Adaptors (power)

Power adaptors are e-waste and cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. However, local recycling options include:

• Drop off at Council’s annual e-waste collection event
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Geelong Resource Recovery Centre.

As of 1 July 2019, e-waste is banned from entering landfill in Victoria, so can no longer be placed in your kerbside waste bin.

Aluminium trays/foil (clean)

Single-use aluminium cooking trays and foil must NOT contain food. Please scrape excess food from trays.

Batteries (household only)

Collection containers for AAA, AA, D, C, button and 6v & 9v batteries are located at;

• Council offices
• Queenscliff Post Office
• Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House
• Sea All Dolphin Swims
• IGA Point Lonsdale
• Point Lonsdale News & Post Office

Visit Recycle your Batteries for more details.

Berry punnets

The clear plastic container usually holding strawberries, blue berries etc

Biscuit trays

The clear plastic tray that holds the biscuits. The external wrapping should be placed in your waste bin.

Blister packs (tablets)

Blister packs can be recycled via TerraCycle's contact lense and blister pack recycling programme. If you can't make it to any of the drop-off locations, blister packs should be placed in your waste bin.

Branches

• Branches between 5cm and 10cm in diameter should NOT be longer than 30cm;
• Branches or tree limbs thicker than 10cm in diameter should not be placed in the green waste bin.

Large tree limbs and stumps should be taken to the landfill facility near Drysdale (charges apply).
Visit Your Green Waste Bin for more details.

Bread bag clips

Bread tags are too small to be processed through the kerbside recycling bin. However, there are a number of alternative ways to recycle them:

• TerraCycle and Kwik Lok have partnered to create a free recycling program for used bread bag closures. Visit TerraCycle for details.
• Bread Tags for Wheelchairs are now collecting bread tags in Australia. Contact them at aussiebreadtags@gmail.com or visit their Facebook page to find out more.

Bread bag ties

These plastic and wire ties cannot be recycled and should be placed in your waste bin.

Broken glass

All broken glass should be placed in your waste bin. Broken glass in recycling bins presents a safety hazard to workers on the conveyor belt who sort through recycling.

Cameras – digital (e-waste)

Digital cameras are e-waste and cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. However, local recycling options include:

• Drop off at Council’s annual e-waste collection event
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Geelong Resource Recovery Centre.

As of 1 July 2019, e-waste is banned from entering landfill in Victoria, so can no longer be placed in your kerbside waste bin.

Cardboard boxes (flattened)

Large cardboard boxes such as removalist boxes, appliance boxes (eg fridges, televisions etc) should be flattened

Ceramics

Good quality earthenware pottery, stoneware or porcelain can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

Ceramics unsuitable for reuse or resale should be placed in your waste bin.

Cereal boxes (plastic insert)

The plastic inner liner is a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. However, soft plastics can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

CDs

CDs are not recyclable through the kerbside recycling bin, however there are several recycling/reuse options:

• CDs are accepted for recycling at a number of CoGG Customer Service Centres, including nearby libraries at Ocean Grove and Drysdale.
• CDs can also be donated at your local charity shop during open hours:
  • St Vincent De Paul Society
    31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
    Ph: 5258 2273
  • The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
    83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
    Ph: 5258 2854
  • Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
    93 Pt Lonsdale Road
    Ph: 5258 4022
  • Kirk’s Vintage Place
    Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
    Ph: 5258 2854

CDs that are not in working condition should be placed in your kerbside waste bin. The plastic CD case can be placed in your recycling bin.

CD cases

Cases can be placed in your recycling bin, but remove the cardboard title page first.

Christmas lights/fairy lights

Christmas lights are e-waste and cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. However, local recycling options include:

• Drop off at Council’s annual e-waste collection event
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Geelong Resource Recovery Centre.

As of 1 July 2019, e-waste is banned from entering landfill in Victoria, so can no longer be placed in your kerbside waste bin.

Christmas trees (artificial)

Plastic Christmas trees with metal stands cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin because the plastic and metal cannot be separated at the recycling centre.

Use your kerbside waste bin or drop your tree off at the Resource Recovery Centre and Transfer Station at Becks Road, Drysdale (charges apply).

