Use this guide to locate drop-off points for items not accepted in Yarra bins.
Use this guide to find out where to drop off unwanted items, some of which aren’t accepted in Yarra bins.
Please remember that what we can and can’t recycle changes over time, as this is driven by the market for recycled materials. This guide is based on the best available information.
If you are still unsure what to do with an item after using this guide, ask us “Can I Recycle This?” by clicking on the button below, take a photo of your item, and email it to us. Our waste team will do the investigating for you!
On this page
- Plastic items
- Glass items
- Paper and cardboard items
- Electronic items
- Polystyrene and foam items
- Metal items
- Food scraps and garden waste
- Clothing and textiles
- Batteries
- Building materials and renovation waste
- Chemicals and hazardous waste
- Bicycles and bike tyres and tubes
- Car parts
- Hygiene related items
- Kitchenware and household items
- Oil
- Pet items and animal waste
- Ink cartridges
- Eye glasses
- Donate/sell/give away items
- Other items
Hard plastic buckets, plant pots, crates, storage containers, baskets, wheelie bins, compost bins, bread and milk crates, sandpit/swimming pool shells, blue and black electrical cable reels, truck mudguards/car bumper bars and corflute signs:
- Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (residents only)
Plastic beverage bottles between 150ml and 3L marked with the 10¢ refund logo:
Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme participating locations (10¢ refund available)
Plastic bottles are plastic containers with a neck that are designed to hold liquids
This includes empty disposable water bottles, milk bottles, detergent bottles) can go in your recycling bin (no lids please)
- This includes empty ice-cream containers, yoghurt containers, margarine tubs, dip containers, takeaway containers, plant pots) can go in your recycling bin
- Rubbish (landfill) bin
This includes plastic supermarket checkout bags, compostable bags, sandwich bags, postal bags, shrink wrap, pasta/rice/bread/biscuit outer bags, cereal box liners, frozen food packets, bubble wrap, plastic pockets and chip packets
Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (residents only)
Glass beverage bottles between 150ml and 3L marked with the 10¢ refund logo:
- Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme participating locations (10¢ refund available)
- Glass bin (accepted glass bottles and jars only, no lids)
- Rubbish (landfill) bin
Cardboard rolls from toilet paper and paper towel and unwaxed cardboard boxes (flattened)
Egg cartons, pizza boxes (empty), and milk and juice cartons
Office paper, newspaper, magazines, junk mail, envelopes (including those with a window), books (apart from those made from mixed materials)
Wrapping paper (ribbons and bows removed, no plastic/shiny/metallic paper please) and greeting cards (apart from those made from mixed materials or that include batteries)
Coffee cups, paper towel, receipts, waxed cardboard and paper/cardboard based products that also contain other types of materials (such as foil, plastic, wax or fabric):
Rubbish (landfill) bin
Drink cartons between 150ml and 3L marked with the 10¢ refund logo:
Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme participating locations (10¢ refund available)
Recycling bin
Other milk, juice and stock cartons:
Recycling bin
A social media group for the buying, selling, swapping and donation of goods (e.g. Facebook marketplace)
Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (maximum 20kg per drop off), including for
Computers and accessories
Printers
TVs
Kettles and blenders
Cameras
Mobile phones and accessories
Stereo equipment, CD players, DVD and VCR recorders
Please note not all op shops accept electronic items, check first.
Yarra’s Circular Economy Map
Trade ins are available at some retails
- Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (residents only)
- Rubbish (landfill) bin
Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (residents only)
Rubbish (landfill) bin
Aluminium beverage bottles between 150ml and 3L marked with the 10¢ refund logo:
Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme participating locations (10¢ refund available)
Aluminium foil (scrunched) and metal cans and tins (e.g. food tins, pet food tins, steel food cans, aluminium drink cans and paint tins):
Recycling bin
Metal lids from bottles:
Recycling bin
Food and garden organics bin (accepted organic food and garden waste only)
Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (from 1 July 2024, residents only)
Some community gardens, neighbourhood houses and urban farms (check first)
Tea bags, food packaging (including compostable/biodegradable packaging) and non-organic garden waste (such as garden hoses):
Rubbish (landfill) bin
- Hard rubbish collection (Weeds include bamboo, palm fronds and ivy)
- Repair and alteration options on Yarra’s Circular Economy Map
Some clothing and shoe retailers (specialist recycling programs)
Rubbish (landfill) bin
Give away, sell or donate to friends, family or online via:
A social media group for the buying, selling, swapping and donation of goods (e.g. Facebook marketplace)
Donation to op shop
Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (residents only)
Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (residents only)
Some service stations and automotive workshops
- Removal options on Asbestos Victoria website
Building and renovation waste includes:
Bricks
Concrete
Dirt and soil
Plasterboard
Rubble and stones
Timber
Small amounts (e.g. off-cuts) of carpet and carpet underlay can be included in your next hard waste collection
For other building/renovation waste, contact a transfer station to see if they will accept it or organise a private collection service (permit information available here)
- Removal options on Asbestos Victoria website
- Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (maximum 2 per drop-off, residents only)
- Detox your Home drop-off events (accepted household chemicals and quantities only, registration required)
- Local pharmacy via the Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) program
- Pharmacy part of Pharmacycle program for empty blister packs
- Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (maximum 5 X 20L containers of accepted paint products per drop-off only, lids must be secured)
Donation
Bicycle Network options specifically for bicycles
Give away, sell or donate to friends, family or online via:
A social media group for the buying, selling, swapping and donation of goods (e.g. Facebook marketplace)
Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (residents only)
Some bike shops
- Hard rubbish collection (small car parts only, maximum 4 car tyres per collection)
- Rubbish (landfill) bin
Give away, sell or donate to friends or family with or expecting a baby
Give away, sell or donate to others online via
A social media group for the buying, selling, swapping and donation of goods (e.g. Facebook marketplace)
Donation to op shop (reusable nappies in good condition only)
Give away, sell or donate to friends, family or online via:
A social media group for the buying, selling, swapping and donation of goods (e.g. Facebook marketplace)
Donation to op shop (furniture in good condition only)
Repair and restoration options on Yarra’s Circular Economy Map
- Hard rubbish collection (maximum 1 mattress per collection)
Kitchenware includes reusable crockery, cutlery, food containers, trays and bakeware
Give away, sell or donate kitchenware in good condition (see above)
Repair options on Yarra’s Circular Economy Map
- Clifton Hill Recycling Centre (maximum 5L in containers with secured lids per drop-off, residents only)
- Rubbish (landfill) bin
Give away, sell or donate to friends, family or online via:
A social media group for the buying, selling, swapping and donation of goods (e.g. Facebook marketplace)
Donation to op shop (pet products in good condition only, check first)
- Rubbish (landfill) bin
- Refill for reuse
- Donation to op shop (items in good condition only)
A social media group for the buying, selling, swapping and donation of goods (e.g. Facebook marketplace)
Cigarette butts and lighters (empty)
Corks, photographs
Trigger, spray and pump lids
Vacuum cleaner dust
Baby goods (accepted items only)
Light bulbs and tubes (no fluorescent ones please)
X-rays
Vapes
For other disposal options, visit Planet Ark’s Recycling Near You or contact a Waste Transfer Station to see if they're able to accept it.