Waste and Recycling Directory

Use this directory to find out how to recycle or dispose of items, including items that aren't accepted in household bins.

What we can and can't recycle changes over time, as this is driven by the market for recycled materials. This directory is based on the best available information.

A   B   C   D   E   F   G - J   H   K   L   M   N - O   P - Q  R   S   T - U   V   W   X - Z

A

Aerosol cans

Air conditioners

Aluminium cans, trays and foil

Animal fur/ hair

Appliances

Asbestos

Ash

B

Baking paper

Balloons (Including biodegradable and latex balloons) 

Bath tubs

Batteries (household)

Batteries (car)

Berry punnets

Bicycles

Biscuit trays

Blister packs

Bones (food scraps)

Books

Boardgames

Branches and twigs (maximum size 10cm diameter by 30cm length)

Branches up to 15cm diameter

Branches and tree stumps larger than 15cm and weighing more than 30kg

Bricks

Building materials

Bulk bags

C

Cameras

Cardboard and paper

Carpet and carpet underlay

Cartons, including milk and juice cartons

Cartridges (ink)

CDs, DVDs and VHS

Cellophane

Cement sheeting

Ceramics

Chemical drums (empty)

Chemicals (household)

Christmas trees

Clothing, textiles and shoes

Coffee cups and ice-cream cups

Computers

Computer accessories - Keyboards, joysticks, game pads, mouses, trackpads, compact disc drives, burners, memory cards, including network, sound, video, IDE, SCSI and motherboards. 

Concrete

Cooking oil

Cork

Crockery

D

Dishwashers

Deli/butchers paper

Donate, sell or give away

Dryers

DVDs, CDs, VHS, Floppy Discs and Cassette Tapes

DVD players

E

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

F

Fencing

Food

Food trays

Fridges

Fuel-operated vehicle

Furniture

G - J

Game consoles

Garden waste (including garden prunings, grass clippings, leaves and weeds)

Garden Hoses

Gas bottles

Glass

Gloves (disposable)

H

Hair dryers

Hot water systems

K

Kettle

Kitty litter and animal waste

L

Lawn mowers (petrol drained)

Letters and envelopes (including those with a plastic window)

Light globes and tubes (all types including fluorescent, LED)

Lids

Liquid Waste

M

Magazines and catalogues

Mattresses

Medicines

Metal (scrap)

Mirrors and window glass

Mobile phones and accessories (Chargers, Headphones, MP3 Players and iPods)

Motor oil

N - O

Nappies

Needles and syringes

P - Q

Paper and cardboard

Paper towel

Paint

Paint tins (empty, clean and dry)

Pet food tins

Petrol

  • For disposal of Petrol - Call Sustainability Victoria on 1300 363 744


Piano or organ


Pizza boxes

Plastic Trays

Polystyrene

Power tools

Plastic bags and other soft, scrunchable plastic packaging

Plant pots and trays

Plastic containers and bottles

Plastic cutlery, cups and plates

R

Razor blades

Refrigerators and freezers

Rocks

S

Scrap metal

Smoke alarms

Smoke alarms

Soft, scrunchable plastic (including plastic bags, wraps and rice/pasta bags)

Soil (clean fill)

Steel cans

Steel pots and pans

Straws (plastic or paper)

T - U

Takeaway Containers (plastic and cardboard)

Televisions

Timber (including wood pellets)

Tissues

Toasters

Tools

Toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes

Towels and Bedding

Toys and bric a brac

Tyres

V

Vacuum dust

Vapes

W

Washing machines

Waxed paper

Weeds

Wet wipes (including baby wipes, antiseptic wipes, make-up removal wipes, disinfectant wipes and household cleaning wipes)

Whitegoods

Wine casks

X - Z

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.

For other waste and recycling disposal options, visit Sustainability Victoria.

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