Christmas trees (real)

Ensure your tree easily fits inside your green waste bin so that the bin lid can be closed.

Cling wrap

Cling wrap is a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. Most brands of cling wrap also cannot be recycled via other soft plastic recycling methods, and must be placed in your waste bin. However, Glad® ClingWrap can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

Clothing

Good quality, clean used clothing can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

There is also a clothing donation bin at the car park of the Ocean Grove Marketplace near KFC.

Clothing cannot be recycled through your recycling bin. Clothing unsuitable for reuse or resale should be placed in your waste bin.

Coffee cups (takeaway)

The plastic lid can be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. The cup goes in your waste bin.

The thin plastic coating used in takeaway coffee cups makes them unsuitable for recycling with other paper/cardboard.

Coffee pods/capsules

Nespresso brand aluminium coffee pods can be returned to selected locations in Geelong. Visit Recycling at Nespresso for drop-off locations.

All other coffee pods should be placed in the waste bin because the coffee grounds contaminate the recycling stream.

Computers (e-waste)

Computers are e-waste and cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. However, local recycling options include:

• Drop off at Council’s annual e-waste collection event
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Geelong Resource Recovery Centre.

As of 1 July 2019, e-waste is banned from entering landfill in Victoria, so can no longer be placed in your kerbside waste bin.

Confectionery wrappers

Confectionery wrappers are a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. However, soft plastics can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

Cosmetic jars

Glass or plastic cosmetic jars should be empty. Empty tubes of hand cream also accepted in your recycling bin.

Crockery

Good quality, clean crockery can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

Ceramic and porcelain crockery, corning ware and pyrex cannot be recycled through your recycling bin. Crockery unsuitable for reuse or resale should be placed in your waste bin.

Cutlery (metal)

Good quality, clean metal cutlery can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

Metal cutlery not suitable for reuse or resale can be also be dropped off in the metal bins at the Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Geelong Resource Recovery Centre. It is not suitable to recycle via your kerbside yellow recycling bin.

Cutlery (plastic)

Plastic forks, spoons and knives cannot go in your recycle bin because the utensils are the wrong shape to be properly separated by the sorting machines. Wash and reuse if possible, or look for alternative products.

Drinking glasses

Beer, wine & sauce bottles and glass jars are made from high quality glass that can be recycled a million times over. However, drinking glasses are made using a different chemical composition that makes them unsuitable for recycling. In fact, drinking glasses found in recycling are considered contamination and could result in the entire load of glass being sent to landfill.

Glasses (wine & drinking) and broken glasses cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. They should be placed in your kerbside waste bin.

Good quality, clean wine and drinking glasses can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

DVDs (discs and covers)

DVDs are not recyclable through your recycling bin, however they can be dropped off for recycling at a number of City of Greater Geelong customer service centres. The nearest centres are at Ocean Grove Library and Drysdale Library.

DVDs in working condition can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

DVDs that are not suitable for reuse or resale should be placed in your waste bin.

Electrical appliances

Household electrical appliances are e-waste and cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. However, local recycling options include:

• Drop off at Council’s annual e-waste collection event
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Geelong Resource Recovery Centre.

As of 1 July 2019, e-waste is banned from entering landfill in Victoria, so can no longer be placed in your kerbside waste bin.

Electronics

Electronics are e-waste and cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. However, local recycling options include:

• Drop off at Council’s annual e-waste collection event
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Geelong Resource Recovery Centre.

As of 1 July 2019, e-waste is banned from entering landfill in Victoria, so can no longer be placed in your kerbside waste bin.

Fabric/clothing

Good quality, clean used blankets and clothing can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

Blankets and clothing cannot be recycled through your recycling bin. If unsuitable for reuse or resale, they should be placed in your waste bin.

Flares (boating/signal)

Drop off at the Queenscliff Police Station on the following days;

Monday 9:30am – 3:00pm
Tuesday 9:30am – 3:00pm
Thursday 9:30am – 3:00pm
Friday 9:30am – 3:00pm

Call Queenscliff Police Station on 5258 4285 or Bellarine Police Station on 5256 2698 to confirm the station is open to accept the flares. Alternatively, flares can be dropped off at the Ocean Grove or Drysdale police stations.

