How to Dispose of Common Items
Read the below list for useful information on the proper disposal methods for the following common materials.
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| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Aerosol cans (empty) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Aluminium baking trays | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Aluminium foil | Recycle bin (yellow lid) (clean, and rolled or scrunched into a loose ball) |
| Aluminium cans | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Animal droppings | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Asbestos | Contact the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) |
| Ash (extinguished & cold) | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
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C
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Cameras & accessories | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Cans (steel, aluminium) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Cardboard (including milk and juice cartons) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Carpet and carpet underlays | Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre |
| Car tyres | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Cartridges (printer/toner) | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Cassette tapes | Landfill bin (red lid) or donate |
| CDs & DVDs | Landfill bin (red lid) or donate |
| CD & DVD players | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Cellophane | Soft plastics or Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Ceramics & pottery | Landfill bin (red lid) or donate |
| Cereal boxes | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Cereal box inserts | Soft plastics or Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Chemicals, cleaning products and their containers | Detox Your Home event - Read our page about chemicals |
| Chemical drums (drumMUSTER) | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Chip packets (plastic) | Soft plastics or Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Christmas tree (artificial) | Landfill bin (red lid) or donate |
| Christmas tree (natural) | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) or Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Cigarette butts | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Ceramics and porcelain | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Cleaning rags | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Cling wrap | Soft plastics or Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Clothing | Old clothes in good condition can be donated to a local charitable organisation or second-hand store, or otherwise to an organisation that makes rags. If necessary, they can also be placed in your landfill bin (red lid). |
| Coat hangers (plastic) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Coat hangers (wire) | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Coat hangers (wooden) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Coffee cans/tins | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Coffee cups (plastic/paper) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Coffee cup lids (plastic) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Coffee grounds | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Coffee pods | Landfill bin (red lid) (Nespresso coffee pods can be dropped off at collection point: Riverside Gardens Garden Centre 7715 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Kialla, 3631.) |
| Computers & accessories | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Concrete | Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre |
| Cooking oil | Not accepted at Resource Recovery Centres |
| Cooking oil spray cans (empty) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Corks | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Cosmetic jars (rinsed) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Cotton wool balls | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Couches/sofas | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Cups & saucers | Landfill bin (red lid) or donate |
| Cutlery (plastic) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
D
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Deodorant cans (empty) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Detergent cartons | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Detergents & disinfectants | Detox Your Home event - Read our page about chemicals |
| Drinking glasses | Landfill bin (red lid) or donate |
| Drink cans | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
E
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Egg cartons | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Egg shells | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Electrical appliances | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Envelope (with/without plastic window) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Eye glasses | Landfill bin (red lid) or donate |
F
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Fabric | Can be donated to an organisation that makes rags. If necessary, they can also be placed in your landfill bin (red lid). |
| Face wipes | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Fire extinguishers | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Fish bones | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Foam boxes | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Foam meat trays | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Foil aluminium (clean, rolled into a ball) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Food cans (rinsed) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Food scraps | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Fluorescent lights | Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre |
| Fridges/freezers | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Furniture | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
G
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Gas cylinders | Take to a business that refills gas cylinders. |
| Garden and lawn clippings | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Garden tools/equipment | Landfill bin (red lid) or Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Glass bottles and jars (excluding glass from windows, drinking glasses and kitchenware) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Glass from windows, drinking glasses and kitchenware | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Green bags (polypropylene) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Greeting cards | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
H
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Herbicides | Read our page about chemicals |
| Hair clippings | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Hose (garden) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Hot water units (steel) | Resource Recovery Centres |
I
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Ice cream containers | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
J
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Jars (rinsed) & jar lids | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Juice cartons / bottles | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
K
