Recycling bin FAQ
What can I put in my recycling (yellow) bin?
Generally, any container that has come from your kitchen, bathroom or laundry, such as:
- paper, magazines, newspaper, junk mail, paper gift wrap (not foil looking wrap)
- shredded paper - place it in a paper bag or a cereal box, don't put it in a plastic bag,
- cardboard, paper, egg cartons, greetings card, clean pizza boxes (not disposable/single-use coffee cups)
- glass bottles and jars (clear, green or brown glass only)
- steel cans, empty aerosols cans
- aluminium cans
- aluminium foil and foil trays - roll into a ball about the size of a tennis ball
- clean plastic bottles and containers with the recycling triangle numbers 1-7 - from your household only. No containers from the shed that have held petrol, chemicals or oil. You can take these to your nearest waste facility
- cartons - such as tetra packs and milk/cream and juice cartons
- remove metal lids from glass bottles and jars. Place them in a container of the same material (steel into a can or aluminium into a drink can) or throw them into the general waste bin
- plastic trays from biscuit packets (not meat trays that contain foam; foam packaging from computers and white goods boxes even if there is a number in a triangle on it). Remove the soft plastic film from the top of the tray. Place this in your general waste bin.
What can't go in the recycling bin?
The below is a list of some of the things that we find in recycle bins and shouldn't.
- soft plastics such as plastic bags, bin liners, soft plastics, plastic wrap and bubble wrap
- food, kitchen scraps
- lawn clippings, tree cuttings
- empty containers from your shed or garage that have held chemicals or petrol
- brooms, mops
- plastic furniture or hoses
- crockery or china, pyrex and ovenproof dishes
- blue and white glass
- drinking glasses and ceramic mugs
- disposable/single-use coffee cups - put the cup in your general waste bin and the plastic lid in your recycle bin
- mirrors, fish tanks, safety glass
- light bulbs, fluorescent lamps
- window or automotive glass
- nappies - disposable and cloth
- moist towels, tissues, serviettes, toilet paper or paper towels
- foil gift wrapping or ribbon
- polystyrene foam and packing (including food packaging trays similar to trays meat is sold in at the supermarket - even if it has a #6 on it)
- clothes or fabric (contact your local charity organisation)
- syringes, sharps containers or medical waste
- batteries - all types
- E-Waste (computers, printers, TV's, microwaves etc.)
- building/renovation waste - eg pvc pipe, fixtures, fittings, plasterboard
- bricks, concrete, masonry, tiles, rocks etc.
The above list are all contaminants to the recycling process. If you put these in your bin, your bin may not be emptied. You will need to remove these contaminants before your bin can be emptied. You may be charged a fee to collect your bin.
Many of these items can be disposed of at your nearest waste facility.
Where are the Containers for Change refund points located?
- Gatton Tip Shop
64 Fords Road, Gatton
Type: Bag drop
Opening hours- Monday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Tuesday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Wednesday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Thursday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm
- Sunday Closed
Closed public holidays.
Payment types: EFT via scheme ID, PayPal via scheme ID
Contact: 13 42 42 Email: admin@anuha.com.au
- Laidley Transfer Station, Laidley Heights
Burgess Road, Laidley Heights
Type: Bag drop
Opening hours- Monday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Tuesday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Wednesday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Thursday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Sunday 9:00am - 4:00pm
Closed public holidays.
Payment types: EFT via scheme ID, PayPal via scheme ID
Contact: 13 42 42 Email: admin@anuha.com.au
- Return It
8 Industrial Road, Gatton 4343
Type: Depot, Bag drop
Opening hours- Monday 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Tuesday 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Wednesday 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Thursday 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Saturday 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Sunday 8:00am - 2:00pm
Closed public holidays.
Payment types: EFT via scheme ID, PayPal via scheme ID, Cash
Contact: 13 42 42 Email: info@returnit.com.au