A-Z list
Aerosol cans: Recycling
- Place empty deodorant or food cans in your recycling bin.
Aluminium cans: Recycling
- Place empty cans in your recycling bin.
Aluminium foil: Recycling
- Scrunch foil into a ball and place in the recycling bin.
Aluminium trays: Recycling
- Place empty trays in your recycling bin.
Artificial Christmas trees
- The benefit of an artificial Christmas tree is that it does not die. It is best to keep it for use year after year.
- If you no longer have use for it, see if you can give it another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- To dispose of it, you can do so via our hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre
Asbestos
- For information on the correct and safest way to dispose of asbestos visit asbestos.vic.gov.au
Asthma inhalers: General Waste
- Empty asthma inhalers can be placed in your general waste bin. Both the canister and the plastic holder are too small to be recovered at the recycling facility.
- Inhalers that are not empty can be returned to any pharmacy for safe disposal.
Band aids: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Batteries (car)
- Take car batteries to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre
Batteries (e-waste) (household)
- Batteries can be taken to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham
- Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre
- ALDI: All ALDI Supermarkets offer a free battery collection and recycling service.
- Battery World
- WARNING: Batteries of any kind present a serious hazard if placed in any of your kerbside bins. Do not place batteries or e-waste of any kind in any of the kerbside bins.
Bed frames
- To give your bed frame another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or dispose of your broken bed frame via Council’s hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Bicycle:
- Donate your bicycles to Bicycles for Humanity by dropping your bike off at Bicycle Super Store.
- To give your bicycle another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or dispose of your broken bicycle via Council’s hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Biodegradable packaging: General Waste
- Biodegradable packaging must be placed into the general waste bin. It is not accepted into the food and green waste bin. Only compostable film packaging (no compostable cutlery/packaging meeting the Australian Standard 4736 can be accepted into the food and green waste bin.
Biscuit trays: Recycling
- Place empty trays in your recycling bin.
Blankets
- Blankets in good condition can be donated to selected Op Shops, SCR Recycling Hubs or use Donate Direct to match your items directly to those in need.
- Blankets in poor condition can be donated to the RSPCA for use as animal bedding (unless they are feather filled).
Bones (meat/chicken bones): Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin. If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Books
- Drop off at your local Op Shop.
- Refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Place in your recycling bin.
Bottles (glass, plastic, metal): Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin. Squeeze air out of plastic bottle and return lid.
Bottle tops (metal and plastic lids): Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin attached to its original container.
Branches (small): Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin. If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- For larger branches, you can do so via Council’s hard waste service. Please note, branches should be less than 150mm in diameter, 1.8m in length and securely tied in bundles of up to 300mm diameter. Stumps not accepted. Refer to Bayside's hard waste guidelines for more information.
Bread clip/tag: General Waste
- Due to their small size, bread tags are not recyclable and cannot go into your recycling bin.
- They can be recycled through Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs who recycle them to fund wheelchairs for disadvantaged people. To find the collection point closest to you, visit https://ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au/
- Or via the Bread Bag Closure Recycling Program by Terracycle and Kwik Lok
- Or place into your general waste bin.
Bricks
- Building rubble can be taken to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Building rubble
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Building rubble can be taken to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Butchers paper: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Bubble wrap (soft plastic)
- Bubble wrap can be recycled through RedCycle's soft plastics recycling program with drop-off locations at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
- Large sheets should be cut into A3 size pieces.
Camera film: Recycling Stations
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham
Cans (steel, aluminium): Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin
Car tyres
- Car tyres can be recycled at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Most tyre shops have a recycling scheme available to those purchasing new tyres.
Carbon fibre: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin
Carbon paper: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin
Cardboard: Recycling
- Place all cardboard (except for waxed cardboard) in your recycling bin.
- Excess cardboard that cannot fit in your recycling bin can be taken to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre. More than a bootload will incur a fee.
