YOUR A-Z GUIDE OF GARBAGE AND RECYCLING
This A-Z Guide shows what can be recycled and what needs to be placed in your red-lidded garbage bin. While not
recyclable through Council's recycling service, items such as clothing and household items in good condition are
often sought by charity shops, and a number of items such as mobile phones can be recycled through appropriate
collection centres.
A
Aerosol cans (empty)
Aluminium cans
Aluminium foil
Animal droppings
Animal fur
Ash - cold
B
Bag ties
Band aids
Baskets
Batteries (not mobile
phone, NiCad or car)
Books
Bones
Bottles
Bottle tops
Branches & leaves
C
Cake trays
Candles
Cardboard
Carpet scraps
Cassette tapes
Cellophane
Ceramics
Cereal boxes
Chewing gum
China broken (wrapped)
Christmas tree (fake)
Christmas tree (real)
Cigarette butts
Cigarette lighter (empty)
Cigarette packet
Lolly wrappers
Long life milk cartons
Clothing & shoes
Coat hangers (plastic or metal)
Coffee granules
Compact discs
Compact disc case
Corks natural (or Girl Guides)
Corks plastic
Cosmetic jars
Cotton
Cotton wool buds
Cups and saucers
Cutlery (plastic)
Food cans
Fruit and vegetable
scraps
Garbage bags
Garden materials
Glad wrap
Glass (other than jars and bottles)
Golf balls
Grass clippings
Greeting cards
Magazines
Margarine tubs
Matchboxes
Meat scraps
Meat trays (foam)
Medicine bottles
Milk cartons
Milk containers (plastic)
D
H
N
Detergent bottles
Disposable nappies
Dog poo
Drink cans
Drinking straw
Drink bottles (plastic)
Dummy (baby)
DVD's
Hose
Household appliances (small)
Nappies (disposable)
Net plastic bag
Newspapers
E
J
P
Egg cartons
Envelopes
Jars
Jar lids
Juice cartons
Junk mail
Paper towel roll
Pens and Pencils
Pet food tins
Phone books
Photographs
Pill packets
Pizza boxes
Placemats
Plant cuttings
Plant pots (plastic, under 10cm)
Plant pots (plastic, over 10cm)
Plastic bags
Plastic codes 1,2 3,4,5,6,7
F
Fabric
Fertilizer bags (empty)
Film canister
Floppy discs
Foam boxes
Foam meat trays
Foam underlay
Foil
Foil lined cartons
G
I
Ice cream containers
Ice cream container lids
Icy pole sticks
Ink cartridge
K
Kitchen sponges
Kitty litter
L
Leaves
Light bulbs & tubes
Linen
M
O
Office paper
Oil/fat (in a sealed container)
Orange and onion bags
GARBAGE
GREEN WASTE
RECYCLING
COMPOST
Plastic film
Plastic strapping
Plastic toys
Plastic trays/baskets
Plastic wrappers
Plate glass
Plush toys
Polystyrene
Pool acid containers (empty)
Power cables (domestic)
Prunings
Pyrex (ovenware)
R
Tarpaulins
Tea bags
Tea leaves
Telephone books
Tennis balls
Tennis racquets
Tiles (broken)
Tin cans
Tissues
Toilet paper rolls
Toothbrush
Toothbrush (electric)
Toothpaste tubes
Toys
Rubber gloves
V
S
Sand paper
Sanitary items
Screws/nails
Seedling containers
Shampoo bottles
Shoes
Smoke alarms
Soft drink bottles
Soft drink cans
Sporting goods
Steel cans
Stickers
Sticky tape
Strawberry punnets
Styrofoam
Sweet wrappers
Vacuum cleaner
dust (wrapped)
Vegetable scraps
Video tapes
Vinyl (eg school bags)
W
Waxed cardboard
Waxed paper
Weeds
Window panes
Wine bottles
Wine cask outer
carton
Wine cask bladder
Wire
Wool
Wrapping paper
T
Y
Take away containers
Yoghurt containers