We encourage you to dispose of waste in the right way, so we can all reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
What you can recycle has changed
We know this can be confusing, so please use this guide to work out the best way to dispose of your waste and recycling. If you're still unsure what to do, you can take a photo and email it to us. Our waste team will do the investigating for you!
CAN I RECYCLE THIS?
If you have materials or rubbish not listed in our guide, please contact a Waste Transfer Station to see if they're able to accept it.
If you live in the Abbotsford alternate collections area (formerly Abbotsford trial area) and have four bins, what you are able to put into your recycling and food and organics bin may differ to the advice provided in this guide. To find out exactly what you can put in your bins, refer to the information on our Abbotsford Waste Revolution trial page.
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| Aerosol cans (empty) |
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| Aluminium foil (scrunched into a ball) |
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| Animal droppings (bagged) |
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| Asbestos |
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| Bag ties |
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| Bamboo |
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| Band aids |
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| Baskets |
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| Batteries |
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| BBQs (metal) |
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| Beauty product packaging |
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| Beer bottles (empty, clean, no lids) |
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| Bicycles |
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| Bike tubes |
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| Biscuit trays (all plastic types) |
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| Bottles (glass – empty, clean, no lids) |
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| Bottles (plastic 1 and 2 – empty, clean, no lids) |
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| Bottle tops/lids (plastic) |
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| Bottle tops/lids (metal) |
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| Books (paper) |
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| Branches |
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| Bricks (small amount) |
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| Bricks (large amount) and rubble |
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| Broken glass (bottles and jars ONLY) |
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| Broken glass (other – NOT bottles or jars) |
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| Bubble wrap |
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| Building materials |
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| Cameras |
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| Cans (aluminium/steel) |
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| Car batteries |
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| Car parts (small) |
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| Car tyres |
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| Cardboard (flattened) |
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| Carpet and underlay |
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| Cartridges (printer/toner) |
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| Cassette tapes |
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| CDs/DVDs |
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| CD/DVD/Cassette cases |
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| CD/DVD players |
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| Cellophane |
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| Ceramics (broken) |
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| Ceramics (intact) |
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| Cereal boxes |
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| Cereal box inserts (soft plastic) |
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| Chemicals |
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| Chip packets |
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| Christmas trees (natural) |
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| Cigarette butts/lighters |
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| Cleaning rags |
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| Cling wrap (clean and dry) |
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| Clothing |
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| Cloth nappies |
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| Coffee cups and lids |
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| Coffee pods |
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| Computers and parts |
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| Concrete |
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| Corks |
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| Cosmetics packaging |
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| Cotton wool/buds |
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| Crockery, bakeware, Pyrex and glass food containers (broken) |
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| Cups and saucers (broken) |
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| Cups and saucers (in-tact) |
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| Curtains |
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| Cutlery (metal) |
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| Cutlery (plastic) |
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| Dental care packaging |
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| Detergent bottles (plastics 1 and 2 - empty, clean, no lids) |
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| Dip container (plastic 5 ONLY) |
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| Dirt, stones and soil |
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| Disposable gloves (bagged) |
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| Disposable nappies (emptied) |
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| Doors (only 1 door allowed in each hard rubbish collection) |
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| Drinking glasses, wine glasses, crystal glassware (broken) |
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| Drums (empty metal) |
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| Egg cartons |
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Electrical appliances
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| Envelopes (with/without windows) |
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| Eye glasses |
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Electronic waste e.g light bulbs, batteries, anything with a battery or cord (limit of 20kg per drop-off/collection)
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| Face masks (bagged) |
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| Floppy disks |
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| Fluorescent tubes |
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Fluorescent globes
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Foil – aluminium (scrunched)
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Food waste
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Fridges
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| Fruit punnets |
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| Fruit and vegetable scraps |
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| Furniture |
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| Garden waste |
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| Gas bottles (limit of 1) |
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| Glad wrap (clean and dry) |
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| Glass jars (empty, clean, no lids) |
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Grass clippings
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Greeting cards
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| Hard plastic items (such as containers, buckets, pots, and crates) |
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Hot water units
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Household chemicals
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I