Carpet / Carpet underlay
- Eligible residential households are entitled to two free hard waste bookings per calendar year. Find out more or book your collection visit our hard waste page.
Cartons (Tetra Pak): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin. Tetra Pak is made from a mix of materials that makes it extremely tricky to recover at the recycling facility.
Cartridges (printer / toner)
- Printer cartridges can be recycled through the Cartridges for Planet Ark scheme at the participating outlets:
- Australia Post
- The Good Guys
- Harvey Norman
- JB Hi-Fi
Cassette tapes
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
Cat litter: General Waste
- Place in your garbage bin
Cat food tins: Recycling
- Place empty tins in your recycling bin. No need to rinse.
Cat dry food bags (soft plastic)
- Cat dry food bags can be recycled through the soft plastics recycling program - REDCycle with drop-off points at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
- Soft plastics cannot go in your recycling bin.
CDs / DVDs and cases
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
- CD/DVD cases cannot be placed in your recycling bin.
Cellophane: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Ceramics
- To give your ceramics another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or drop them off at your local Op Shop.
- Dispose of your broken ceramics at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre or place in your general waste bin.
Cereal box: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Cereal box liner (soft plastic)
- Cereal box liners can be recycled through the soft plastics recycling program - REDCycle with drop-off points at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
Chemicals
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Chemical containers (empty)
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Empty chemical containers can be placed in your recycling bin.
Chewing gum: General Waste
- Chewing gum must go into your general waste bin. It does not break down in the food and green waste process and cannot be recycled.
Chip packets (soft plastic)
- Chip packets can be recycled through the soft plastics recycling program - REDCycle with drop-off points at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
Christmas tree (artificial)
- The benefit of an artificial Christmas tree is that it does not die. It is best to keep it for use year after year.
- If you no longer have use for it, see if you can give it another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- To dispose of it, you can do so via our hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre
Christmas tree (real)
- Real Christmas trees, under two metres in length, can be collected up until the end of January from your nature strip as part of our hard waste/bundled branches service.
Cigarette butts: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Cleaning rags
- If your cleaning rags are made from cloth, old clothing or a washable fabric, wash them so you can re-use them over and over again.
- If you've got cleaning rags that aren't washable, please place them into your general waste bin.
Cleaning/chemical bottles
- Empty cleaning product bottles can be recycled in your recycling bin.
- If your products are still full please dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Cling wrap: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin. Although a soft plastic, cling wrap cannot* be accepted in REDCycle’s soft plastic recycling program as it interferes with the processing. *Glad brand is accepted.
Clothing
- To give your clothes another life, donate your clothes by dropping them off at your local Op Shop.
- Professional/dress and shoes in good condition can be donated to Dress for Success.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- H&M want your old textiles, from any brand, in any condition. By reusing and recycling they will get a new life. Return your unwanted textiles in store to receive 15% OFF a single item on your next purchase. Conditions apply, see in-store for full details.
- To get old clothes that are not in re-sellable condition recycled, donate them to Manrags.
- Clothing does not belong in your recycling or food and green waste bin.
Coathangers (wire and plastic)
- Plastic and wire coathangers can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Damaged coat hangers can be disposed of in your general waste bin.
- These are not recyclable as they can cause jamming issues at recycling facilities.
Coffee cups and lids (takeaway): General Waste
- Single-use coffee cups and lids can be recycled through 7 Eleven's coffee cup recycling program.
- They do not belong in your recycling bin and must be placed in the general waste bin if not disposed of via a coffee cup recycling program.
- Disposable coffee cups and lids are made up of a mix of materials which makes them tricky to recycle in your kerbside recycling.
Coffee grounds: Food & Green Waste
- Place coffee grounds into your food and green waste bin.
- If you don't have one, order one here.
- Or place them in your home compost system. Click here for tips on home composting.
Coffee pods
- Nespresso coffee pods can be recycled at one of their collection points, or you can order a satchel from Nespresso to return your used pods.
