A-Z GUIDE TO DISPOSING OF WASTE 2020
Aerosol cans (empty) Deoderant (empty) Magazines Radios (electronic waste)
Air conditioner units Detergents Manure and animal R Refrigerators / freezers $
Aluminium cans, foil trays Detergent bottles (empty) droppings (bagged)
A Animal droppings D Dog and cat poo Margarine containers
Sauce bottles
Scrap metals 6
Dog and cat food tins (scraped clean)
Asbestos 1 Shampoo and conditioner
(scraped clean) Medicine bottles
Ash (fire) extinguished/cold (empty and clean) bottles
Doors
Medicines Shoes (good condition)
Baby wipes / face wipes Drinking straws
Smoke alarms
Baking paper e.g. waxed Electronic waste (e-waste)
Mattresses
S Soil and rock
paper, muffin tins (anything with a battery, $ M Meat trays (foam)
Steel cans
Meat trays (hard plastics)
Bandaids, earbuds, wipes etc. electric plug or cord) Straws (plastic drinking)
Meat and fish bones
Batteries (car, household,
AAA etc.)
E Electrical appliances
Egg cartons
$
Microwaves
Suitcases / baggage
Styrofoam / polystyrene
Milk cartons (products that
Bicycles Envelopes (paper) Syringes / sharps 4
must be refridgerated - not
Biscuit or meat trays Eyewear / glasses (intact)
tetra pak)
B Books Face wipes / baby wipes Milk carton tetra pak
Takeaway food containers
(cardboard)
Bottles (glass and plastic) Fire extinguishers Mirrors (broken - wrapped) Takeaway food containers
Bottle tops (small) Fireplace ash Mobile phones (plastic)
Bottle tops (larger jar sizes) extinguished/cold Tea bags with strings and
Nail polish staples
Branches/prunings Foam boxes
(less than 10cm diameter) F Foil (clean, golf ball size)
N
Nappies
Needles 4
Telephone books
Television / electronics
Bricks and rubble Food and vegetable scraps
Fuels Newspapers Timber (treated)
Building waste $
Timber (natural, less than
Cameras
Fridges and freezers
Fruit stickers
$ Office paper
Oil (engine)
T 10cm diameter)
Cans (aluminium) Furniture O Oil (cooking)
Tin cans (scraped clean)
Tissues and napkins
Car parts $ Gas bottles / cylinders $ Ovens / white goods
Toilet rolls (empty)
Carpet Garden tools / equipment Toner cartridges 2
Paint / paint tins
Cartridges (printer) 2 G Glass (broken window or
Pallets Tools
Cardboard drinking - wrapped) Toys (intact)
Paper towel and tissues
CDs and DVDs Grass clippings Toys (broken)
Pill packets
Ceramics (broken) Hair (human or animal) Pizza boxes, brown papers Tubes - toothpaste
Ceramics (intact) Hot water units and cardboards Tyres
Chip packets / soft Hose (garden) Plaster board
plastics
5
H Household chemicals Plant pots (empty)
Vacuums
Vacuum cleaner dust
Chemicals (pool, garden Household cleaners/solvents Plastic containers (ice cream, V Vegetable scraps
C and household) Hypodermic needles 4 peanut butter, yoghurt etc.) VHS tapes
Cling wrap / plastic film 5 Plastic shopping bags 5
Clothing and textiles J
Juice bottles and cartons
Junk mail
P Plastic toys (intact) Washing machines
Waxed cardboard (shiny)
Coat hangers Plastic film / cling wrap 5
Waxed / soiled paper e.g.
Coffee cups
K Kitty litter (animal waste)
Poly pipe
Polystyrene (household) muffin tins, baking paper
Coffee pods 3 Weeds (with/without seeds)
Computers and Laminated paper Polystyrene (bulk
packaging)
W White goods
computer parts Lawn mowers
Pottery, porcelain (intact) Window glass (broken -
Concrete Leaves wrapped)
Pottery, porcelain (broken)
Corks L Light globes (incandescent -
wrapped) Pots and pans
Wine bladder
Wood (treated)
Cosmetic containers (plastic) Poisons, pesticides and
Light globes (compact
Cutlery (metal) fluorescent tubes) herbicides Yoghurt containers
Cutlery (plastic) Lolly wrappers 5 Printer cartridges 2 Y (scraped clean)
General Waste Bin 1- C
ontact asbestos removal 4 - Immunisation Services at Not all items are listed. Please contact
Recycle Bin company the City of Greater Bendigo. Customer Service on 5434 6000 if you
Organics Bin / Compost Bin 2 - Cartridge drop off locations Phone 4408 6590 have questions regarding the disposal
KEY Donate to charity e.g. Cartridge World, Bolton’s, 5 - Return to supermarket or price of a certain item.
Eaglehawk Eco Centre / Transfer Planet Ark Please note that sometimes markets
6 - Scrap metal company
Stations / Drop off locations 3 - Coffee pods recycling systems change and some materials will not be
Annual Detox Your Home drop off e.g. Nespresso, Terracycle $ - Price may apply accepted at transfer stations.
For further information please contact the City of Greater Bendigo
Ph: 5434 6000 | E:
[email protected] | 15 Hopetoun Street, Bendigo | www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/waste
