A-Z recycling guide
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Advertising material - yellow recycle bin, request a free no ad material sticker
Aerosol cans (empty) - yellow recycle bin
Aerosol cans (full) - detox your home
Acids and alkalis - detox your home
Air conditioners - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Aluminium cans - yellow recycle bin
Aluminium foil - yellow recycle bin
Aluminium pots and saucepans (old) - yellow recycle bin
Animal fur - red landfill bin, compost
Animal faeces/poo - red landfill bin, dog poo compost
Anti-freeze - detox your home
Antibiotics - return to local pharmacy
Appliances - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Ash (cold) - red landfill bin, compost
Asbestos - other facilities, advice
Air conditioners - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Audio tapes and reels - red landfill bin, charity
Bag ties - red landfill bin
Balloons - red landfill bin
Bandaids - red landfill bin
Baskets cane (broken) - red landfill bin, hard waste
Baskets (usable) - charity
Batteries (car) - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Batteries (household e.g. AA) - Recycle & Recovery Centre, Edendale Farm
Batteries (rechargeable e.g. AA) - Recycle & Recovery Centre, Edendale Farm
BBQ - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste (for gas bottles see other facilities)
Bean bags - charity, red landfill bin
Beer bottle tops (metal) - can be placed loose in the yellow recycle bin
Bicycles (broken) - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Books - charity, yellow recycle bin
Bones (from food scraps) - green organics bin, compost
Bones (whole animal, not from food scraps) - red landfill bin
Bottles (plastic or glass) - yellow recycle bin
Bottle tops/lids (plastic) - place lid back on empty container after squeezing some air out and put in yellow recycle bin
Bottle tops (metal) - can be placed loose in the yellow recycle bin
Boxes (cardboard) - yellow recycle bin, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Boxes (waxed cardboard) - red landfill bin
Branches (small) - green organics bin
Branches (large) - green organics bin, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Bread bag, plastic (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Bread bag clip (plastic) - yellow recycle bin (some will end up in landfill as small plastic items <5cm do not get sorted correctly)
Bricks and rubble - other facilities
Bubble wrap (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Building materials - other facilities
Butane cans (from camp stoves) - yellow recycle bin (cans must be empty)
Cake trays (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Candles - red landfill bin, charity
Cans - yellow recycle bin
Car batteries - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Carcasses (dead pets and animals) - red landfill bin, other facilities
Cardboard - yellow recycle bin, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Carpet scraps - red landfill bin, hard waste
Carpet underlay - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Cartridges (printer) - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Cat poo and kitty litter - red landfill bin
Cassette tapes - charity, or Recycle & Recovery Centre for recycling, red landfill bin
Cassette tape cases - yellow recycle bin
CD/DVD drives - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Cellophane (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Ceramics (broken) - red landfill bin
Ceramics (intact) - charity
Cereal boxes - yellow recycle bin
Cereal box insert (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Chemicals - detox your home
Chewing gum - red landfill bin
Chip packet (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Chip packet with silver foil lining - red landfill bin, Edendale Farm reception for recycling through REDcycle
China (broken) - red landfill bin
China (intact) - charity
Christmas tree (fake) - red landfill bin, charity
Christmas tree (live) - green organics bin, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Cigarette butts - red landfill bin
Cigarette lighter (empty) - yellow recycle bin
Cigarette packet - red landfill bin
Clean fill - other facilities
Cling wrap (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Clothing and shoes - charity, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Coat hangers (metal) - charity, yellow recycle bin
Coat hangers (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Coffee cups (coated paper) - yellow recycle bin with lids removed
Coffee jars - yellow recycle bin, charity
Coffee granules - green organics bin, compost
Coffee pods (plastic) - red landfill bin
Coffee pods (metal) - red landfill bin
Compact discs - Edendale Farm for recycling, red landfill bin