- Nescafe Dolce Gusto pods can be recycled through Terracycle.
- The Aldi Espressi recycling program has reached capacity. For the moment your Espressi pods need to go in your general waste bin.
- Biodegradable coffee pods can be composted in your home compost systems. They cannot go into your food and green waste bin.
- All other brands of coffee pods need to go in your general waste bin. Alternatively, you could consider purchasing reusable pods.
Computers and accessories (e-waste)
- Computers and accessories can be donated to Donate Direct (must not be outdated and should include chargers/power leads).
- Refurbished through Nucleus Computer Donations and B2C Community IT Recyclers.
- Recycled through our hard waste collection service.
- Be taken to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
- Or dropped off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Computers and their accessories are considered e-waste and cannot go into any of your kerbside bins.
Concrete
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Take concrete to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre
Cooking oil
- Recycle unused cooking oil for free through Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home program.
- Cooking oil can be taken to the Monash Transfer Station. This oil is then recycled into bio fuel and other bi products.
Cooking oil container: Recycling
- Empty cooking oil containers can be recycled in your recycling bin.
Cords (e-waste)
- Cords can be taken to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living,
- Can be dropped off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Small cords can be taken to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham
- Computers and their accessories are considered e-waste and cannot go into any of your kerbside bins.
Corflute
- Many printing companies can provide vinyl stickers to cover corflute signs, enabling them to be reused for a different project.
- Alternatively, polypropylene corflute may be recycled via Polymer Processors in Braeside.
Corks
- Corks can be taken to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Or they can be disposed of in your general waste bin.
- Unfortunately there is no recycling scheme for corks in Australia. Check out this short article by EcoBin on repurposing old corks.
Cosmetic (makeup) tubes
- Cosmetic tubes can be recycled through Terracycle.
- Cosmetics tubes are not recyclable in your kerbside recycling bin. Please dispose of these in your household garbage bin if not through a dedicated recycling program like Terracycle.
Cosmetic jars: Recycling
- Empty plastic and glass cosmetics jars can be placed in your recycling bin.
Cotton wool buds: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Couch
- To give your couch another life, some op shops accept couch donations. Find your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- To dispose of it, you can do so via our hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Crockery and Cutlery
- Crockery and cutlery in good condition can be donated to some op shops. Find your local Op Shop.
- Damaged crockery and cutlery can go in your general waste bin.
Cups and saucers
- If in good condition, can be donated to some op shops. Find your local Op Shop.
- Damaged cups and saucers can go in your general waste bin
Curtains
- To give your curtains another life, donate to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- To dispose of them, you can do so via our hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Or via the general waste bin.
Cutlery
- Cutlery in good condition can be donated to some op shops. Find your local Op Shop.
- Damaged cutlery can go in your general waste bin.
Cutlery (plastic): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin. Plastic cutlery cannot be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin.
Cutlery (biodegradable/compostable): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin. Biodegradable/compostable cutlery cannot be placed in the food and green waste bin or the recycling bin.
- Some may be accepted in your home compost system if you have one, click here for tips on home composting.
Dairy products: Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin. Remove any packaging first.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Dental floss containers: General Waste
- Can be placed into your general waste bin. Although a hard plastic, it is too small for the recycling facility to identify it and recover it.
Deodorant cans, roll-ons and sprays: Recycling
- Empty deodorant containers can be placed into your recycling bin.
Detergent bottles (plastic): Recycling
- Empty detergent bottles can be placed into your recycling bin.
Disposable cups (foam): General waste
- Place into your general waste bin.
Disposable cups (plastic): General Waste
- Plastic cups can be placed in your general waste bin.
- Degradable, biodegradable, compostable or bioplastics cannot be recycled. These plastics have been specifically manufactured to break down in the general waste stream. They are not recyclable as they start to degrade before they are processed.
