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What Can Be Recycled

The A-Z Guide is provided to help our residents Recycle Right and provides a comprehensive list of all the items that should be placed in your yellow lid recycling bin.

 

It’s easy! To ensure your recycling bin is collected, if the item is not on the A-Z Guide then it should NOT be placed in your recycling bin.

A recycling bin containing items not listed on the A-Z Guide, may receive a tag, these tags are there to help inform residents of the incorrect item placed in the recycling and assist the truck driver in identifying a bin that may cause a hazard to the truck, its contents and the hand sorters at the MRF.

 

TYPES OF TAGS AND WHAT THEY MEAN

 

Please note: The incorrect placement of non-accepted items in the recycling bins can become a serious problem for your service. Residents who  continuously misuse the service may have the service suspended without further notification.

 

REMEMBER – ONLY THOSE PRODUCTS ON THE A-Z GUIDE ARE ACCEPTED

 

NO MOTOR OIL CONTAINERS

NO POLYSTYRENE OR FOAM PACKAGING

NO PLASTIC BAGS OR RECYCLING IN PLASTIC BAGS

NO GENERAL WASTE

NO HAZARDOUS WASTE; SUCH AS NAPPIES, SCRAP METAL, BATTERIES

 

No type of  plastic bags, plastic wrap or  recycling inside plastic bags, can be accepted in your recycling bin.  We can not recycle these products and they can cause damage to the equipment and may cause whole loads of accepted recyclables to be rejected and sent to landfill.

One 5 litre container of motor oil can contaminate an entire truck load of recycling which then must be dumped, thereby wasting the efforts of everyone else who has recycled right.

The disposal of domestic and motor vehicle batteries can result in collection truck fires and is a significant risk to public safety and the environment.

 

Australian Recycling Identification Symbols

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Recycle This Item aerosol cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item aerosol containers

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item aerosol spray paints

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item aerosols

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Aluminium cans, trays and foil

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item aluminium foil (clean)

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item aluminium pans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item aluminium pie plates

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item aluminium pots

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item baking dishes (steel / aluminium)

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item baking pans (steel / aluminium)

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item beer can tabs

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item beer cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item bottle caps

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Bottle tops

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item cake pans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Cake trays (plastic or foil)

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Cat food cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Cat food tins

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item coffee tins

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Cooking oil tins (empty - no residue of oil)

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item Deodorant cans and roll-ons

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Dog food cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Dog food tins

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item drink cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item dry empty paint cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item Empty Paint Tins

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item Foil (clean)

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Food Cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Formula cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Formula tins

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item frying pans (not electric)

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item Home Brew Tins

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item Insect spray bottles and cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item metal cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item metal coffee cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item muffin pans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item Paint tins (dry)

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item pans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Pet Food Cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Pie Trays

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item pop can tabs

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item pop cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item pots

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item pots and pans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Pots and pans - steel or aluminium

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item pringles cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item Saucepans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item soda can tabs

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item soda cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Soft drink cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Soft drink tabs

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item soup cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Spray cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Steel cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item tin cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item tin pie plates

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item tinfoil

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

Recycle This Item Tuna cans

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.

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Recycle This Item wine bottles / screw tops and lids

Yes! Please place this item in your yellow lid recycle bin.