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) |