Disposable plates and cutlery: General Waste
- Place into your general waste bin.
Dog faeces: General Waste
- Place into your general waste bin.
Dog food can/tins: Recycling
- Please empty cans/tins into your recycling bin. No need to rinse.
Dog dry food bags (soft plastic)
- Dry food bags can be recycled through REDCycles's soft plastic recycling program with drop-off locations at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
Doonas
- Doonas in good condition can be donated to selected Op Shops, SCR Recycling Hubs or use Donate Direct to match your items directly to those in need.
- Doonas in poor condition can be donated to the RSPCA for use as animal bedding (unless they are feather filled).
Drinking glass
- To give your drinking glassware another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or drop them off at your local Op Shop.
- Dispose of any broken drinking glass in your general waste bin.
- Drinking glassware cannot go in your recycling bin
Drums (empty)
- Drums can be disposed of at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Dryers (e-waste)
- Dryer that are in usable condition could be donated to some Op Shops.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- To get it recycled, you can do so via our hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Dry pet food bags (soft plastic)
- Dry pet food bags can be recycled through the soft plastics recycling program - REDCycle with drop-off locations at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
DVD players (e-waste)
- Working DVD players can be donated to your local Op Shops.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- To get it recycled, you can take it to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Egg cartons: Recycling
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Place into your recycling bin
Egg shell: Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Engine oil
- Engine oil can be disposed of at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Or it can be taken to Oil Store in Cheltenham.
Envelope (padded envelope)
- Due to the bubble wrap contaminating the paper stream, padded envelopes must go into your general waste bin.
Envelope (windowed/no window): Recycling
- Envelopes, both windowed and plain faced, can go in your recycling bin
Empty chemical containers
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Empty chemical containers can be placed in your recycling bin.
E-waste (anything with a battery, cord, or plug)
- E-waste comes in all shapes and sizes and therefore has lots of different places you can take it to get recycled.
- Depending on what item it is, you can take it to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre, include it in your Hard Waste booking, drop it off at one of Bayside's recycling stations, and more.
- You can also post it via Australia Post's e-waste post back service.
- Visit our e-waste page to find where you can take a specific item.
Face masks: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Fertiliser
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Fire Extinguisher (empty and full)
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Flowers: Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Fluorescent light globes/tubes (e-waste)
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Foam (polystyrene) boxes / meat trays / packaging
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Foam underlay
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Or dispose of via Council’s hard waste service.
Foil (aluminium): Recycling
- Scrunch into a ball and place in your recycling bin.
Folders (binders, lever ach, plastic coated, metal ringed)
- Office stationery and folders can be recycled through GreenCollect.
- Folders are not accepted in your kerbside recycling bin.
Food waste: Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin. Ensure rubber bands, stickers, labels and any packaging are removed.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Formula tins: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin. Ensure any plastic seal is removed.
Freezer (e-waste)
- To give your working freezer another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or dispose of your broken freezer via Council’s hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Fridge (e-waste)
- To give your working fridge another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or dispose of your broken fridge via Council’s hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Fruit and veg scraps, peels: Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin. Ensure rubber bands, stickers, labels and any packaging are removed.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Fuels (petrol, diesel, kerosene, other)
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Furniture
- To give your furniture another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or for furniture not in re-sellable or donatable condition, dispose of via Council’s hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Garden pruning’s: Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
Garden tools (leaf blower, lawn mower, etc.)
- To give your working garden tools another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or dispose of your broken garden tools via Council’s hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Gas cylinders and bottles
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Glass jars, bottles and lids: Recycling
- Place glass jars and bottles with lids still attached, in your recycling bin
Glasses (eye / reading / prescription / sun glasses)
- Glasses (spectacles) with frames in good condition can be donated to Re-Specs via the collection point at Care with Quality.
Glassware (broken drinking glass, window glass, etc.): General Waste
- Broken glassware (drinking glass, window glass, etc.) should be disposed of in your general waste bin.
