A to Z guide to waste and recycling options
Find out the right way to dispose of your waste with our A to Z guide to waste and recycling.
I want to dispose of | Put it in home bin | other options |
Aerosol cans (empty) | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Aluminium foil | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Animal droppings | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Animal Faeces | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Asbestos | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Bag ties | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Baked Goods | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Baking paper | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Band aids | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Baskets | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Op shops |
Batteries | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Beer bottles | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Branches | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | if it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Breads,cakes and pastries | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Bricks and rubble | No | Take it to the Tip/Landfill |
Building materials | No | Take it to the Tip/Landfill |
Butter foils | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Cake trays (plastic code 1-5) | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Cans | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Car batteries | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Car parts (small) | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Cardboard and paper (dry & no food items) | Recycling (yellow lid) | Resource Recovery Centre |
Cardboard/paper – laminated | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Cardboard/paper – waxed | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Carpet and underlay | No | Hard/green waste collection |
Cartridges (printer/toner) | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Cassettes/VHS tapes | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Cereal boxes | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Cereals and grains | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Chemicals | No | Visit Sustainability Victoria's Detox your home initiative |
Cigarette butts | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Cleaning rags | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Cling wrap | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Clothing and textiles | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Op shops - can donate if in good condition |
Coat hangers | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Op shops |
Coffee Cups | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | plastic lids go in the recycling bin with yellow lid |
Coffee grounds | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Coffee pods | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Concrete | No | Take it to the Tip/Landfill |
Cooked bones | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Cooking Oils and fats(absorbed in paper towel or newspaper) | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Corks | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Cotton wool buds | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Crockery (broken) | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Crockery (not broken) | No | Op shops |
Cucumbers in plastic wrap | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | dispose of cucumber in the FOGO/CoFO bin |
Curtains | No | Op shops |
Cutlery (metal) | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Cutlery (plastic) | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Dairy foods | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Dead animals | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Detergent bottles (plastic) | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Dog toys | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Doors | No | Resource Recovery Centre or Hard/green waste collection |
Dryer lint | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Egg Sells | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Electrical waste | No | Resource Recovery Centre or Hard/green waste collection |
Facial Tissues | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Fake grass | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Feathers | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Fish and Chips paper | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Flowers | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Fluorescent tubes | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Food and garden organics | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Food containers (styrofoam) | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | if plastic can go in the recycling bin with yellow lid |
Food Scraps | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Food stickers and labels | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Fruit/veg scraps | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Furniture | No | Hard/green waste collection |
Garden waste | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | Resource Recovery Centre or book for Hard/green waste collection. |
Gas bottles | No | |
General garden clippings | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
General garden clippings | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | if it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Glad Wrap | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Glass bottles and jars without lids/caps | Recycling (yellow lid)/ Communal Glass Recycling hub | Communal glass recycling hubs |
Glossy magazines | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Glossy writing pad | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Grains | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Grass Clippings | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Grass Clippings | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | If it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Greasy paper plates | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Greeting Cards | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Household chemicals | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Resource Recovery Centre |
Human hair and animal hair | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Jelly | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Kitchen paper towel | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Kitty litter | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Kitty litter synthetic | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Lawn clippings | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | If it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Leaves | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Leftovers | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Light bulbs | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Liquid waste | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Contact commercial suppliers |
Lollies | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Long life cartons | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Magazines | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Magazines/junk mail | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Manure | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Mattresses | No | Resource Recovery Centre or Hard/green waste collection |
Meat (raw and cooked) | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Meat scraps | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Medicine glass bottles (empty, rinsed) | Recycling (yellow lid)/ Communal Glass Recycling hub | Communal glass recycling hubs |
Mesh onion bags | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Milk bottles (without the lid) | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Mirrors | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Mobile phones | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Napkins, paper | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Nappies | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Needles/syringes | No | Phone ASSIST 03 9209 6777 |
Newspaper | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Newspaper | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Nuts and Seeds | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Oil | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Ovens | No | Resource Recovery Centre or Hard/green waste collection |
Paper – shredded | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | Resource Recovery Centre |
Paper bags | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Paper napkins | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Paper plates | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Paper towel rolls | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Paper towels | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Pasta | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Pavers | No | Take it to the Tip/Landfill |
Pet food tins | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Pizza boxes | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | Can be put in Yellow Recycling bin (yellow lid) |
Pizza boxes (empty) | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Plain wrapping paper | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Plant pots | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Plastic – biodegradable | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Plastic bags | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Plastic bags of FOGO | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Dispose of food/garden material in the FOGO bin |
Plastic bubble wrap | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Plastic containers (code 1-5) – takeaway (empty and rinsed) | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Plastic food wrappers | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Plastic strapping | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Plastic wrap | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Popsicle sticks | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Post it notes | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | Can be put in Yellow Recycling bin (yellow lid) |
Poultry | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Printed serviettes | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Prunings and cuttings | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Prunings and cuttings | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | If it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Pyrex ovenware (not broken) | No | Op shops |
Real Christmas trees | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | If it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Recyclable packaging | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Rice and other kitchen scraps | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Salad and dressing | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Scrap metal | No | Resource Recovery Centre or book for Hard/green waste collection |
Seafood | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Shellfish shells | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Shoes | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Resource Recovery Centre |
Shredded paper | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Small branches | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | If it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Smoke alarms | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Soft drink bottles without the lid | Recycling (yellow lid) | |
Soil | No | Take it to the Tip/Landfill |
Soup sachets | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Spoiled food | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Sporting goods | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Op shops |
Steel pots | No | Resource Recovery Centre |
Steel/aluminum (cans) | Recycling (yellow lid) | Resource Recovery Centre |
Stereo | No | Resource Recovery Centre or hard/green waste collection |
Sticks | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | If it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Stock cube packaging | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Stoves | No | Resource Recovery Centre or hard/green waste collection |
Straw and hay | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Straw and hay | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | If it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Synthetic fertilizer | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Takeaway coffee cups | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Takeaway food cartons | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Tea leaves (loose) | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Tea bags | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Textiles | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Op Shops |
Thorny branches | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | If it doesn't fit in the FOGO bin, bundle together or bag it and dispose at the RRC or book for green waste collection. |
Timber (small) | No | Resource Recovery Centre or book for hard/green waste collection |
Tissues | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Toilet paper rolls (cardboard) | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Toilet Rolls | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Toys | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Op shops |
Tree roots | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Twin/rope | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Tyres | No | Contact commercial suppliers |
Uncooked Bones | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Vacuum cleaner dirt | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Compost/worm farm |
Vegetables | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Vinyl | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | Op shops |
Washing machines | No | Resource Recovery Centre or Hard/green waste collection |
Waxed packaging | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) | |
Weeds | Food/Green Organic bins (kerbside/Communal) | |
Window glass | Garbage bin (red/dark green lid) (wrap in a paper) |