Bin Info

Rubbish bins are provided for household waste that cannot go in your recycling bin. Your rubbish bin will have either a red or burgundy lid and is collected weekly from the Beaufort and Avoca areas and fortnightly from the rural areas, from the roadside outside your home. The maximum weight limit is 70kg.   Acceptable item: ✅ Clothing and textiles ✅ Crockery and ceramics ✅ Disposable nappies ✅ Drinking glasses ✅ Foam ✅ Food scraps ✅ Garden waste ✅ Light bulbs ✅ Mirrors and broken window glass ✅ Heat-proof dishes e.g. Pyrex ✅ Preferably Plastic bags and Soft Plastics can be placed into Councils free Orange Bag opt in program and placed into the recycling bin. Alternately the soft plastics can be placed into landfill. ✅ Plastic food tray with no code number ✅ Polystyrene (expanded e.g. foam)   Unacceptable items   ❌ Building materials  ❌ Car batteries ❌ Gas bottles ❌ Hazardous waste or chemicals ❌ Oil, used engine oil ❌ Paint ❌ Recyclable items ❌ Soft Plastics ❌ Rocks and soil    

Recycling bins are provided for household recycling. Your Recycling bin will have a yellow lid and is collected fortnightly, from the roadside outside your home. The maximum weight limit is 70kg.   Recyclable materials: ✅ Paper (unbundled; newspaper, magazines, etc)✅ Cardboard (unwaxed)✅ Aluminium and steel cans✅ Shampoo bottles (codes 1 and 2)✅ Plastic milk bottles (code 2)✅ Plastic soft drink bottles (codes 1 and 2)✅ Containers with the 1, 2, & 5 codes✅ Orange Bag, soft plastics   Non-recyclable materials broadly include the following: ❌ Household garbage❌ Garden waste❌ Window glass and broken glass❌ Polystyrene❌ Plastic bags❌ Toys, household plastics❌ Long life containers (UHT), waxed milk and juice cartons❌ Building materials, soil, brick, etc.  

Glass bins are provided for household recycling. Your Glass bin will have a purple lid and is collected monthly, from the roadside outside your home. The maximum weight limit is 70kg.   What CAN go in the glass bin? ✅ Glass bottles✅ Glass jars, lids to be recycled   What CAN’T go in the glass bin? These items can’t go in your glass bin because they are made from different types of glass and aren’t single-use recyclable glass. ❌ Drinking glasses ❌ Broken crockery ❌ Storage and baking ware ❌ Perfume bottles ❌ Window glass  

Garden Organic bins are provided for household recycling. Your Garden Organics bin will have a lime green lid and is collected monthly, from the roadside outside your home. The maximum weight limit is 70kg.   What items can be placed in the garden organics bin? ✅ Onions and garlic ✅ Tea, loose ✅ Coffee grounds (not pods)  ✅ Garden clippings e.g. branches and twigs ✅ Grass cuttings e.g. weeds and flowers ✅ Leaves✅ Small branches (under 50cm long)✅ Flowers and weeds   ❌ What CAN’T go in the Garden Organics bin? ❌ Plastic bags ❌ Food containers and packaging ❌ Coffee pods ❌ Tea bags ❌ Fruit stickers ❌ Pet poo and litter ❌ Nappies and wipes ❌ Bricks, concrete and rubble ❌ Garden tools ❌ Large logs (larger than 6cm Diameter) ❌ Treated wood ❌ Ash and soil ❌ Pot plants ❌ Meat and bones (cooked and raw)❌ Seafood❌ Eggshells❌ Dairy e.g. butter, cheese, yoghurt