Under no circumstances should flares be placed in any of the kerbside bins. In the past they have caused fires in the collection truck.

Fluorescent tubes

Fluorescent tubes/lights CANNOT be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. However, local recycling options include;

• Drop your fluorescent tubes and Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) into Council offices for recycling through the Blinky Bulb program. Domestic quantities only. Visit Recycle Fluoros for more details.
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at:
  Geelong Resource Recover Centre
  100 Douro Street, North Geelong
  Ph: 5272 2613

Foam meat trays

Food scraps

Includes food scraps such as vegetables, fruit, meat, dairy products, cake & bread, teabags & coffee.

Food scraps cannot be accepted through Council’s kerbside green waste bin because the processing system is not designed to receive organic (food) waste. The acceptance of food requires a higher level of processing technology and EPA licensing.

Food scraps should be placed in your kerbside waste bin. Alternatively, use a worm farm or compost bin.

Food wrappers

Food wrappers – including frozen food bags (eg frozen chips, vegetables etc), bread bags, biscuit packets (not the inside tray), plastic insert of cereal boxes, chip packets, muesli bar & confectionary wrappers – are a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. However, soft plastics can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

Freezer bags (plastic)

Freezer bags are a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. However, soft plastics can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

Fruit punnets

The clear plastic container usually holding strawberries, blueberries etc.

Fruit/vegetable plastic bags

Produce bags are a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. However, soft plastics can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

Garden hose

Garden hoses contaminate the green waste stream and should be placed in your waste bin.

Garden prunings

Ensure your prunings easily fit inside your green waste bin so the bin lid closes. This will prevent loss of items when your bin is sitting on the kerbside awaiting collection.

Gas bottles

Gas bottles are not accepted in your recycling bin. Empty gas bottles (9kg or less) can be dropped off free of charge at;

• Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
  Becks Road (off Murradoc Road),  Drysdale
  Operating Hours: 8am – 4.15pm

Gift wrapping paper

Wrapping paper made from paper can go in your recycling bin. Cellophane paper or foil-styled paper is not recyclable and should be placed in your waste bin.

Glad® wrap

Glad® ClingWrap can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

However, all other brands of cling wrap cannot be recycled via other soft plastic recycling methods, and must be placed in your waste bin.

Glass window pane (wrapped)

Glass window panes cannot be recycled through your recycling bin because window glass is made using a chemical composition that makes them unsuitable for recycling. Window glass found in recycling is considered contamination and could result in the entire load of glass being sent to landfill.

Hair spray aerosol cans (empty)

All aerosol cans can be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. Includes hair spray, cooking oil, deodorant, room fresheners, inspect repellent etc. All containers must be empty.

Handbags

Good quality, clean used handbags can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

Handbags and school bags cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. Handbags unsuitable for reuse or resale should be placed in your waste bin.

Insect spray aerosol cans (empty)

Must be empty

Jar lids (metal & plastic)

Remove lid from container and place separately from jar in your kerbside recycling bin.

Juice cartons

Place in your waste bin. Any cardboard container designed to hold liquids such as coffee cups, milk or juice cartons cannot be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin. There is no facility in Australia that can separate the different components.

Knives & forks (metal)

Place in the metal bins at the Drysdale and Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

Otherwise, place in your waste bin as metal cutlery cannot be recycled in your recycling bin.

Knives & forks (plastic)

Plastic forks, spoons and knives cannot go in your recycle bin because the utensils are the wrong shape to be properly separated by the sorting machines. Wash and reuse if possible, or look for alternative products.

Light globes

Light globes cannot be recycled through your recycling bin. However, local recycling options include;

Fluorescent & CFL lights

• Drop your fluorescent tubes and Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) into Council offices for recycling through the Blinky Bulb program. Domestic quantities only. Visit Recycle Fluoros for more details.
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at:
  Geelong Resource Recovery Centre
  100 Douro Street, North Geelong
  Ph: 5272 2613

Incandescent light globes cannot be recycled and should be placed in your waste bin.

