A - Z Waste and Recycling Directory
Find out how to recycle or dispose of items, including items that aren't accepted in household bins.
Aluminium cans, trays and foil
Aerosol cans
Asbestos
Baking paper
Balloons (Including biodegradable and latex balloons)
Batteries (household)
Batteries (car)
Berry punnets
Bicycles
Biscuit trays (plastic)
Books
Branches and twigs (maximum size 10cm diameter by 30cm length)
Bricks, clean concrete and clean soil
Cameras
Cardboard and paper
Carpet
Cartons (paper), including milk cartons and long life cartons
Cartridges (ink)
CDs, DVDs, VHS, Floppy Discs and Cassette Tapes
Cellophane
Ceramics
Charity shops
Chemical drums (empty)
Chemicals (household)
Clothing, textiles and shoes
Coffee cups and ice-cream cups
Cooking oil
Cork
- Some childcare centres and kindergartens (check first)
- Garbage bin
Crockery
Deli/butchers paper
Donate, sell or give away
DVDs, CDs, VHS, Floppy Discs and Cassette Tapes
E-waste - Any item with a plug, battery or cord (e.g. TV, keyboard or computer) that is no longer working or wanted (remove personal details from computers to protect your privacy)
Eye glasses
Food
Food trays
Furniture
Garden waste (including garden prunings, glass clippings, leaves and weeds)
Gas bottles
Glass
Kitty litter and animal waste
Letters and envelopes (including those with a plastic window)
Light globes and tubes (all types including fluorescent, LED)
Lids
Magazines and catalogues
Mattresses
Medicines
Mirrors and window glass
Mobile phones and accessories (Chargers, Headphones, MP3 Players and iPods)
Motor oil
Nappies
Needles and syringes
Paper and cardboard
Paper towel
Paint
Paint tins (empty, clean and dry)
Pet food tins
Pizza boxes
Polystyrene
Plastic bags and other soft, scrunchable plastic packaging
Plastic containers, bottles and trays
Plastic cutlery, cups and plates
Plastic plant pots and trays
Razor blades
Scrap metal
Smoke detectors (batteries removed)
Soft, scrunchable plastic (including plastic bags, wraps and rice/pasta bags)
Specialty Recycling Hub
Small amounts of the following items accepted from households:
CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, floppy discs and cassette tapes, household batteries (NOT car batteries), light globes and tubes (all kinds), mobile phones and accessories, X-rays (remove personal data from discs tapes and mobile phones)
Location:
Frankston Civic Centre
30 Davey Street
Frankston
P. 1300 322 322
Open: Monday to Friday 8:30am-5pm
Stationary – Pens, markers, highlighters and liquid paper fluid pots
Steel cans
Steel pots and pans
Straws (plastic or paper)
Takeaway Containers (plastic and cardboard)
Timber (including wood pellets)
Toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes
Towels and Bedding
- Some animal shelters and vets.
Toys and bric a brac
Tyres
Vacuum dust
Waxed paper
Weeds
Whitegoods
Wine casks
X-rays (remove personal details)
Please Note
This information has been provided by Council as a guide only and should not be viewed as an endorsement or recommendation of an independent service provider. Please contact the service provider to confirm details, or look in the local phone directory to find other alternatives. Please contact Council if you know of other local organisations that provide recycling or reuse services.
For information on what can and can’t be accepted in the kerbside recycling bin, visit our Bin Information page.
Frankston City Council
30 Davey Street
Frankston 3199
P. 1300 322 322
E. info@frankston.vic.gov.au
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