| Ice cream containers and lids (plastic 5 ONLY – clean and empty) |
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J
| Jars (empty, clean, no lids) |
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| Juice cartons (including Tetra Paks) |
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| Junk mail |
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K
| Kitty litter |
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L
| Leaves |
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| Lids (metal) |
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| Lids (plastic) |
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Light bulbs
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Lolly wrappers
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| Lunch boxes |
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| Magazines |
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| Make-up containers |
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| Margarine/butter tubs (plastic 5 ONLY, empty and clean) |
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| Mattresses (limit of 1) |
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| Meat scraps |
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| Meat trays (foam) |
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| Meat trays (plastic 5 ONLY, empty and clean) |
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Medicines bottles – glass (empty, clean, no lids)
*For plastic bottles scroll down to P and refer to Plastic numbers
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| Metal |
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| Metal lids from bottles and jars |
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| Milk cartons e.g. long-life, plant-based and lactose free (including Tetra Paks) |
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| Milk containers (plastic 1 and 2 – clean, empty, no lids) |
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| Mirrors |
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| Mobile phones |
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Nappies (emptied)
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Newspapers
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Office paper
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| Oils (cooking – up to 5L) |
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| Oils (engine – up to 5L) |
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Ovens
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P
| Paint tins (with a limit of 5 x 20L containers) |
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Paint tins (empty)
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| Paper towel sheets |
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Paper towel roll insert
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Paper
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| Paper (shredded) |
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| Paper (receipts) |
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| Perfume bottles |
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Perspex
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Pet food tins (empty, clean)
|
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Phonebooks
|
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| Photographs |
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Picture frames
|
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| Pizza boxes (empty) |
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| Placemats |
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| Plant Cuttings |
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Plant pots (plastic)
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| Plant pots (ceramics and clay) |
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Plasterboard
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| Plastics (items labelled 1 and 2 that are NOT bottles) |
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| Plastics (items labelled 3, 4, 6 or 7) |
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| Plastics (items with no labelled number) |
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| Plastic bags
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| Plastic bottles (plastic 1 and 2 ONLY – clean, empty, no lids) |
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Plastic containers (plastic 5 ONLY – empty and clean)
|
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| Plastic – hard (e.g. containers, buckets, pots, crates etc) |
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Plastic strapping
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| Plastic trays/baskets |
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Plastic wrappers (soft plastic)
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Polystyrene
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| Pots and Pans |
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Printers
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| Pyrex ovenware (broken) |
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R
| Roses |
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S
| Scrap metal |
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| Seedling containers |
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Shoes
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Soft drink bottles (plastic 1 and 2 – empty, clean, no lids)
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Soft plastics (clean and empty, certain items only)
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| Soil and stones |
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Solvents (up to 5L)
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| Spirit bottles – glass (empty, clean, no lids) |
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Sporting goods
|
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Staples
|
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Steel cans
|
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Steel (other than tins and cans)
|
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Stoves
|
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| Styrofoam |
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| Syringes |
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Take away containers (plastic 5 only – empty, clean)
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Tea bags
|
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Televisions
|
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| Textiles |
|
| Timber (large) |
|
| Tin cans |
|
| Tissues |
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Toilet paper rolls
|
|
| Toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes |
|
| Toys |
|
| Tree prunings |
|
| Trigger, spray and pump lids |
|
| Tyres (bike) |
|
| Tyres (car – limit of 4) |
|
Tyres (truck)
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Twine (nylon)
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|
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| Vacuum cleaners |
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| Vacuum cleaner dust (bagged) |
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| Vacuum cleaner dust (unbagged) |
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| Vegetable scraps |
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| VHS tapes |
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| Vinyl |
|
W
| Washing machines |
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| Waxed paper/cardboard |
|
| Weeds |
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| White goods |
|
| Window glass |
|
| Wine bottles – glass (empty, clean, no lids) |
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| Wire |
|
| Wrapping paper (no sticky tape) |
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X
| X-rays |
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Y
| Yoghurt containers (plastic 5 only – empty, clean) |
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Z
| Zips |
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We encourage you to dispose of waste in the right way, so we can all reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
What you can recycle has changed
We know this can be confusing, so please use this guide to work out the best way to dispose of your waste and recycling. If you're still unsure what to do, you can take a photo and email it to us. Our waste team will do the investigating for you!
CAN I RECYCLE THIS?
If you have materials or rubbish not listed in our guide, please contact a Waste Transfer Station to see if they're able to accept it.
