What you can put in your bins

Landfill bins

Lid colour: red
Collected: weekly (check your bin day)

Accepted items:

  • tissues, paper towel and wet wipes
  • soft plastic wrappers and plastic bags
  • nappies and animal droppings (wrapped or in bags)
  • household garbage
  • vacuum cleaner dust
  • broken glass, pyrex and ceramics (crockery) - please wrap for safety purposes
  • polystyrene/foam

Unaccepted items:

  • electronics and batteries
  • recyclables
  • garden waste
  • building materials, timber, and steel
  • syringes or medical waste
  • oil, paint, and chemical waste
  • commercial waste
  • Industrial waste

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Recycling bins

Lid colour: yellow
Collected: fortnightly (check your bin day)

Accepted items:

  • hard plastic bottle and containers
  • newspapers, magazines, flyers, letters, envelopes, office paper and phone books
  • cut up cardboard boxes
  • steel cans, aluminium cans, aluminium foil and aerosols
  • glass bottles and jars (lids on is fine)

Unaccepted items:

  • recyclables in plastic bags
  • plastic bags
  • soft plastics
  • food
  • polystyrene/foam
  • crockery or pyrex
  • rubbish
  • garden waste
  • nappies or sanitary items
  • clothing, shoes, and linen
  • carpet
  • toys
  • syringes and medical waste
  • electronic waste or batteries.

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Food and garden waste bins

Lid colour: green
Collected: fortnightly (check your bin day)

Accepted items:

  • food scraps (read more about food waste recycling),
  • fruit and vegetable peelings
  • meat and bones
  • dairy
  • eggs shells
  • loose leaf tea and coffee grounds
  • bread, rice, pasta and cereal
  • used paper and paper towel
  • grass clippings and prunings
  • small branches (up to 100mm in diameter)
  • weeds, leaves and flowers.

Unaccepted items:

  • garden waste in plastic bags
  • plastic bags
  • soil and potting mix
  • plant pots
  • rubbish
  • wrap, packaging, and polystyrene
  • nappies and baby wipes
  • timber, bricks, and rubble
  • paper plates or coffee cups (including biodegradable or compostable)
  • hair (including pet hair)
  • recyclables
  • kitty litter
  • syringes and medical waste.

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