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Your recycling bin

Never bag items in your yellow bin, always tip them in loose. It is an offence under the local law to put rubbish or contamination in your recycling bin. 

Put these items in your recycling bin

Illustration of accepted plastic containers

Hard plastic containers 1,2 and 5.

Illustration of accepted glass bottles and jars

Glass bottles and jars.

Illustration of clean paper and cardboard

Clean paper and cardboard.

Illustration of Metal lids, cans and foil

Metal lids, cans and foil.

Tips

  • Do not put paper bags or cardboard boxes full of recycling in your bin. Even though these bags and boxes are recyclable, they are compacted in the truck, making it impossible to sort the items inside.
  • If you’re not sure if a plastic can be recycled, check it is labelled with plastic numbers 1,2 or 5, and then give it a squeeze! If it goes back to its original shape, it’s a hard plastic and is safe to put in your recycle bin.
  • Food containers don't need to be spotless, a quick rinse or scrape to remove bits of food is enough.
  • Put items made of different materials in separately, for instance, remove a metal lid from a glass jar before putting both in your recycling bin.


 

Do not put these into your recycling bin

Illustration of clothing, shoes and textiles

Clothing, shoes, textiles.

Illustration of drink cartons or cups

Drink cartons or cups.

Illustration of electronic waste and batteries

Electronic waste, batteries.

Illustration showing no broken glass, crockery, mirrors

Glassware, crockery, mirrors.

Illustration showing plastic bags and other soft plastics

Plastic bags and other soft plastics.

Illustration showing no polystyrene or styrofoam

Polystyrene or styrofoam.


 

Recycling guide

Use the online directory to find your recycling options for a wide range of items.


 

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Keep It Loose Female - Your recycling bin

Common Questions

You can freely dispose of white goods, paint, scrap metals, oils, car batteries, BBQ gas cylinders, televisions, computers equipment and excess recycling at one of our Drysdale or Geelong resource recovery centres.

View our recycling guide for more information on how to dispose of your unwanted stuff.

You can also see what goes in your recycling bin and get tips on how to reduce, re-use and recycle.

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