Lid colour: red
Collected: weekly
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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Lid colour: yellow
Collected: fortnightly
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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Lid colour: green
Collected: fortnightly
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, paper towel and tissues
- 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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