Lolly wrappers

Lolly wrappers are a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. However, soft plastics can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

Linen

Good quality sheets and towels can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

Linen cannot be recycled through your recycling bin. Linen unsuitable for reuse or resale should be placed in your waste bin.

Magazine wrapping (plastic)

Magazine wrapping is a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. However, soft plastics can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

Meat trays (foam)

Meat trays (plastic)

Remove any soft plastic and give the tray a quick rinse before placing in your yellow recycling bin.

Milk cartons

Place in your waste bin. Any cardboard container designed to hold liquids such as coffee cups, milk or juice cartons cannot be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin. There is no facility in Australia that can separate the different components.

Mobile phones

Mobile phones are e-waste and cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. However, local recycling options include:

• Drop off at Council’s annual e-waste collection event
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
• Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at Geelong Resource Recovery Centre.
• Nearby Mobile Muster drop-off points in Ocean Grove and Drysdale.

As of 1 July 2019, e-waste is banned from entering landfill in Victoria, so can no longer be placed in your kerbside waste bin.

Oil (cooking)

Drop it off for free at the Geelong Resource Recovery Centre in Douro St North Geelong. Otherwise, place in your waste bin.

Paint tin

Paint and empty paint tins are accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only, up to 30 litres) via the Paintback program.
Drop-off locations are:

• Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
  Becks Road (off Murradoc Road), Drysdale
  Ph: 5251 2935
• Geelong Resource Recovery Centre
  100 Douro Street, North Geelong
  Ph: 5272 2613

Pet food tins

Give it a quick rinse and place in your recycling bin.

Phone books

Phone books are delivered between April & June each year. If you do not wish to receive hard copies of the white and yellow pages, visit Cancel my phone book delivery.

Pizza boxes (top)

Separate the top of the pizza box from the bottom and place the top in the recycle bin. Place the greasy bottom in the waste bin.

Pizza boxes (bottom)

Separate the top of the pizza box from the bottom and place the greasy bottom in the waste bin. Place the top in the recycle bin.

Plastic bottles & containers

Soft drink bottles, ice cream & cream/sour cream, containers, yoghurt & butter containers etc. Must be empty.

Plastic bags

Plastic bags are a soft plastic so cannot be recycled via your yellow bin. However, soft plastics can be recycled via REDcycle drop-off points at all Coles and Woolworths supermarkets nation-wide.

Plastic plates

Plastic forks, spoons and knives cannot go in your recycle bin because the utensils are the wrong shape to be properly separated by the sorting machines. Wash and reuse if possible, or look for alternative products.

Plastic strapping

Plastic strapping can be recycled at GT Recyling in Moolap. Alternatively, place in your waste bin.

Polystyrene packaging

Polystyrene packaging cannot be recycled through your recycling bin. However, local recycling options include;

Accepted free of charge (domestic quantities only) at:

• Geelong Resource Recovery Centre
  100 Douro Street, North Geelong
  Ph: 5272 2613

Prima drink cartons

Place in your waste bin. Any cardboard container designed to hold liquids such as coffee cups, milk or juice cartons cannot be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin. There is no facility in Australia that can separate the different components.

Pyrex ovenware

Oven or heat-treated glass cannot be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. It is made using a chemical composition that makes them unsuitable for recycling. This non-recyclable glass can cause defects in new bottles and jars that are made from recycled glass. Pyrex should be placed in your waste bin.

Good quality, clean Pyrex ovenware can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

Rocks (small only)

Rocks should not be placed in your green waste bin. Larger rocks or stones should be taken to the Drysdale landfill facility for disposal. Charges apply.

Saucepans

Place in the metal bins at the Drysdale and Geelong Resource Recovery Centres. Metal saucepans cannot be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin.

Shampoo bottles (empty)

Shoes

Good quality, clean shoes can be donated at your local charity shop during open hours;

• St Vincent De Paul Society
  31 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2273
• The Vestry Shop @ Queenscliff Uniting Church
  83-89 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
  Ph: 5258 2854
• Point Lonsdale Opp Shop
  93 Pt Lonsdale Road
  Ph: 5258 4022
• Kirk’s Vintage Place
  Cnr Kirk Road & Winterley Street
  Ph: 5258 2854

Shoes cannot be recycled through your recycling bin. Shoes unsuitable for reuse or resale should be placed in your waste bin.

