| Aerosol cans |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Aluminium foil, trays & cans |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Batteries - household |
Yes |
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| Batteries - mobile phone |
Yes |
- Take to our Epping Depot
- Recycle at phone retailers, Tandy, Dick Smith or any Post Office
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| Biscuit trays (not including the soft plastic packaging on the outside) |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Blankets |
No |
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| Bottles (glass & plastic) |
Yes |
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| Bricks and building materials |
Yes |
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| Cans (aliminium, steel & tin) |
Yes |
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| Cameras including accessories |
Yes |
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| Car batteries |
Yes |
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| Cardboard |
Yes |
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| Carpet |
No |
Take to Wollert Landfill |
| CDs & DVDs |
Yes |
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| Ceremic wares (plates & dishes) |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Chemical drums (empty) – crop and farm chemicals |
Yes |
See Chemical drum recycling (drumMUSTER) |
| Chemicals - household |
Yes |
Take to a Detox Your Home mobile collection day |
| Christmas tree |
Yes |
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| Cigarette butts |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Clothing (not suitable for reuse) |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Coffee cups - takeaway (not polystyrene) |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Coffee grounds |
Yes |
Put in your home compost bin or worm farm |
| Computers & printers |
Yes |
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| Concrete |
No |
Take to Wollert Landfill |
| Cooking oil (used) |
Yes |
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| Cooking oil containers |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Copper & electrical cable |
Yes |
Take to the transfer station at Wollert Landfill |
| Corks from bottles |
Yes |
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| Cups (paper) |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Cups (ceramic, glass & polystrene) |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Curtains (not suitable for reuse) |
No |
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| Dog droppings |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Egg cartons |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| E-waste (TVs, radios, stereos) |
Yes |
Visit RecyclingNearYou website for locations - charges often apply |
| Fence palings |
Yes |
Take to the timber waste recycling facility using your waste disposal vouchers |
| Fire extinguishers |
Yes |
Take to a Detox Your Home mobile collection day |
| Fluorescent light globes |
Yes |
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| Food scraps |
Yes |
Put in your home compost bin or worm farm |
| Fridges |
Yes |
- Book a free collection by calling Phoenix on 1300 366 283, or Kids Off The Kerb on 9918 7999
- Drop off your fridge to:
Kids Off The Kerb 326 Settlement Road, Thomastown
Open Monday to Friday, 9am - 4pm
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| Furniture (not suitable for reuse) |
No |
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| Garden waste |
Yes |
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| Gas bottles |
Yes |
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| Glass bottles (lids off) |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Glasses – sighted and reading (not broken) |
Yes |
Take to a OPSM or Budget Eyeware store |
| Hot water service unit |
Yes |
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| Ice-cream containers |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| iPods, iPhones & iPads |
Yes |
Visit the Apple website |
| Irons (household) |
Yes |
Refer to 'metal waste' on this page |
| Laptop computers |
Yes |
Refer to 'computers & printers' on this page |
| Lawn clippings |
Yes |
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| Light bulbs (not fluorescent) |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Liquid soap & moisturiser pump packs |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Margarine containers |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Mattresses |
No |
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| Medicines |
Yes |
Return to your local pharmacy |
| Metal waste (including household irons) |
Yes |
Take to the transfer station at Wollert Landfill |
| Microwaves |
Yes |
- If your microwaves works or not, book a collection by calling Kids Off the Kerb on 9918 7999
- If your microwave still works, you can book a collection by calling Phoenix on 1300 366 283
- Drop off your working and broken microwaves to: Kids Off The Kerbs, 326 Settlement Road, Thomastown, open Monday to Friday, 9am-4pm
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| Milk and juice cartons (including tetra packs) |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Mirrors (broken) |
No |
Must be wrapped in newspaper and bagged |
| Mobile phones including accessories |
Yes |
- Take to our Epping Depot
- Recycle at phone retailers, Tandy, Dick Smith or any Post Office
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| Motor oil |
Yes |
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| Nappies |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Newspaper |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Office products |
Yes |
Visit Green Collect website for information |
| Paint and empty paint tins |
Yes |
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| Pallets |
Yes |
Take to the timber waste recycling facility using your waste disposal vouchers |
| Paper |
Yes |
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| Paper towel (soiled) |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Pizza boxes |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin - remove any loose food from the box but small bits of baked on cheese or oil are OK |
| Plant pots |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Plastic bags |
Yes |
- Return to major supermarkets.
- Take to any Coles supermarket to be recycled into furniture for schools, kindergartens and community groups. For more information, visit the REDcycle website.
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| Plastic containers & bottles (including plastic takeaway food containers) |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
Plastics (soft plastics) - e.g. cling wrap, bubble wrap, biscuit packets, lolly bags, pasta bags, frozen food bags, soft plastic packaging |
Yes |
- Take to any Coles supermarket to be recycled into furniture for schools, kindergartens and community groups. For more information, visit the REDcycle website.
- Put in your garbage bin
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| Polystyrene (cups, trays, packaging) |
Yes |
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| Printer & toner cartridges |
Yes |
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| Refrigerators |
Yes |
Refer to 'fridges' on this page |
| Scrap metal |
Yes |
Take to the transfer station at Wollert Landfill |
| Shampoo & conditioner bottles |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Smoke alarms |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Syringes |
No |
See Needle and syringe disposal |
| Tea bags |
Yes |
Put in your home compost bin or worm farm |
| Television |
Yes |
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| Timber |
Yes |
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| Tissues |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Toasters |
Yes |
Refer to 'metal waste' on this page |
| Toys (unsuitable for reuse) |
No |
|
Tyres |
Yes |
Take to K-Mart Tyre and Auto Service stores or take to the transfer station at Wollert Landfill (charges apply) |
| Vacuum cleaners |
Yes |
|
| Vacuum cleaner dust |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Water bottles (10L and 15L) |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |
| Waxed paper & cardboard |
No |
Put in your garbage bin |
| Whitegoods (fridges, washing machines, dishwashers and clothes driers) |
Yes (the metals in whitegoods can be recovered) |
- Book a free collection by calling Phoenix on 1300 366 283, or Kids Off The Kerb on 9918 7999
- Drop off your white goods to: Kids Off The Kerb, 326 Settlement Road, Thomastown, open Monday to Friday, 9am-4pm
|
| Window glass |
No |
Must be wrapped in newspaper and bagged |
| Weeds (common) |
Yes |
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| X-rays |
Yes |
- Visit RecyclingNearYou website for locations
- Drop off or mail your unwanted X-rays to: Ecoshred Pty Ltd, 38 Longview Court, Thomastown 3074
|
| Yoghurt tubs |
Yes |
Put in your recycling bin |