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Kebab stick (wooden) | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Kitty litter | Landfill bin (red lid) |
L
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Laminated paper | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Lawn mowers | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Leaves | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) or Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Light bulbs | Standard incandescent / tungsten / halogen light bulbs can be placed in your landfill bin (red lid). Fluorescent lights can be recycled at Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre. |
| Lolly wrappers (plastic) | Soft plastics or Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Lunch boxes | Landfill bin (red lid) |
M
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Manure | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Margarine tubs (rinsed) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Meat & fish scraps/bones | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Meat trays (foam/polystyrene/plastic) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Meat trays (numbered 1-7) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Microwaves | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Milk cartons / bottles | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Mirrors (broken) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Mirrors (unbroken) | Resource Recovery Centres or donate |
| Mattresses | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Magazines | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Marine flares | Take back to the supplier (Hazardous waste) |
| Mobile phones | Read our page about mobile phones |
| Motor oil | Shepparton or Ardmona Resource Recovery Centres. All oil containers are to be no larger than 20 litres. |
N
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Nappies | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Needles | Please dispose of these through Council’s safe-disposal containers, or as a last resort, in your Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Nespresso coffee pods | Drop off at collection point: Riverside Gardens Garden Centre 7715 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Kialla, 3631 |
| Newspapers | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
O
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Office paper | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Oil (household cooking) | Detox Your Home event - Read our page about chemicals |
| Oil, motor oil, oil filters and containers | Shepparton or Ardmona Resource Recovery Centres. All oil containers are to be no larger than 20 litres. |
| Ovenware and Pyrex | Landfill bin (red lid) |
P
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Paint | Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre, or return to supplier |
| Pallets (wooden) | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Paper | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Paper towel (clean or dirty) | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Pens & pencils | Donate or Resource Recovery Centres |
| Pesticides | Read our page about chemicals |
| Pet food tins (rinsed) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Petroleum products (oil) | Shepparton or Ardmona Resource Recovery Centres. All oil containers are to be no larger than 20 litres. |
| Picture frames | Donate or Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Pizza boxes (empty, clean) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Pizza boxes (soiled or with scraps) | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Phone books | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Place mats | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Plant cuttings | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) or Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Plant pots (plastic) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Plaster board | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost or Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Soft plastics (for example: plastic shopping bags, cling wrap, bread bags, confectionery wrappers, chip packets) | Take soft plastics to your local Coles or Woolworths supermarkets. They are collected under a program called REDcycle so that they can be recycled. They cannot be recycled via the yellow lid bin collection. |
| Plastic bottles / containers (plastics numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Plastic clothes baskets | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Plastic containers (hard plastic) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Plastic lunch boxes | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Plastic meat & veg trays | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Plastic strapping | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Plastic wrappers | Soft plastics or Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Polystyrene boxes and packaging | Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre, Smaller items should be placed in your landfill bin (red lid). |
| Pots & pans (metal) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Pots & pans lids (glass & plastic) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Printers | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Printer cartridges | Resource Recovery Centres |
| PVC pipe | Landfill bin (red lid) |
Q
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
R
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Radios | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Rags (unwanted sheets, towels and clothing) | Can be donated to an organisation that makes rags. If necessary, they can also be placed in your landfill bin (red lid). |
| Refrigerators | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Rubber | Landfill bin (red lid) |
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T
U
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
V
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Vacuum | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Vacuum cleaner dust | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Vegetable scraps | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Vinyl (eg. Old school bags) | Landfill bin (red lid) |
W
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Washing powder boxes | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Washing machines | Resource Recovery Centres for a cost |
| Water tanks (steel) | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Waxed paper & cardboard | Landfill bin (red lid) |
| Weeds (including noxious weeds) | FOGO Compost bin (green lid) |
| Whitegoods (excluding fridges & aircons) | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Window glass | Landfill bin (red lid) or Resource Recovery Centres |
| Wine bottles | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Wood | Resource Recovery Centres |
| Wrapping paper | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
X
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| X-rays | Landfill bin (red lid) |
Y
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Yoghurt containers/tub (rinsed) | Recycle bin (yellow lid) |
| Yoghurt pouches (rinsed with tops cut off) | Soft plastics or Landfill bin (red lid) |
Z
| Material | Disposal Method |
|---|---|