Compact disc case (rigid plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Computers - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Compostable cups plastic - red landfill bin
Computer parts and peripheries - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Computer monitors/screens - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Concrete - other facilities
Cooking oil (soaked in paper) - red landfill bin , compost
Cooking oil (poured into a container) - red landfill bin
Cooking oil (small amount) - compost
Cooking oil (large quantities) - other facilities, search for local businesses
Corks - red landfill bin, charity
Cosmetic jars (empty) - yellow recycle bin
Cotton - red landfill bin
Cotton wool buds - red landfill bin
Cups and saucers (intact) - charity
Cups and saucers (broken) - red landfill bin
Curtains (reusable) - charity
Curtains - red landfill bin
Cutlery (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Cutlery (metal) - charity, yellow recycle bin
Detergent bottles (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Dirt (commercial quantities) - other facilities
Disposable nappies - red landfill bin
Disk drives - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Dog poo - red landfill bin, dog poo compost
Doona and pillows - red landfill bin, hard waste, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Down lights - Recycle & Recovery Centre, Edendale Farm
Drink cans - yellow recycle bin
Drinking straws - yellow recycle bin
Drink bottles (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Dry cleaning bags (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Ducted heating units - hard waste, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Ducting (flexible tubing from ducted heating) - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Dummies (for babies) - red landfill bin
DVDs - Edendale Farm, Recycle & Recovery Centre , charity
DVD/CD drives - Recycle & Recovery Centre or hard waste for recycling
Electrical appliances - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste, charity
Egg cartons - yellow recycle bin
Enamel pots/bowls - yellow recycle bin
Envelopes - yellow recycle bin
Eye glasses (broken) - red landfill bin
E-waste - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Fabric - charity, red landfill bin
Fax machines - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Fencing (timber) - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Fertiliser bag empty (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Film negatives - included in the x-ray recycling at Recycle & Recovery Centre, Edendale Farm
Fire extinguisher - detox your home
Floppy discs - red landfill bin, Edendale Farm or Recycle & Recovery Centre for recycling
Floppy disc drives - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Fluorescent tubes - Recycle & Recovery Centre, Edendale Farm
Foam boxes - red landfill bin, other facilities
Foam meat trays - red landfill bin
Foam underlay - Recycle & Recovery Centre, red landfill bin, hard waste
Foil - yellow recycle bin
Foil lined cartons - yellow recycle bin
Food cans - yellow recycle bin
Food pouches, yoghurt and baby food (soft plastic) - red landfill bin
Fruit and vegetable scraps - green organics bin, compost
Fridges - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Fuels - detox your home
Furniture - charity, hard waste
Garden chemicals - detox your home
Garden materials - green organics bin, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Gas bottles (empty BBQ bottles) - other facilities
Glad wrap (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Glass jars/bottles - yellow recycle bin
Glass (window pane) - hard waste
Glass (drinking cups and Pyrex) - red landfill bin (this type for glass is not recycled as it does not melt at the same temperature as bottles and jars)
Glass (other than jars/bottles) - red landfill bin, hard waste
Glass (broken picture frame) - red landfill bin
Gift cards (plastic wallet sized cards) - yellow recycle bin
Golf balls - charity, red landfill bin
Grass clippings - green organics bin
Greeting cards (used) - yellow recycle bin
Hair pet or human (small quantities) - green organics bin, compost
Hair (large quantities) - red landfill bin
Hard drives - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Hard plastic - yellow recycle bin
Hay bale twine (plastic) (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Headphones - Edendale Farm, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Helium tanks - detox your home
Highlighters and textas - red landfill bin
Hoses - red landfill bin, charity
Hot water bottles - red landfill bin
Hot water systems (broken) - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Household chemicals - detox your home