Glassware (in good condition)
- Glassware can be donated to some of your local Op Shops.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
Glue (water based and solvents)
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Grass clippings: Food & Garden Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
Green reusable shopping bags
- Green reusable shopping bags can be recycled through the soft plastics recycling program - REDCycle with drop-off points at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
- Woolworths replaces broken green bags with free ones.
- Dispose of in general waste bin if other options are not viable.
Greeting cards: Recycling
- Greeting cards can be placed in your recycling bin, plastic components such as beads, should be removed first.
Hats
- Hats in good condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
Hair - General Waste
- Hair should be placed in your general waste bin
Hearing aids
- Working and not working hearing aids can be donated to Recycled Sound for repair and reuse.
Herbicides and weed killers
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Homeware
- Homeware in good condition can be donated to your local Op Shops.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
Household chemicals
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Ice-cream container / lids: Recycling
- Place empty ice-cream containers with lids attached in your recycling bin.
Incandescent light globes
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Ink, toner and printer cartridges
- Recyle via Cartirdges 4 Planet Ark with drop off point in Officeworks, participating Australia Post outlets, Cartridge World, Harvey Norman, The Good Guys, and JB Hi-Fi,
Insect spray bottles and cans: Recycling
- Empty insect spray bottles and cans can be placed in your recycling bin
- Full inspect spray bottles and cans should be disposed of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Iron (e-waste)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Jars / lids (glass, metal, plastic): Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Jewellery
- Jewellery can be donated to your local Op Shops.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
Juice bottles (plastic): Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Juice cartons/juice boxes (empty): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin. Cartons or Tetra Pak is made from a mix of materials that makes it extremely tricky to recover at the recycling facility.
Kettle (e-waste)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Keys
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre as part of their scrap metal recycling.
- Metal keys cannot be recycled in your recycling bin.
Kitchenware
- Kitchenware in good condition can be donated to your local Op Shops.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Dispose of in your general waste bin if broken.
Kitty litter: General Waste
- Dispose of in your general waste bin.
Laminated paper: General Waste
- Dispose of in your general waste bin.
- Laminated paper is not recyclable.
Laptops (e-waste)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Leaves and leaf litter: Food & Green Waste
- Place in your food and green waste bin.
- If you don't have one, order one here.
LED light globes
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Light globes / tubes
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Loose-leaf tea: Food & Green Waste
- Place in your food and green waste bin. Teabags cannot go in your recycling bin.
- If you don't have one, order one here.
- Or place them in your home compost system. Click here for tips on home composting.
Lunch boxes
- Plastic lunch boxes can be recycled in your recycling bin.
- Metal lunch boxes that are entirely metal can also be taken to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre as part of scrap metal recycling.
- Lunch boxes made of mixed materials need to go in your general waste bin.
Magazines: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin
Manchester (sheets, pillows cases, linen, bedding)
- Manchester in good condition can be donated to selected Op Shops, SCR Recycling Hubs or use Donate Direct to match your items directly to those in need.
- Manchester in poor condition can be donated to the RSPCA for use as animal bedding (unless they are feather filled).
Masks (single-use face masks): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Mattresses
- Eligible residential households are entitled to two free hard waste bookings per calendar year. Find out more or book your collection visit our hard waste page.
- For information how mattresses get recycled, visit our mattress recycler's website, Soft Landings.
Meat scraps: Food & Green Waste
- Place into your food and green waste bin.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Meat trays (black Styrofoam): General Waste
- Styrofoam meat trays must be placed in your general waste bin.
- They cannot go into your recycling bin.
Meat trays (hard plastic): Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Medicine bottles (glass and hard plastic)
- Place empty bottles with lids attached in your recycling bin.
Medicine
- Unused/unwanted medicine can be disposed of at any pharmacy in Australia as part of the Return Unwanted Medicines project, a national scheme to eliminate the risk of poisoning by disposing of medicines safely.
