Recycling Waste – Halve Waste

What is Recycling Waste?

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.

YES these items can go in the yellow-lidded bin.

Glass bottles and jars
Aluminium and steel cans
Aluminium foil (scrunched)
Aerosol cans
Foil containers
Plastic plant pots
Milk and juice cartons and bottles
Cardboard boxes
Egg cartons
Newspapers
Paper
Paper bags
Magazines
Letters
Envelopes
Junk Mail
Hard Plastics: items such as milk and juice bottles, laundry and household cleaning product bottles, ice-cream, margarine and yogurt containers

NO these items can’t go in the yellow-lidded bin.

Plastic bags
Plastic wrap
Soft plastics
Nappies
Food scraps
Waxed or soiled cardboard
Computer parts
Electronics or e-waste
Broken crockery or broken glasses, mirrors or window panes
Household items, such as fry pans, appliances
Polystyrene
Prunings
Cooking oil, chemicals or liquids
Toys
Wire or rope
Clothing or shoes
Gas or helium cylinders
Batteries and car parts
Timber and wood
Steel items, such as metal bar, fencing

Recycling can prevent the waste of useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, thereby reducing: energy usage, air pollution and water pollution.

WHERE DOES IT GO?

quick tips

A-Z of what belongs in recycling

What does my recycling become?

HOw to recycle More

Quick Tips

Never put your recycling in plastic bags. Place recyclables, loose, into your yellow-lidded recycling bin.
Make sure recyclable items are not heavily contaminated with food, liquids or hazardous materials. Take the time to separate food from containers and place them into the correct bins.
Fold & squash your recyclables to fit more in your bin.

Soft plastics can be recycled through the REDcycle program, find locations HERE
Items such as unwanted clothing, unwanted household goods, appliances and electronics can all be recycled at your local recycling centre/transfer station.

Yes, these are Recyclable!

A – C

Aerosol cans (empty)
Aluminium cans
Aluminium cooking trays
Aluminium foil lined juice cartons
Aluminium foil (scrunched)
Beer bottles
Books
Bottles, glass
Bottles, plastic
Bottletops (need to be placed in another metal container)
Cardboard (not waxed or soiled)
Cards
Cereal boxes
Clean paper
Computer paper*

D – H

Deodorant cans (empty)
Detergent bottles
Detergent boxes
Drink cans
Egg cartons
Envelopes/window envelopes
Foil (clean)
Food cans
Glass Bottles
Glass jars
Hard plastics
Household cleaning product bottles (empty)

I – O

Jar lids
Junk mail
Letters
Magazines
Meat trays, hard plastic (not foam)
Milk bottle lids (if placed inside plastic milk bottle)
Milk cartons
Newspaper
Notepads
Office paper*

P – Z

Pet food tins
Phone book
Plant pots (plastic)
Plastic plates and cutlery
Plastic food containers (eg. ice cream, margarine, yoghurt)
Plastic milk cartons
Hard plastics (no soft plastic wrap)
Shampoo bottles
Takeaway coffee lids (plastic)
Takeaway containers, plastic
Tetra paks
Wine bottles
Wine cask box
Wrapping paper

*Shredded paper is to be placed in the green-lidded organics bin

What Does My Recycling Become?

Aluminium & Steel Cans
Aluminium and steel cans can be recycled repeatedly. Recycling aluminium and steel cans uses a fraction of the energy that it takes to make new cans from scratch. Recycled aluminium and steel cans are used in everything from CDs to aircraft parts.

Glass Bottles and Containers
Locally, our glass is crushed and used as a sand substitute in asphalt and concrete, as well as pipe embedment.

In other areas glass is recycled repeatedly to make new glass containers and even into fibreglass insulation and reflective road signage.

Paper and Cardboard
Paper and cardboard are shredded and mixed with water at high speed to create paper fibres. The pulp is passed through cleaning and screening equipment to remove labels, plastic, dirt and staples and then heated to remove ink & glue. The cleaned pulp is then turned into new paper and cardboard products such as boxes, egg cartons and much more.

Hard Plastics
Rigid hard plastics are chipped into tiny little beads and then melted down to make new items. Depending on the type of plastic they can be recycled into lots of different items, such as garden rakes, fleece jackets and even recycling bins.

Reduce and Manage

Recycling is easy! Here are some tips for making the most of your yellow-lidded recycling bin.

Sometimes our home, or more importantly our kitchen, is busier than peak hour traffic in the city. When our extended family joins us for meals, it’s even more chaotic. Most of us love to cook up a storm and get everyone involved, it important to try to slow down and think about where the left over scraps, packaging and glass bottles go. After all, there’s only so much room in the red-lidded general waste bin.

If Everyone Chips In, It’s Easy To Do Good

When celebrating with family and friends, a few simple tips to keep things in the right bin can help keep us on track to reducing our waste.

Other Options

Look at your local Council’s waste page on their website to see what you can drop off to the local recycling centre or transfer stations for free.

It might be useful to take another look at what can go into your yellow-lidded recycling bin. Many plastic containers can now be recycled, including plastic take-away containers.

If you can’t easily scrunch the plastic in your hand, then it is able to be recycled.

Food for thought

Research shows approximately 75% of the material in the red-lidded general waste bin is organic or recyclable waste.

Removing food & garden organics and recycling from your red-lidded general waste bin will create extra room.

UPSIZE to 360L yellow-lidded recycling bin

With a 120L of additional space compared to a 240L standard yellow-lidded bin, large families, share houses and avid recyclers really love this option!

Did you know over 40% of what people put into their red-lidded general waste bin could have been recycled?

360L recycling bins are now available for households in Indigo Shire, Albury, Wodonga and Federation Councils. Contact your local Council to UPSIZE your yellow-lidded recycling bin and you will be surprised at how much extra space you will have in your red-lidded general waste bin.