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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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.
Waste education tip - triangle symbol
The triangle symbol with numbers 1-7 is an industry-specific code and doesn't mean that products can be recycled. The number identifies the type of plastic; however, additives may have been added in the manufacture process to make it non-recyclable.
An example: A number 6 plastic is polystyrene.
In its rigid state, it could be used as yoghurt containers or margarine tubs (recyclable). In its expanded state, it could be used as foam peanuts or white foam packaging (not recyclable).
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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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