- All pharmacies are equipped to accept all medicines.
Metal / scrap
- Eligible residential households are entitled to two free hard waste bookings per calendar year. Find out more or book your collection visit our hard waste page.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Microwave (e-waste)
- Eligible residential households are entitled to two free hard waste bookings per calendar year. Find out more or book your collection visit our hard waste page.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Milk bottles (plastic): Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin with lids on.
Milk cartons: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin. Cartons or Tetra Pak is made from a mix of materials that makes it extremely tricky to recover at the recycling facility.
Mobile phones and accessories (e-waste)
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Motor oil (Engine oil)
- Motor oil can be disposed of at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Or it can be taken to Oil Store in Cheltenham.
Nail polish
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Nail polish remover (acetone)
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Nails (metal)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Metal nails cannot be recycled via your recycling bin.
Nappies (including biodegradable): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Netted produce bags (onion, lime, lemon bags)
- Netted produce bags are a soft plastic and can be recycled through REDCycle’s soft plastics recycling program, with drop-off points at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
Newspaper: Recycling
- Newspapers can be placed in your recycling bin. Please remove any plastic wrap first.
- Newspaper sheets can be used to wrap food waste and placed in your food and green waste bin.
- If you don't have a food and green waste bin, order one here.
- Or place it in your home compost system. Click here for tips on home composting.
Nuts and bolts
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Nuts and bolts cannot be recycled via your recycling bin.
Office paper: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin
Oil (cooking)
- Recycle unused cooking oil for free through Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home program.
- Cooking oil can be taken to the Monash Transfer Station. This oil is then recycled into bio fuel and other bi products.
- Small amounts can be soaked up with paper towel and placed straight into the food and green waste bin.
Oil (engine)
- Engine oil can be disposed of at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Or it can be taken to Oil Store in Cheltenham.
Oil heater (empty)
- Eligible residential households are entitled to two free hard waste bookings per calendar year. To find out more or book your collection, visit our hard waste page.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Ovens
- Eligible residential households are entitled to two free hard waste bookings per calendar year. To find out more or book your collection, visit our hard waste page.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Pads (sanitary): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Paint tins and spray cans (empty and dry)
- Empty and dry paint tins and spray cans go in your recycling bin.
Paint/Paint stripper/thinner (household)
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Palm fronds
- Place cut up palm fronts into your food and green waste bin. If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- For larger palm fronds, you can do so via Council’s hard waste/bundled branch service
Paper bags: Recycling or Food & Green Waste
- Place in your recycling bin.
- If saturated, place in your food and green waste bin
- If you don't have one, order one here.
- Or place them in your home compost system. Click here for tips on home composting.
Paper plates: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
- Shiny/coated paper plates should go in your general waste bin.
Paper towel (used): Food & Green Waste
- Place in your food and green waste bin unless saturated with chemicals. If saturated place in your general waste bin.
- If you don't have one, order one here.
- Or place them in your home compost system. Click here for tips on home composting.
Paper towel roll: Recycling
- Place the paper towel roll in your recycling bin.
Pens, pencils and markers
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Terracycle - Purchase a Pens, Pencils and Markers Zero Waste Box or purchase a Office Supplies Zero Waste Box.
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Terracycle - Purchase a Safety Equipment and Protective Gear Zero Waste Box.
Pesticides
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Pet food tins/cans: Recycling
- Place tins and cans in your recycling bin.
- Plastic pet food sachets cannot go into your recycling bin. If there is significant food residue it will need to go in your general waste bin. If the sachet is relatively clean, they can be recycled through RedCycle's soft plastics recycling program with drop-off locations at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
Phone (e-waste)
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Photographs
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Photographs are not recyclable in your recycling bin.
Pill packets (blister packets): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Pillows
- Pillows can be donated to the RSPCA for use as animal bedding (unless they are feather filled).
