Your general waste bin is the last place waste should go. Be a GREAT sort by following the tips below.
Swap, sell and gift items to charity
You can utilise any of the following platforms for selling or swapping items:
You can also donate
good quality Items to charity. Remember, c
harities can’t fix things or wash clothes. Find your nearest charity shop
Donate or find used books through a local street library.
Find a Street Library near you
Recycle
The recycle bin should only contain these 5 items:
- Glass jars and bottles (including broken glass)
- Steel and aluminium cans, lids and alfoil (scrunched into the size of a tennis ball)
- Cardboard (clean and flattened)
- Paper (clean, not shredded)
- Hard rigid plastic bottles and containers such as milk bottles, soft drink bottles, shampoo bottles, laundry detergent bottles, plastic food jars, plastic takeaway containers and punnets (no soft scrunchable plastics or meat packaging)
Still not sure which bin it goes in? Use Recycle Right's comprehensive A-Z guide.
Earth-cycle
Earth-cycling is all about putting organic materials back into the soil. Our FOGO (Food Organics, Garden Organics) bin allows organic materials from households to be turned into a high quality compost product. Find out what happens to the contents of your FOGO bin.
Earth-cycle in your own backyard by composting, mulching or worm farming. We offer a Compost Bin Rebate and Worm Café Subsidy to City of Melville residents.
Avoid Waste
Avoiding waste is the first and most important step we can all take to reduce our impact on the environment. This starts with exploring our shopping habits and changing our behaviour to make better choices. Here are a few tips to avoid waste:
- Food - Plan your meals, shop to a list, store food correctly, use leftovers, grow your own food and compost your food scraps. Find out about our compost rebate and worm cafe subsidy.
- Plastic - choose to reuse shopping bags, cups, water bottles and straws, become a green cleaner, BYO container and shop at local bulk food stores
- Fashion - buy good quality timeless pieces in your size and style. shop second hand, borrow, swap and hire clothes instead of purchasing, repair damaged clothes
- Personal items - We offer residents rebates for reusable menstrual products and cloth nappies. These are convenient, cost effective and environmentally friendly alternatives.
- Repair - Repair Lab is a free monthly community drop in event to help people fix their belongings and save things from going to landfill. Skilled volunteers will help you with repairs of bicycles, computers, electrical appliances, household items and textiles.
Take Items to Drop Off Points
Not all items are accepted in your kerbside bins or verge collection. There are drop-off points and specialised recycling programs for these items.
Waste items for drop-off