Shredded paper

Shredded paper should be placed inside a paper bag and placed in your recycling bin. If placed in your recycling bin loose, shredded paper could wrap around machinery during the recycling process and cause damage. Loose shredded paper in recycling bins is removed during the sorting process and sent to landfill.

Steel cans

Give it a quick rinse and place in your yellow recycling bin.

Styrofoam

This expanded polystyrene is used for making food containers such as burger boxes. It cannot be recycled in your kerbside bin and should be placed in your waste bin.

Takeaway containers

Includes plastic Chinese containers & plastic sushi containers.

Takeaway coffee cups

The plastic lid can be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin. The cup goes in your waste bin.

The thin plastic coating used in takeaway coffee cups makes them unsuitable for recycling with other paper/cardboard.

Tea bags

Place in your red waste bin. Alternatively, place in your own home compost bin.

Timber (painted, treated, laminated)

• The chemicals in paint and treated timber make them unsuitable for composting.
• Timber composite products such as laminate/laminex cannot be composted because of the glue used in their production.

Timber that is painted, treated or laminated should go in your waste bin.

Timber (building offcuts)

Construction timber is unsuitable for composting because it may have undergone a chemical treatment. It could also contain nails/staples or be painted. The chemicals in paints can affect the composting process.

Tissue boxes

Tissue box should be empty and placed in your yellow lid recycling bin with the plastic film removed.

Toothbrushes

Drop your used dry toothbrushes into the collection container at Council offices for recycling.

Click here for more details.

If this option does not suit, place used toothbrushes in your waste bin.

Toothpaste tubes

Drop your empty toothpaste tubes into the collection container at Council offices for recycling. Click here for more details.

If this option does not suit, place empty toothpaste tubes in your waste bin.

Tree branches (small)

• Branches between 5cm and 10cm in diameter should NOT be longer than 30cm;
• Branches or tree limbs thicker than 10cm in diameter should not be placed in the green waste bin.

Large tree limbs and stumps should be taken to the landfill facility near Drysdale (charges apply). Visit Your Green Waste Bin for more details.

Tree branches (large)

• Branches between 5cm and 10cm in diameter should NOT be longer than 30cm;
• Branches or tree limbs thicker than 10cm in diameter should not be placed in the green waste bin.

Large tree limbs and stumps should be taken to the landfill facility near Drysdale (charges apply). Visit Your Green Waste Bin for more details.

Tree stumps/roots

Tree stumps/roots should not be placed in your green waste bin. They are difficult to process through the green waste chipper and may also damage your kerbside bin.

Tree stumps/roots should be taken to the landfill facility near Drysdale (charges apply). Visit Your Green Waste Bin for more details.

Tupperware

Tupperware containers should be empty and placed in your yellow recycling bin with the lid off.

Vacuum cleaner dust

Put it in a bag or wrap in paper and place in your red waste bin.

Ventolin (empty)

The empty aluminium flask can be placed in your recycling bin. The plastic holder is also recyclable.

Waxed cardboard boxes

The wax coating on some cardboard boxes (e.g. fruit boxes) makes them unsuitable for the recycling process.

Window glass

Glass window panes cannot be recycled through your recycling bin because it is made using a chemical composition that makes them unsuitable for recycling. This non-recyclable glass can cause defects in new bottles and jars that are made from recycled glass. Window glass should be placed in your waste bin.

Wire

Wire is not suitable for recycling because it can get caught and cause damage to machinery during the recycling process.

X-rays

X-rays are accepted for recycling at all Lake Imaging practices. Visit https://www.lakeimaging.com.au/page/locations/ for your closest drop-off point. X-rays contain silver in the form of halides, which can be extracted and converted into pure silver.

Yoghurt containers

Yoghurt containers should be rinsed and placed in your yellow recycling bin with the lid off.