How to dispose of your items

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Donate to your local charity or op shops.

For further information, call us on 9840 9333 or email our Waste Management Team.

Use the alphabetical listing below to help on how to dispose of your unwanted items. 

Let us know if we can further refine this list by contacting our Waste Management team on 9840 9333 or email via waste@manningham.vic.gov.au.

 

A to Z Waste and Recycling Guide

B

Baking paper (waxed coated)
Baskets

Donate to your local charities and op shops if in good condition.

icon bin red

 Put into your garbage bin (red lid)

Batteries

Drop off at your local mini recycling station

Drop off at your local recycling station.

For further information, call us on 9840 9333 or email our Waste Management Team.

Bedding

Donate to your local charities and op shops if in good condition

Book a hard rubbish collection

Drop off at your local transfer station (tip)

Biscuit trays (plastic)
Blister packs (for medicine/pills)
Books

Donate to your local charities and op shops if in good condition

icon bin yellow

 Put in your recycle bin (yellow lid)

C

Ceramics
Cereal box (plastic inserts)
Christmas tree (artificial)
Christmas tree (real)
Cleaning product bottles (empty)
Clothing
Coat hangers (wire/plastic)
Coffee cups (disposable/takeaway)
Cookware (silicone)
Cotton wool balls/buds
Crockery (intact)
Curtains
Cushions

F

Fabric
Face coverings/masks (cloth/disposable)
Fruit net bags (plastic)
Fruit punnets (plastic)
Furniture

L

Lunch boxes
Lead flashing
  • Take to a scrap metal dealer.

Always use caution when disposing of lead flashing.

  • Lead flashing should not be cut.
  • Always use work gloves when touching lead flashing.
  • Do not store lead flashing near food.
Linen

N

Nappies (disposable)
Needles (sharps)

Contact us for advice

P

Paper (shredded) small amount contained in envelope or cardboard box
Paper (shredded) large amount
Paper towel rolls (inner)
Pet food tins (rinsed)
Pharmaceuticals
  • Take to your local Pharmacy

Picture frames
Placemats
Plastic trays/baskets
Plate glass (wrapped)
Pots and pans
Potting mix bags (empty)
Pyrex ovenwear (broken)
Pyrex ovenwear (intact)

S

Shoes
School bags
Seedling containers (free of soil)
Spectacles
Sporting goods
Syringes

Contact us for advice

T

Tree prunings
Takeaway coffee cups
Take away containers
Textiles
Tools
Toys

Can't find what you're looking for?

Contact us or email waste@manninham.vic.gov.au

 

Otherwise check out Sustainability Victoria’s Know your recycling for a comprehensive list of how to dispose of items.

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