WEst 2019 recycling

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Remember to keep it loose! Don’t bag your recycling.

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■ Recycling ■ Green Recycling Public Holiday (no collection) • Bins collected one day later for the rest of the week

Waste bins are collected weekly.

Check the map for your recycling Household Recycling
collection day!
MAHONEYS
Recycling is collected every two weeks.
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What goes in the yellow-lidded recycling bin?
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HIGH ST

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• All paper and cardboard
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eg: pizza boxes, paper towel, egg

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cartons, newspapers and envelopes.
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BIN • Aluminium and steel items
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Thursday eg: cans, cooking oil containers,

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RD foil trays, aluminium foil (rolled into

HIGH ST

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NORTHERNHA RUBICON ST PLE KIN
a ball) and empty paint tins (lids
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removed).
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TYLER ST TYLER ST
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• Pots, pans and metal cooking

HIGH ST

MURRAY RD dishes even with plastic handles.

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tubs, laundry and bathroom
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g containers, biscuit trays, buckets,
Tuesday recyclin
VICTORIA RD

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toys (no batteries), plant pots

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(no soil) and Tupperware.
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No plastic bags, no soft plastic,

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Monday
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no polystyrene, no food,
no nappies and no fabric.
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 Green Recycling
Home compost wherever possible.
Recycle any excess garden waste in your
green recycling bin. Green recycling is
collected every two weeks. These items
go in the bright green lidded recycling bin.
• small sticks you need and reduce packaging
and twigs
• flowers and
prunings
• grass clippings,
leaves, weeds
and ivy
No vacuum dust, stumps, soil, concrete
or bricks in your green recycling bin.
Your bin may not be emptied if you do.
Waste Collection
Waste is collected every week and 
goes straight to landfill. Here are some
ways you can reduce your waste at home:
• Avoid waste. Take a shopping list
when buying food, buy only what
• Buy reusable products –
not disposable ones
• Use a compost bin, bokashi
or worm farm for food scraps
No recycling in your waste bin.
No batteries, oil, paint, chemicals, soil,
concrete, bricks, green recycling or
syringes in your waste bin. Your bin
may not be emptied if you do.

On Bin Night Darebin Resource Recovery Centre (Kurnai Ave,

Reservoir): Accepts paint, light globes, batteries,
computers and TVs for free recycling. Phone
What you need to know – Please follow these 9462 3455 for information and opening hours.
guidelines to assist you with your waste, recycling
Free Residential Annual Bundled Branch Collection:
and green recycling:
Up to eight bundles of branches up to 1m long
• Place bin out before 5am (5cm diameter), tied with string and easily handled
on collection day by one person. One real Christmas tree collection
• Place bin on nature strip at least per household available from 27 Dec to 1 Feb.
half a metre from other bins, Phone 8470 8888 to book.
cars or obstructions (see right) Hard Waste and Recycling Collection: Council offers
• Ensure your bin lid is closed, with residents an area-based hard-waste and recycling
no waste and recycling beside or  collection between May and June 2019. Households
on top of it are notified by mail of the date for their collection.
See darebin.vic.gov.au/rubbishrecycling for information.
• Face bin opening towards the
road (handles and wheels away Detox Your Home: Toxic household chemicals (eg:
from the road) solvents, poisons, fertilisers, cleaning products) can
be safely disposed for free at ‘Detox your Home’
• Remove your bin from the nature
drop off days. For upcoming dates and to register
strip within 24 hours of collection see sustainability.vic.gov.au/detoxyourhome.
Your bin may not be emptied if it:
• weighs more than 30kg
• is overfilled or lid will not close
• contains the wrong materials
• is placed under low hanging branches
• is facing the wrong way

Contact Customer Service for more

information on these services 8470 8888

Recycle plastic bags and soft plastics Recycle household quantities of corks, CDs,
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RECYCL at your nearest supermarket. Visit DVDs, globes, x-rays, batteries, cameras,
MORE www.redcycle.net.au/where-to-redcycle mobile phones and their accessories at
Council’s Customer Service Centres.

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DAREBIN
274 Gower Street, Preston
PO Box 91, Preston, Vic 3072
T 8470 8888 F8470 8877
E mailbox@darebin.vic.gov.au
darebin.vic.gov.au
T 8470 8470
If you are deaf, or have
a hearing or speech impairment,
contact us through the
National Relay Service.
relayservice.gov.au