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Food waste recycling

Residents are now able to include food scraps in their food and garden waste bin.

What can go in your food and garden waste bin?

The following items can be placed in your food and garden waste bin: 

  • Fruit and vegetables
  • Egg shells
  • Bread and cake scraps 
  • Dairy products
  • Cake scraps
  • Loose tea leaves and coffee grounds
  • Meat and seafood
  • Tissue, serviettes, paper towel and shredded paper
  • Food scraps
  • Small branches
  • Leaves
  • Prunings
  • Grass clippings
  • Flowers
  • Common weeds

What can't go in your food and garden waste bin?

The following items cannot be composted at the composting facility. Please ensure they do not end up in your food and garden waste bin.

  • Plastic bags and plastic packaging (including bags, cling wrap, ties)
  • Dog or cat droppings
  • Kitty litter
  • Household garbage and cigarette butts
  • Nappies and baby wipes
  • Coffee pods and takeaway coffee cups
  • Tea bags 
  • Products labelled as compostable (such as coffee cups, plates and take away containers). Lime green compostable bin liners are ok.
  • Plant pots
  • Tree stumps and ash
  • Vacuum dust
  • Hair (including pet hair)
  • Paper plates and coffee cups
  • Wooden icy pole sticks
  • Scrap metal
  • Recyclable items
  • Glass
  • Sharps, medicines, batteries and toys
  • Bricks/concrete/soil
  • Cardboard boxes / pizza boxes

Additional bin liners for your caddy

All residential households will be able to order a free roll of compostable liners annually online or by calling 9217 2170 .

You can also purchase compostable liners yourself from most major supermarkets and retail stores such as Bunnings. You will need to ensure they are 100% compostable Australian Certified bags (lime green colour only). The kitchen caddies are 7L, so aim for a bag size of 7L or 8L.

Alternatively, you don't need to use any liners. You can simply place food scraps directly into the food and garden waste bin and give it a wash after each use. You can also use newspaper to line the kitchen caddy to reduce mess in the bins. Newspaper can be recycled in the food and garden waste bin.

Frequently asked questions

Find out all you need to know about food waste recycling.

Read our FAQs.

Order a food and garden waste bin.