Dos and Don'ts
What you can recycle in your green bin - green waste
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Garden prunings, grass clippings and weeds
What you can recycle in your green bin - food waste
(check with your council first before recycling your food waste in the green bin, if they don’t accept it, set up a home compost bin)
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Fruit and vegetable scraps -
Seafood, meat scraps and bones -
Bread, cereal, rice, noodles and pasta -
Leftovers -
Citrus, onion and garlic -
Cheese -
Egg shells -
Coffee grounds and loose leaf tea leaves
What you can't recycle in your green bin
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All plastic bags -
Pet poo and droppings -
Syringes and sharps containers -
Takeaway coffee cups (including compostable) -
Compostable, biodegradable, degradable items -
Cooking oils, sauces and liquids -
Food packaging -
Juice boxes, milk cartons and other Tetrapaks -
Plastic wrap -
Aluminium foil and trays -
Recyclables -
Plastic packaging -
Polystyrene -
Packaging -
Fruit stickers -
Old clothing -
Tea bags and coffee pods -
Cardboard -
Bagged recyclables -
Rubber bands -
Garden rubbish -
Bagged green waste -
Fake grass and artificial turf -
Biodegradable and degradable bags* -
General rubbish -
Nappies (including compostable)
*Some councils accept compostable bags (certified to Australian standard AS4736). Check with your council first before using them.
Why can’t compostable packaging go in your green bin? Can you recycle mussel shells? Find the answers to these and lots of other questions about using your green bin.
All participating council collection services allow grass clippings, weeds (including ivy), vines, leaves, plant cuttings and small branches to be recycled. Check your local council’s program for other items accepted in your green waste bin.
Check your council's website to see what you can or can’t recycle.