Hypodermic needles - return sharps container to local pharmacy
Ice cream containers (coated paper or plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Ice cream lids - yellow recycle bin
Icy pole sticks - red landfill bin
Ink cartridge - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Insulation (fibreglass, wool and cellulose) - there are no known local recycling markets.They are accepted at Hanson Wollert Landfill
Insulation (polystyrene) - Recycle near you, Recycle & Recovery Centre, other recycling facilities
Jars - yellow recycle bin
Jar lids - yellow recycle bin
Juice cartons - yellow recycle bin
Junk mail - yellow recycle bin, request a free no ad material sticker
Keyboards - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Kitchen sponges - red landfill bin
Kitty litter - red landfill bin
Leaves - green organics bin
Lids (metal) - can be placed loose in the yellow recycle bin
Lids (plastic) - place small lids back on empty container after squeezing some air out and put in yellow recycle bin
Light bulbs and tubes - Edendale Farm, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Linen - charity, red landfill bin
Lolly wrappers (foil lined plastic) - red landfill bin, Edendale Farm for recycling
Lolly wrapper (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Long life milk cartons - yellow recycle bin
Lunch boxes - yellow recycle bin
Magazines - yellow recycle bin
Manure (horse/cow) - compost
Margarine tubs - yellow recycle bin
Match boxes - yellow recycle bin
Mattresses - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Meat scraps - green organics bin
Meat trays (foam) - red landfill bin
Meat trays (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Medicine - return to local pharmacy
Milk bottle (squashed down with lid placed on) - yellow recycle bin
Milk bottle lids - place lid back on empty container after squeezing some air out and put in yellow recycle bin
Milk cartons - yellow recycle bin
Mirror glass (broken) - red landfill bin
Mobile phones - Edendale Farm, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Monitors - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Motor oil - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Nappies (disposable) - red landfill bin
Nappies (compostable) - red landfill bin, compost
Needles (sewing) - red landfill bin
Needles (syringe) - return sharps container to local pharmacy
Netting bag for oranges/onions/garlic (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow bin
Newspaper - yellow recycle bin
Noxious weeds - green organics bin
Nylon chopping boards - yellow recycle bin
Office paper - yellow recycle bin
Oil (used cooking oil) - See Cooking oil
Oil (in sealed container) - red landfill bin
Oil (soaked in paper or rag) - red landfill bin
Oil motor - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Orange net bags (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Ovens (old) - the metal is recycled through hard waste, or Recycle & Recovery Centre
Packing tape, plastic (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Paint tins (dry) - yellow recycle bin
Paint - other facilities, detox your home
Paint stripper - detox your home
Paintings on cardboard - yellow recycle bin
Pallet stretch wrap (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Paper towel roll - yellow recycle bin
Pens and pencils - red landfill bin
Perfume bottle - red landfill bin
Perspex - charity, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Pet food tins - yellow recycle bin
Pet hair (small quantities) - green organics bin
Petrol - detox your home
Pharmaceuticals - return to local pharmacy
Phone books - yellow recycle bin
Photographs - red landfill bin
Photo negatives - Recycle & Recovery Centre, Edendale Farm
Pottery (broken) - red landfill bin
Power supplies - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Picture frames - charity, red landfill bin
Pill packets - red landfill bin
Pillows and doonas - red landfill bin, hard waste, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Pills (medicine) - return to local pharmacy
Pizza boxes - yellow recycle bin
Placemats - charity, red landfill bin
Plant cuttings - green organics bin
Plant pots (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Plant pots (broken ceramic) - red landfill bin
Plastic (all hard plastics) - yellow recycle bin
Plastic, soft/flexible (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin, REDcycle
Plastic air pillow protective packaging (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin, REDcycle
Plastic bags (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin, REDcycle
Plastic bag (single loose bag) - bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag for the yellow recycle bin, REDcycle
