Using your bins correctly
Green-top rubbish bin
All general rubbish, food and organic household waste goes in this bin. The contents of your green-top rubbish bin are collected weekly.
Below are items which should not go into your green-top bin:
- NO glass bottles (these can be placed in your recycling bin);
- NO hot ashes;
- NO construction or building Materials;
- NO Household Hazardous Waste;
- NO motor oil;
- NO car batteries;
- NO heavy items.
If you have a compost bin, click here for a full list of items that can be put in this bin.
Yellow-top recycling bin
The contents of your yellow-top recycling bin are collected fortnightly, sorted and bailed at the material recovery facility (MRF) and sold to industry for re-processing.
Items should be loose (do not put in plastic bags), and if possible rinsed or scraped out clean.
Items you can put in your recycling bin:
- Plastic: Bottles and lids (separately), margarine and ice-cream containers (up to 5 litres in capacity), and flower pots (clean). Look for the recycling symbol.
- Steel: Food/drink cans and aerosol cans.
- Cardboard: Cereal boxes, pizza boxes (empty), boxes and egg cartons.
- Glass: Bottles and jars.
- Aluminium: Cans, clean foil and foil trays.
- Paper: Magazines, newspapers, office paper, envelopes and glossy paper
Items you should not put in your recycling bin:
- NO plastic bags;
- NO food or garden waste;
- NO electrical goods;
- NO clothing, textiles or bedding;
- NO nappies;
- NO ceramics or pyrex;
- NO overfilling;
- NO oil or paint.
For a more detailed list of what can go in each bin, see our A-Z of Waste.