If you live in the Abbotsford alternate collections area (formerly Abbotsford trial area) and have four bins, what you are able to put into your recycling and food and organics bin may differ to the advice provided in this guide. To find out exactly what you can put in your bins, refer to the information on our Abbotsford Waste Revolution trial page.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | S | T | V | W | X | Y | Z
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Rubbish bin
Recycling bin
Glass bin
Food waste
Green waste collection
Hard rubbish collection
Electronic waste
Yarra recycling drop-off centre
Community recycling/disposal stations e.g supermarkets, Officeworks, pharmacy for chemical waste
Skip bin hire/private service
A
| Aerosol cans (empty) |
|
| Animal droppings (bagged) |
|
| Asbestos |
|
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B
| Bag ties |
|
| Bamboo |
|
| Band aids |
|
| Baskets |
|
| Batteries |
|
| BBQs (metal) |
|
| Beauty product packaging |
|
| Beer bottles (empty, clean, no lids) |
|
| Bicycles |
|
| Bike tubes |
|
| Biscuit trays (plastic 5 ONLY) |
|
| Bottles (glass – empty, clean, no lids) |
|
| Bottles (plastic 1 and 2 – empty, clean, no lids) |
|
| Bottle tops/lids (plastic) |
|
| Bottle tops/lids (metal) |
|
| Books (paper) |
|
| Branches |
|
| Bricks and rubble (small or large quantities) |
|
| Broken glass (bottles and jars ONLY) |
|
| Broken glass (other – NOT bottles or jars) |
|
| Bubble wrap |
|
| Building materials |
|
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C
| Cameras |
|
| Cans (aluminium/steel) |
|
| Car batteries |
|
| Carparts (small) |
|
| Car tyres |
|
| Cardboard |
|
| Carpet and underlay |
|
| Cartridges (printer/toner) |
|
| Cassette tapes |
|
| CDs/DVDs |
|
| CD/DVD players |
|
| Cellophane |
|
| Ceramics (broken) |
|
| Ceramics (intact) |
|
| Cereal boxes |
|
| Cereal box inserts (soft plastic) |
|
| Chemicals |
|
| Chip packets |
|
| Christmas trees (natural) |
|
| Cigarette butts/lighters |
|
| Cleaning rags |
|
| Cling wrap (clean and dry) |
|
| Clothing |
|
| Cloth nappies |
|
| Coffee cups and lids |
|
| Coffee pods |
|
| Computers and parts |
|
| Concrete |
|
| Corks |
|
| Cosmetics packaging |
|
| Cotton wool/buds |
|
| Crockery, bakeware, Pyrex and glass food containers (broken) |
|
| Cups and saucers (broken) |
|
| Cups and saucers (in-tact) |
|
| Curtains |
|
| Cutlery (metal) |
|
| Cutlery (plastic) |
|
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D
| Dental care packaging |
|
| Detergent bottles (plastics 1 and 2 - empty, clean, no lids) |
|
| Dip container (plastic 5 ONLY) |
|
| Dirt, stones and soil |
|
| Disposable gloves (bagged) |
|
| Disposable nappies (emptied) |
|
| Doors |
|
| Drinking glasses, wine glasses, crystal glassware (broken) |
|
| Drums (empty metal) |
|
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E
| Egg cartons |
|
Electrical appliances
|
|
| Envelopes (with/without windows) |
|
| Eye glasses |
|
Electronic waste e.g light bulbs, batteries, anything with a battery or cord
|
|
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F
| Face masks (bagged) |
|
| Floppy disks |
|
| Fluorescent tubes |
|
Fluorescent globes
|
|
Foil – aluminium (scrunched)
|
|
Food waste
|
|
Fridges
|
|
| Fruit punnets |
|
| Fruit and vegetable scraps |
|
| Furniture |
|
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G
| Garden waste |
|
| Gas bottles (limit of 1) |
|
| Glad wrap (clean and dry) |
|
| Glass jars (empty, clean, no lids) |
|
Grass clippings
|
|
Greeting cards
|
|
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H
| Hard plastic items |
|
Hot water units
|
|
Household chemicals
|
|
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I