Plastic hay bale twine (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Plastic lids - place small lids back on empty container after squeezing some air out and put in yellow recycle bin
Plastic packing tape (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Plastic toys (broken) - yellow recycle bin
Plastic trays/baskets - yellow recycle bin
Plastic wrap (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin, REDcycle
Plastic wrappers (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin, REDcycle
Plaster Recycle & Recovery Centre, other recycling facilities
Plate glass (wrapped) - red landfill bin, hard waste
Plush toys - charity , red landfill bin
Polystyrene - red landfill bin, Recycle & Recovery Centre, other recycling facilities
Pool acid containers (empty) - yellow recycle bin
Pool acid - detox your home
Postal bags plastic (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Postal bags (padded paper) - yellow recycle bin
Potting mix bags (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Power cables (domestic) - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Prams - charity (please check first) St Kilda Mums drop off points
Printer/toner cartridges - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Printers - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Pyrex ovenware (broken) - red landfill bin
Pyrex ovenware (intact) - charity
Reusable green check out bags - bundle with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag and place in yellow recycle bin, REDcycle
Reusable check out bags (fabric) - charity, red landfill bin
Rope - red landfill bin, charity
Rubber - red landfill bin
Rubber gloves - red landfill bin
Sandpaper - red landfill bin
Sanitary items - red landfill bin
Screw/nails - yellow recycle bin
Scanners - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Seedling containers - yellow recycle bin
Serviettes (paper) - yellow recycle bin
Serviettes (cloth) - charity, red landfill bin
Shade cloth - charity, red landfill bin
Shampoo bottles - yellow recycle bin
Shredded paper - compost, yellow recycle bin
Shoes - charity, red landfill bin
Silver foil - yellow recycle bin
Smoke alarms - detox your home
Soft drink bottles - yellow recycle bin
Soft drink cans - yellow recycle bin
Soft toys - charity, red landfill bin
Soft plastic (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Soft plastic (loose) - red landfill bin
Spectacles - charity, red landfill bin
Steel cans - yellow recycle bin
Steel - yellow recycle bin
Stickers - red landfill bin
Sticky tape - red landfill bin
Strawberry punnets - yellow recycle bin
Styrofoam - red landfill bin, other facilities
Sweet wrappers (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin, REDcycle
Syringes - return sharps container to local pharmacy
Tablets (electronic) - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Tablets (medicine) - return to local pharmacy
Take away containers (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Tarpaulins - red landfill bin, hard waste, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Tea bags - green organics bin, compost
Tea leaves - green organics bin, compost
Telephone books - yellow recycle bin
Tennis balls - charity
Tennis racquets - charity
Textas - red landfill bin
Tiles (broken) - red landfill bin
Tin cans - yellow recycle bin
Timber - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Tissues - yellow recycle bin
Toilet paper rolls - yellow recycle bin
Toner cartridges - Recycle & Recovery Centre
Toothbrushes - red landfill bin, Edendale Farm for recycling
Toothbrushes (electric) - red landfill bin, Edendale Farm for recycling
Toothpaste tubes - red landfill bin
Toys - charity, red landfill bin
Toys (plastic) - yellow recycle bin
Tree prunings - green organics bin
Tree/plant protector guards (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin
Twine (jute, cotton, fibre) - red landfill bin
Twine (plastic) - red landfill bin
TV - Recycle & Recovery Centre, hard waste
Vacuum cleaner - red landfill bin, charity
Vacuum cleaner dust bags - red landfill bin, compost
Vegetable scraps - green organics bin, compost
Video tapes - red landfill bin
Vinyl - red landfill bin, charity
Waxed cardboard - red landfill bin
Waxed paper - red landfill bin
Weeds - green organics bin
Wet wipes - red landfill bin
Windows (broken and wrapped in paper) - hard waste, red landfill bin
Window panes - charity, Recycle & Recovery Centre
Wine bladder (clear plastic) - REDcycle
Wine bladder (foil-based) - red landfill bin
Wine bottles - yellow recycle bin
Wine bottle screw tops - yellow recycle bin
Wine cask
Wool scraps - red landfill bin
X-rays - Recycle & Recovery Centre, Edendale Farm
Yoghurt containers - yellow recycle bin
Zip lock bags (bundled with other soft/flexible plastics in a plastic bag) - yellow recycle bin, REDcycle