Find out what you can and cannot put into your kerbside bins by selecting the bin below:
What can and cannot go into your bins
Garbage bin (red lid)
Your garbage bin (red lid) is for general household rubbish.
Yes we collect
- Household rubbish
- Soft plastic packaging (or you can recycle at your local supermarket)
- Food waste
- Wrapped nappies and animal droppings
- Polystyrene (bagged as smaller pieces)
- Crockery, Pyrex, glassware, window glass (wrapped)
No we don't collect
- No garden waste
- No recyclables, paper or cardboard
- No syringes or medical waste
- No chemicals or hazardous waste
- No motor oil, fluids, paints or solvents
- No building material, bricks, steel or wood
Can’t find your item?
Find out how to dispose of your unwanted items or contact us.
Recycle bin (yellow lid)
Your yellow lid recycle bin is for general household recyclables. Place items loosely in the bin and not in plastic bags.
Yes we collect
- Clean foil trays, empty aluminium, steel and aerosol cans
- Empty glass bottles and jars
- Papers, envelopes, junk mail, brochures, magazines and telephone books
- Empty milk and juice cartons
- Empty plastic bottles and containers
- Cardboard boxes
No we don't collect
- No plastic bags
- No soft plastic packaging
- No recyclables in plastic bags
- No garbage
- No crockery, Pyrex or glassware
- No polystyrene
- No oil, chemicals or hazardous waste
- No garden waste
- No nappies
- No building material, bricks, steel or wood
- No light globes, window glass or mirrors
- No clothes, linen or shoes
Can’t find your item?
Find out how to dispose of your unwanted items or contact us.
Garden bin (green lid)
Your green lid garden bin is for garden waste. Place items loosely in the bin and not in plastic bags.
Before felling or trimming trees (large branches) check if you need a permit.
From July 2023 your existing green lid garden bin will become your FOGO bin.
Yes we collect
- Grass clippings
- Leaves
- Small branches (up to 100mm in diameter)
- Garden prunings
- Weeds
- Flowers
No we don't collect
- No garden waste in plastic bags
- No large logs, stumps or timber cut offs
Book a bundled branches collection for larger branches - No food waste
- No garbage
- No nappies
- No crockery, Pyrex, or glassware
- No recyclables, paper or cardboard
- No plant pots
- No polystyrene
- No oil, chemicals or hazardous waste
- No building material, bricks, steel or wood
- No soil or potting mix
Can’t find your item?
Find out how to dispose of your unwanted items or contact us.
FOGO bin (green lid)
Your new Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) service starts July 2023.
You won’t need a new bin, once FOGO starts, your existing green lid garden bin will become your FOGO bin.
With FOGO, you will be able to place food and garden waste into your green lid bin for it to be recycled into compost.
Yes, these items can go in your FOGO bin
- Fruit and vegetables
- Meat and bones
- Eggs and dairy
- Seafood
- Loose tea leaves and coffee grounds
- Tissues, paper towel and shredded paper
- Bread, pasta, rice and cereal
- Food scraps and leftovers
- Compostable bags Must be lime green and labelled AS 4736
- Plants and weeds
- Grass clippings
- Garden pruning, leaves, flowers
- Small branches (up to 100mm in diameter)
No, these items can’t go in your FOGO bin
- No tea bags
- No plastic and biodegradable bags
- No gardening items, plastic pots, garden hoses and tools
- No animal waste including kitty litter
- No clam and oyster shells
- No liquids, fats, greases, and oils
- No soil, rocks or concrete
- No vacuum dust
- No plastic, glass and metal
- No nappies, hygiene products, baby wipes and makeup wipes
- No treated or painted timber and building materials
- No food packaging, rubber bands, cling wrap, foil, polystyrene and fruit and vegetable stickers
Where does the waste go once collected?
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Garbage bin (red lid) - your rubbish is taken to the Cleanaway transfer station, in Lysterfield. |
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Recycle bin (yellow lid) - your recyclables are taken to the Visy Recycling Plant in Heidelberg. |
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Garden bin (green lid) - your garden waste is taken to Bio Gro in Dandenong South for processing. |