| Ice cream containers and lids (plastic 5 ONLY – clean and empty) |
|
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J
| Jars (empty, clean, no lids) |
|
| Juice cartons (including Tetra Paks) |
|
| Junk mail |
|
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K
| Kitty litter |
|
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L
| Leaves |
|
| Lids (metal) |
|
| Lids (plastic) |
|
Light bulbs
|
|
Lolly wrappers
|
|
| Lunch boxes |
|
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M
| Magazines |
|
| Make-up containers |
|
| Margarine/butter tubs (plastic 5 ONLY, empty and clean) |
|
| Mattresses (limit of 1) |
|
| Meat scraps |
|
| Meat trays (foam) |
|
| Meat trays (plastic 5 ONLY, empty and clean) |
|
Medicines bottles – glass (empty, clean, no lids)
*For plastic bottles scroll down to P and refer to Plastic numbers
|
|
| Metal |
|
| Milk cartonse.g. long-life, plant-based and lactose free (including Tetra Paks) |
|
| Milk containers (plastic 1 and 2 – clean, empty, no lids) |
|
| Mirrors |
|
| Mobile phones |
|
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N
Nappies (emptied)
|
|
Newspapers
|
|
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O
Office paper
|
|
| Oils (cooking – up to 5L) |
|
| Oils (engine – up to 5L) |
|
Ovens
|
|
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P
| Paint tins (with paint–limit of 5 x 20L containers) |
|
Paint tins (empty)
|
|
| Paper towel sheets |
|
Paper towel roll insert
|
|
Paper
|
|
| Paper (shredded) |
|
| Perfume bottles |
|
Perspex
|
|
Pet food tins (empty, clean)
|
|
Phonebooks
|
|
| Photographs |
|
Picture frames
|
|
| Pizza boxes (empty) |
|
| Placemats |
|
Plant cuttings
|
|
Plant pots (plastic)
|
|
| Plant pots (ceramics and clay) |
|
Plasterboard
|
|
| Plastics (items labelled 1 and 2 that are NOT bottles) |
|
| Plastics (items labelled 3, 4, 6 or 7) |
|
| Plastics (items with no labelled number) |
|
| Plastic bags |
|
| Plastic bottles (plastic 1 and 2 ONLY – clean, empty, no lids) |
|
Plastic containers (plastic 5 ONLY– empty and clean)
|
|
| Plastic–hard (e.g. containers, buckets, pots, crates etc) |
|
Plastic strapping
|
|
| Plastic trays/baskets |
|
Plastic wrappers (soft plastic)
|
|
Polystyrene/styrofoam
|
|
Printers
|
|
| Pyrex ovenware (broken) |
|
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S
| School bags |
|
| Scrap metal |
|
| Seedling containers |
|
Shoes
|
|
Soft drink bottles (plastic 1 and 2 – empty, clean, no lids)
|
|
Soft plastics (clean & empty, certain items only)
|
|
| Soil and stones |
|
Solvents (up to 5L)
|
|
| Spirit bottles – glass (empty, clean, no lids) |
|
Sporting goods
|
|
Staples
|
|
Steel cans
|
|
Steel (other than tins and cans)
|
|
Stoves
|
|
| Syringes |
|
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T
Take away containers (plastic 5 only – empty, clean)
|
|
Tea bags
|
|
Televisions
|
|
| Textiles |
|
| Timber (large) |
|
| Tin cans |
|
| Tissues |
|
Toilet paper rolls
|
|
| Toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes |
|
| Toys |
|
| Tree prunings |
|
| Trigger, spray and pump lids |
|
| Tyres (bike) |
|
| Tyres (car – limit of 4) |
|
Tyres (truck)
|
|
Twine (nylon)
|
|
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V
| Vacuum cleaners |
|
| Vacuum cleaner dust (bagged) |
|
| Vacuum cleaner dust (unbagged) |
|
| Vegetable scraps |
|
| VHS tapes |
|
| Vinyl |
|
W
| Washing machines |
|
| Waxed paper/cardboard |
|
| Weeds |
|
| White goods |
|
| Window glass |
|
| Wine bottles – glass (empty, clean, no lids) |
|
| Wire |
|
| Wood (wheelbarrow full) |
|
| Wrapping paper (no sticky tape) |
|
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X
| X-rays |
|
Y
| Yoghurt containers (plastic 5 only – empty, clean) |
|
Z
| Zips |
|
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