Helpful hints to reduce your waste:

• Only dispose of items that cannot be reused or recycled.
• Buy items that are not over-packaged or buy in bulk.
• When shopping, choose items that come packaged in recyclable material.
• Take reusable bags for shopping.
• Start a worm farm or compost bin.

Placing your bins out for collection

To ensure your bins are easily and safely collected, please follow these bin placement rules:

• Place your bins out the night before collection day.
• Bin handles must face your house, so the bin's lid opens to the street.
• Place bins one metre apart. If they are too close together the truck's 'arm' cannot pick up the bins.
• Make sure all bin lids are closed, otherwise material can spill during collection.
• Do not put extra bags or bundles next to or on top of your bins. They will not be collected.
• Do not place bins close to trees or cars. This makes collection difficult and/or dangerous.
• Please note bins are not to be stored permanently on the nature strip.
• A weight restriction of 60kg applies to all bins.

Your yellow-lidded mixed recycling bin
What should I put in this bin?

Yes

 

• Plastic containers all disposable plastic containers from the kitchen, bathroom and laundry with their lids removed.
• Paper, for example newspapers, magazines, office paper, envelopes, etc.
• Cardboard, including clean pizza boxes.
• Steel cans, including aerosols.
• Aluminium cans.
• Glass bottles and jars.
• Milk and juice cartons.

 

No

 

• Window or mirror glass
• Plastic toys
• Crockery/porcelain (plates and mugs)
• Ceramics or heat-treated glass
• Drinking glasses
• Plastic bags and plastic wrap
• Foam packaging
• Bubble wrap
• Food or meat trays
• Paint tins
• Vegetation

 

It is important that recyclables are put loosely into the recycling bin and should not be placed in plastic bags. Plastic bags get tangled in the machinery at the Materials Recycling Facility.

General recycling hints:

• Remove tops and lids from bottles and jars and ensure they are empty
• Flatten containers to save space
• Do not put items in plastic bags as they cannot be recycled at the Materials Recycling Facility
• Use washing up water to rinse out bottles, cans and jars
• Cut up large cardboard boxes into smaller pieces so they don't become jammed in the bin
• Plastic shopping bags can be recycled at some supermarkets
• If you do not fill your bin each week, consider placing it out each fortnight
• Do not break glass bottles as this can make it harder for them to be recycled.