ITEM | WHERE SHOULD I RECYCLE IT? |
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Aerosol cans | Empty cans can be added to your yellow recycling bin. |
Aluminium cans | Empty cans can be added to your yellow recycling bin. |
Asbestos | Follow the link to find out how to safely dispose of asbestos waste from your home. |
Batteries (car) | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
Batteries (dry cell) | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. Or arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Batteries (phone) | Mobile phones, batteries and chargers are recycled through MobileMuster. You can download a reply-paid label so that you can send your mobile phone to MobileMuster by post. For further information visit www.mobilemuster.com.au. Alternatively arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Beauty products | Arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Bikes | Try contacting Cycle Re-cycle to donate unwanted bikes for re-use in the community. |
Blister packs | Go in your red bin. |
Books | Try contacting Reverse garbage or The Bower or a local charity shop to see if they will accept your old books. |
Bubble wrap | Can be recycled at Coles and Woolworths through the REDCycle Plastics Packaging Recycling scheme. |
Building waste | Building materials and tyres (5 tyres per visit) can be accepted in small quantities at the Cleanaway Ryde Resource Recovery Centre. |
Cans | Empty cans can be added to your yellow recycling bin or taken to the Return and Earn station at Henley Community Centre. |
Cars and car bodies | Accepted at SIMS Metal. |
Cardboard | Clean cardboard can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
Carpet | Carpet can be disposed of through the household clean-up service. Book online or call 1300 136 460. |
CD Players | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
Chemicals | Can be taken to a Household Chemical CleanOut event. |
Clothing | Donate to a local charity, place in a clothing bin. Or arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Coffee pods | Arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Computers | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
DVD Players | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
Egg cartons | Can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
Envelopes | Can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
E-waste | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. Or arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Food waste | Can be recycled in a compost bin or worm farm. |
Fridges | Metals from all white goods can be recycled via a household clean-up service. Book online or call 1300 136 460. |
Freezers | Metals from all white goods can be recycled via a household clean-up service. Book online or call 1300 136 460. |
Furniture | Try contacting The Bower or a local charity shop to see if they will accept furniture. |
Garden waste | Goes into your green garden recycling bin. |
Gas bottles/ cylinders | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
General household waste | Goes into your red bin. |
Glass Bottles and jars | Can be added to your yellow recycling bin. |
Household cleaning products | Can be taken to a Household Chemical CleanOut event. |
Ink cartridges | Check if they can be recycled at the place of purchase (e.g. Officeworks). Or arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Junk mail | Can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
Light bulbs | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
Magazines | Can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
Mattresses | Mattresses are recycled via Council's household clean-up service. Book online or call 1300 136 460. |
Milk containers | Can be added to your yellow recycle bin. |
Mirrors | Small broken mirrors should be wrapped securely and placed into your red bin. |
Mobile phones | Go to the MobileMuster website to find your nearest drop off point or details for a free postal option for recycling. Or arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Needles | The Safe Sharps website has more information about safe disposal of needles. |
Newspapers | Can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
Office paper | Can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
Oil | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
Paint/ Paint tins | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
Pallets | Can be taken to a Resource Recovery Centre. |
Paper | Can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
Phone books | Can be added to your blue recycling bin. |
Pizza boxes | Pizza boxes can be added to your blue recycling bin (please scrape off food scraps). Boxes containing food scraps and grease should be added to your red bin. |
Plants | Can be added to your green garden waste bin. |
Plastic bags | These can be recycled through Coles and Woolworths supermarkets' REDcycle plastic packaging recycling scheme. Bins are available in stores. |
Plastic bottles and containers | Can be added to your yellow recycling bin. Some containers may be taken to the Return and Earn station at Henley Community Centre. |
Plastics (soft packaging) | These can be recycled through Coles and Woolworths supermarkets' REDcycle plastic packaging recycling scheme. Bins are available in stores. Or arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Polystyrene and Styrofoam | Goes into your red bin. |
Pool chemicals | Can be taken to a Household Chemical CleanOut event. |
Printer cartridges | Printer cartridges can be taken to Australia Post outlets to be recycled through the Planet Arkproject. Or arrange a collection through RecycleSmart. |
Scrap metals | Check with a Resource Recovery Centre or SIMS Metal. |
Sharps/ needles | The NSW Health website has more information about safe disposal. |
Smoke detectors | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
Solvents | Can be taken to a Household Chemical CleanOut event. |
Spectacles | Lions Clubs collect prescription and non-prescription glasses and sunglasses to donate to people in need via humanitarian aid organisations |
Televisions | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
Timber | See https://www.austim.com.au/timber-recycling-scheme-directory for a directory of locations accepting donated timber. |
White goods | Metals from all white goods can be recycled via Council's household clean-up service. Book online or call 1300 136 460. |
X- rays | Drop off for free at the Community Recycling Centre at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. |
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PO Box 21, Hunters Hill NSW 2110
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We acknowledge that The Wallumedegal people of the Eora Nation are the Traditional Custodians of this land.