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Your red-lidded general waste bin is for general household waste that cannot go in your yellow-lidded recycling bin or your green-lidded organics bin.
Your red-lidded general waste bin is for general household waste that cannot go in your yellow-lidded recycling bin.
Although the above items can go into your red-lidded general waste bin, did you know that there are alternatives to recycle many items that were destined to go to landfill? By opting to use these specialised recycling alternatives, it is your way of contributing to looking after the environment and reducing our waste to landfill.
The items listed above with an * asterisk can be dropped off at your local recycle/transfer centre or alternative specialised recycling location, such as REDcycle for clean soft plastics. These items are then recycled through specific programs to keep as much recyclable and hazardous waste out of landfill.
^You can remove your organic material (food scraps and green waste) by composting at home or feeding your food scraps to your chickens- they will repay you with eggs!
Although the above items can go into your red-lidded general waste bin, did you know that there are alternatives to recycle many items that were destined to go to landfill? By opting to use these specialised recycling alternatives, it is your way of contributing to looking after the environment and reducing our waste to landfill.
The items listed above with an * asterisk can be dropped off at your local recycle/transfer centre or alternative specialised recycling location, such as REDcycle for clean soft plastics. These items are then recycled through specific programs to keep as much recyclable and hazardous waste out of landfill.
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polystyrene Recycling
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These items include household & car batteries, gas bottles/cylinders, motor & cooking oil, paint, light globes/fluro tubes, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers.
Problem waste items are known to cause serious harm to the people involved in transferring or processing the waste material as well as causing fires, chemical spills and other preventable disasters. This is why these items cannot go into any of your kerbside bins.
Problem Waste must be dropped off at designated transfer stations and recycling centres so they can be recycled and disposed of correctly, without harming people, wildlife and the environment.
When recycled correctly, Problem Waste is turned into reusable materials which can then be used in new products.
Plus, it helps to protect natural resources and eliminate toxic materials ending up in landfill.
Polystyrene or also know as EPS, is the white packaging that can be found when buying new appliances such as a refrigerator or television and even packaging around children’s toys.
Polystyrene can not go in your yellow lidded bin. If you have a large quantity of polystyrene, but don’t want to put it in your red lidded bin, Halve Waste provides free polystyrene drop-off locations in Albury, Wodonga, Beechworth and Rutherglen for household quantities of polystyrene. Why not take it to your nearest drop-off station.
What happens to the polystyrene? The polystyrene is processed at Albury Recycling Centre and is melted down into dense blocks, and these blocks can then be reprocessed into objects such as insulation for housing and photo frames.
Please note that all polystyrene recyclables dropped off must be clean and dry material to be accepted for recycling.
Our collection vehicles use a mechanical arm to lift and empty your bins. Here is a 10-tip guide to help you correctly place your bins out on collection day.
Put your number on your bin, especially if you are in a unit complex.
Put your bins at the kerbside for collection the night before or by 6am on the morning of collection.
Place your bins away from overhanging trees, as these get in the way of the truck.
Close to the kerb – at least 1 metre apart and away from trees, cars, and other obstructions. Wheels towards the property.
The bin lid must be closed for collection. The truck’s mechanical arm cannot lift overfilled bins. Extra items placed on top or next to the bin will not be collected.
The wrong items placed in bins could contaminate whole truck loads of material collected for recycling or green waste. This could result in the whole truck being sent to landfill. If contamination is on-going, Cleanaway will have no option but to withdraw your service.
Be mindful of the materials you are putting in your bin, the truck’s mechanical arm cannot lift over 80kg.
Residents are responsible for allowing a clear roadway on bin collection days, blocked roads and limited turning capabilities will prevent bins from being collected.
Bins, liners and kitchen caddies are allocated to each property. If you move, don’t take your bins with you. Contact your local council if you don’t have all your bins when you move into a property.
No one likes the look of bins on the kerb for a week! Remember to remove your bins from the kerbside on the day of collection once they have been emptied. Fines apply in certain council areas.
PROBLEM WASTE
A-Z What belongs in general waste
polystyrene Recycling
Guide to Composting
These items include household & car batteries, gas bottles/cylinders, motor & cooking oil, paint, light globes/fluro tubes, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers.
Problem waste items are known to cause serious harm to the people involved in transferring or processing the waste material as well as causing fires, chemical spills and other preventable disasters. This is why these items cannot go into any of your kerbside bins.
Problem Waste must be dropped off at designated transfer stations and recycling centres so they can be recycled and disposed of correctly, without harming people, wildlife and the environment.
When recycled correctly, Problem Waste is turned into reusable materials which can then be used in new products.
Plus, it helps to protect natural resources and eliminate toxic materials ending up in landfill.
Polystyrene or also know as EPS, is the white packaging that can be found when buying new appliances such as a refrigerator or television and even packaging around children’s toys.
Polystyrene can not go in your yellow-lidded bin. If you have a large quantity of polystyrene, but don’t want to put it in your red-lidded bin, Halve Waste provides free polystyrene drop-off locations in Albury, Wodonga, Beechworth and Rutherglen for household quantities of polystyrene. Why not take it to your nearest drop-off station.
What happens to the polystyrene?
The polystyrene is processed at Albury Recycling Centre and is melted down into dense blocks, and these blocks can then be reprocessed into objects such as insulation for housing and photo frames.
Please note that all polystyrene recyclables dropped off must be clean and dry material to be accepted for recycling.
Composting is natures recycling system – it is the process of decomposition of organic matter into a soil-like material called ‘compost’.
The decomposition process occurs as a result of the activities of beneficial microscopic organisms like bacteria and fungi and other living creatures such as worms and slaters.
Most organic material can be composted. You will produce beautiful, nutrient-rich compost if you add a diverse range of both nitrogen-rich and carbon-rich ingredients to your compost bin or heap.
Check out our list of kitchen and garden wastes that can be added to your compost below.
It is recommended that you do not compost animal products. Although these items can be composted they can cause problems if not composted correctly.
Check out our DO NOT compost list below.
For a full guide on how to compost including troubleshooting,
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Soft plastics can be recycled at your local Coles or Woolworths Supermarket through a program called REDcycle. The REDcycle Program makes it easy for consumers to keep plastic bags and soft plastic packaging out of landfill and instead be recycled into items such as bollards and dog agility equipment. For a comprehensive list of the what is accepted at REDcycle and drop off locations, visit their website HERE.
Donate your pre-loved clothes to charity – as long as they are in good condition!
Put a ‘No Junk Mail’ sticker on your letterbox.
Receive bills and correspondence via email rather than post.
Dilute your strong household cleaners with some water to make them last longer.
Halve Waste is an initiative of Albury City Council, City of Wodonga, Federation Council and the Shires of Towong, Greater Hume, Indigo and Alpine Shire Councils. The goal of Halve Waste is to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by 50%.
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