- Pillows can make great knee pads for gardening and the like.
- The stuffing from pillows can work well as an alternative to bubble wrap or packing peanuts.
- Pillows should disposed of in your general waste bin if not repurposed.
Pizza boxes: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Plant pots (plastic): Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Plastic bags / packets (soft plastic)
- Can be recycled through RedCycle's soft plastics recycling program with drop-off locations at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
Plastic bottles and containers: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin with lids attached.
Plastic cards (old credit cards, licenses, library cards, etc.): General Waste
- Place plastic cards in your general waste bin.
- Plastic cards cannot go in your recycling bin.
Plastic chopping boards
- Chopping boards in good condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Dispose of broken chopping boards in your general waste bin.
Plastic cutlery
- Plastic cutlery can be disposed of in your general waste bin.
- Degradable, biodegradable, and compostable cutlery cannot be recycled in your kerbside recycling or food and green waste bin. They have been specifically manufactured to break down in landfill.
Plastic gloves: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Plastic tarpaulin (tarp)
- Plastic tarpaulins can be sold/given away via Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Dispose of broken tarps in your general waste bin.
Polystyrene: General Waste
- Place in a bag and then place in your general waste bin. This ensures it will not get stuck when the collections truck empties it.
- Take to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Polystyrene cannot go in your recycling bin or be disposed of via hard waste.
Pots and pans
- Pots and pans in good condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Dispose of broken pots and pans in your general waste bin, at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre or via Council’s hard waste service.
Potting mix: Food & Green Waste
- Small quantities of potting mix can be disposed of via the food and green waste bin.
- If you don't have one, order one here.
Power tools (drills, chain saw, lawn mower, etc.)
- To give your working power tools another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or dispose of your broken tools via Council’s hard waste service or at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Pringles containers: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Pringles container cannot be recycled as they’re made from a combination of materials.
Printer cartridges
- Printer cartridges can be recycled through the Cartridges for Planet Ark scheme at the participating outlets:
- Australia Post
- The Good Guys
- Harvey Norman
- JB Hi-Fi
Radios (e-waste)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Rat poison
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Razors: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin
Receipts: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin
Records (vinyls)
- Records can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- If damaged, place in your general waste bin
Rubber gloves: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin
Sand/soil
- Dispose of at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Sanitary pads: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Saw dust: Food & Green Waste
- Place in your food and green waste bin. No CCA (copper chrome arsenic) treated timber sawdust. CCA is a hazard and will spike chrome and arsenic levels in the compost and consequently impact the end product.
- If you don't have a food and green waste bin, order one here.
- Or place them in your home compost system. Click here for tips on home composting.
Screws (metal)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Metal screws cannot be recycled via your recycling bin.
Shampoo and conditioner bottles: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Shoes
- Shoes in good condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Professional/dress shoes in good condition can be donated to Dress for Success.
- Running shoes in good condition can be donated to Shoes For Planet Earth.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Dispose of unwearable shoes in your general waste bin.
Shredded paper: Recycling or Food & Green Waste
- Place shredded paper into a paper bag and place it in your recycling bin.
- Place shredded paper loosely in your food and green waste bin (can help mask smell and is great for the compost).
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Or place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Silicone: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Smoke detectors (e-waste)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Snap-lock bags (soft plastic)
- Can be recycled through RedCycle's soft plastics recycling program with drop-off locations at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
Sodastream cylinder
- Sodastream will accept cylinder returns. Swap your cylinder over at your nearest location
Soft plastics
- Can be recycled through RedCycle's soft plastics recycling program with drop-off locations at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.
Soil/sand
- Dispose of at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Solar panels
- Reclaim PV offer a recycling service for solar panels.
- You can also contact your supplier for responsible recycling/disposal.
Sporting equipment (exercise equipment, shoes, clothing, balls, bats, racketts, etc.)
- Equipment in good condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Running shoes in good condition can be donated to Shoes For Planet Earth.
