HOW TO BE A
Just follow this
guide and you’re
on your way!
Pheona,
Cessnock
FOR ALL COLLECTION SERVICE ENQUIRIES & REPAIRS Contact the
recycling hotline on 1800 838 884
& FOR MORE RECYCLING INFo VISIT recycleright.com.au
Your recycling service
is provided on behalf
of Council by Hunter
Resource Recovery.
BIN TIPS FOR a
Ray,
Maitland
To ensure the service is provided in a
safe and efficient manner, your assistance
in following the correct bin placement
procedure would be appreciated.
1 metre
Residential Dwellings
• Place your bin at the kerbside with the
opening facing the road by 5.30am on
the day of collection or the evening prior.
• Please, wherever possible avoid low
power lines, overhanging trees and
other obstructions.
For Units & Townhouses
• Please group bins as illustrated
where possible.
REMEMBER:
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BINS MUST BE PLACED
AT THE KERBSIDE BY
5.30AM ON YOUR
COLLECTION DAY
OR THE EVENING
PRIOR.
a-z
GUIDE
A guide to what can be recycled in your
yellow lid bin.
Note: Empty items of food scraps
& liquids prior to recycling.
N
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Newspapers
A
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Advertising material
Aerosol cans
Aluminium cans, trays & foil
Berry punnets
Biscuit trays (plastic)
Books
Bottles
Bottle tops
Boxes (cardboard)
Cake trays (plastic or foil)
Cans
Cardboard
Cartons
Cereal boxes – remove plastic liner
Cat food tins
Compact disc cases (no discs)
Cooking oil tins
Cutlery (plastic)
Deli / butchers papers
Detergent bottles
Deodorant cans & roll-ons
Dog food tins
Egg cartons
Envelopes (incl. with plastic windows)
Foil (clean)
Foil lined cartons
Food cans
Food trays (plastic)
Gift wrapping paper
Glass bottles & jars
Greeting cards
–
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
Ice cream containers
Insect spray bottles & cans
Jars
Juice cartons
Junk mail
–
Long life cartons (milk, juice,
stocks & sauces)
Magazines
Margarine containers
Medicine bottles
Milk cartons / glass /containers
Office paper
Paint tins – dry
Paper
Paper bags
Paper plates
Paper towel rolls
Pet food cans
Phone books
Pizza boxes
Plant pots – small plastic
Pots & pans – steel or aluminium
Plastic crockery
Pool chemical containers
–
Q
R
S
Rigid plastic containers
Serviettes (paper)
Shampoo & conditioner bottles
Steel cans
Spray cans
Table napkins
Takeaway containers
(plastic & cardboard)
Telephone books
Tin cans
Tissue boxes
Toilet paper rolls
Tomato punnets
Tuna cans
Tupperware
–
Vitamin bottles
T
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Washing powder boxes / bottles
Wrapping paper
–
Yogurt containers
–
No plastic bags or recyclables in plastic bags are accepted.
FAQs
RECYCLING MYTHS
Q: Who owns the recycling bin?
A:The bins always remain the property
of Solo Resource Recovery.
Myth: Plastic bags are removed during
the sorting process.
WRONG – Items in plastic bags are
removed as contamination during
the sorting process and all enclosed
recyclables are lost to landfill.
Q:What happens if my recycling bin
is damaged?
A:Call the Recycling Hotline for prompt
repair or replacement.
Myth: No one checks the contents of
the bin before collection.
Q: What happens if my recycling bin
WRONG – Video cameras on the truck
is stolen or vandalised?
enable drivers to identify and record
contamination. Kerbside random bin
A:If your bin has been stolen or
audits are also conducted to monitor
vandalised, call the Police Assistance
Line on 131 444 and obtain an event
contamination and tag bins containing
number. Then call the Recycling Hotline. non recyclable items.
If your recycling bin contains
non-accepted items it may not be
collected and will only be serviced once
the items have been removed and only
on your following collection day.
Myth: Product is not recycled but goes
into landfill.
WRONG – All collected product is sent to a
sorting facility at Gateshead for processing.
Myth: More pollution is produced than
If you believe we may have missed your saved during the recycling process.
collection, please contact the Recycling WRONG – Clean Fleet Technology
Hotline to arrange the service.
minimum Euro 5 Standard operating on
biodiesel and a state of the art sorting
Our GPS tracking system will
facility delivers an environmentally
record all premises
friendly service.
where the bin was not
presented for collection
at the time of service.
Will & Jackson,
Lake Macquarie
recycling hotline 1800 838 884
OR VISIT recycleright.com.au