovenware (not broken) | No | Op shops |
Scrap metal | No | |
Shoes | Waste (red/dark green lid) | Op shops |
Smoke alarms | Waste (red lid) | |
Soft drink bottles without the lid | Recycling (yellow) |
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Soil | No | |
Sporting goods | No | Op shops |
Steel/aluminum (cans) | Recycling (yellow) | |
Steel pots | Recycling (yellow) |
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Stereo | No | Op shops |
Stoves | No | |
Takeaway coffee cups | Waste (red lid) |
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Takeaway food cartons | Waste (red/dark green lid) |
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Tea bags (nylon) | Waste (red lid) |
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Tea bags | Waste (red lid) | Compost/worm farm at home |
Timber (small) | No | |
Tissues | Waste (red lid) |
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Toilet paper rolls (cardboard) | Recycling (yellow) |
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Toys | Waste (red/dark green lid) | Op shops |
Twin/rope | Waste (red lid) |
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Tyres | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Vacuum cleaner dirt | Waste (red lid) | |
Vinyl | Waste (red lid) |
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Washing machines | No | |
Window glass | Waste (red/dark green lid) (wrap in a paper) |