- Sporting apparel and equipment in good condition can be donated to Boots for All.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Get rid of broken larger equipment via Council’s hard waste service.
Stamps
- Used stamps can be donated to the Leprosy Mission, who sort the stamps, then sell them.
- Place in your general waste bin.
Sticky tape: General Waste
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Place in your general waste bin.
Straws (plastic/paper): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Styrofoam: General Waste
- Place into a bag and place in your general waste bin.
Takeaway containers (plastic): Recycling
- Place empty plastic container in your recycling bin. No need to rinse.
Takeaway containers (polystyrene): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Polystyrene is not recyclable in your recycling bin.
Tampons: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Tea light candle holders (aluminium): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin. Tea light candle holders are too small to be recovered at the recycling facility.
Teabags: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Teabags cannot go into the food and green waste bin as they have a plastic lining.
Telephones (e-waste)
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living.
Televisions / TVs (e-waste)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living
- Dispose of via Council’s hard waste service.
Tetra Paks / UHT cartons: General Waste
- Tetra Pak or carton is made from a mix of materials that makes it extremely tricky to recover at the recycling facility.
Thermal paper (receipts): General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
Thermometer (mercury)
- Dispose of via Sustainability Victoria's free Detox Your Home program. The program is a safe, free and easy-to-use service to dispose of unwanted household chemicals without harming your health or the environment.
Tinsel
- Tinsel lasts forever and is best to keep for use year after year.
- If you no longer have use for it, see if you can give it another life, refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- Or donate to your local Op Shop.
- To dispose of it, you can do so via your general waste bin.
Tissues: General Waste
- Place in your general waste bin.
- Whilst tissues can normally be placed in your food and green waste bin, in light of the developing COVID-19 situation, for the health and safety of facility staff, please do not place used tissues into your food and green waste bin.
Toaster (e-waste)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Toothbrush/Toothpaste tubes
- Oral care items can be recycled via TerraCycle.
- Toothpaste tubes cannot go into your recycling bin, place in your general waste if not recycled via TerraCycle
Toys
- Toys in good condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
TVs/ Televisions (e-waste)
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, and Betta Home Living.
- Dispose of via Council’s hard waste service.
Tyres
- Many tyre suppliers offer free tyre recycling with new tyre purchases.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Umbrella
- Umbrellas in condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- If broken, dispose of via Council’s hard waste service.
- Or take it to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
VHS/cassettes
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
- Take to places like Officeworks, The Good Guys, Betta Home Living
Vitamin bottles: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin with lids on.
VCR players
- VCR players in working condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- If broken, drop off at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Washing powder boxes/bottles: Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin.
Whitegoods (fridge, freezer, etc.)
- Whitegoods in working condition can be donated to your local Op Shop.
- Or refer to Facebook Marketplace or local Facebook buy, sell, swap groups, Ziilch, Streetbank or Gumtree.
- If broken, dispose of via Council’s hard waste service.
- Or take it to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Wood pallets
- Waste Converters buy wood pallets off you.
- Take to the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre.
Weeds: Food & Green Waste
- Place in your food and green waste bin.
- If you haven’t got one, register for food and green waste.
- Or place into your home compost system, click here for tips on home composting.
Window glass
- Place window glass in your general waste bin.
- Window glass cannot be recycled. It melts at a different temperature to glass jars and bottles and therefore is considered contamination.
Wrapping paper - Recycling
- Place in your recycling bin. Try to remove sticky tape where possible.
X-Rays
- Take to any of the recycling stations located at Brighton, Beaumaris and Sandringham libraries and Bayside Corporate Centre in Sandringham.
- Recycling through Siltech
- Or recycling through EcoCycle
Zip-lock bags (soft plastic)
- Can be recycled through REDCycle's soft plastics recycling program with drop-off locations at most Coles and Woolworths locations and Council's Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.