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Kerbside Recycling Services in the Byron Shire Council area

Below are the kerbside recycling services provided by your local Council.

Urban and Rural Kerbside Recycling Service

Recycling Container:

Fully commingled 240L recycling bin

Collection Frequency:

Fortnightly

Available to:

Unit Complexes that Share their Red Lid Waste Bin and Businesses

Materials Collected:

  • Glass Bottles and Jars
  • Aluminium Cans
  • Aluminium Foil
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Office Paper
  • Envelopes Without a Window
  • Envelopes With a Window
  • Phone Books
  • Pizza Boxes (clean)
  • Egg Cartons
  • Cardboard
  • Steel Food Cans
  • Steel Paint Cans (empty)
  • Steel Aerosol Cans (empty)
  • Milk cartons
  • Juice cartons
  • All plastic bottles and containers NO Plastic Bags, NO Plastic Film, NO Expanded Polystyrene / Foam / Styrofoam
    PET Bottles marked with # 1 HDPE Bottles marked with # 2 PVC Containers marked with # 3 LDPE Containers marked with # 4 PP Bottles marked with # 5 PS Plastic Containers marked with # 6 Other Plastic Containers marked with # 7

Weekly Recycling for Units that Share their waste bins (Red Lid), and for Businesses

Recycling Container:

Fully commingled 240L recycling bin

Collection Frequency:

Weekly

Available to:

Units

Materials Collected:

  • Glass Bottles and Jars
  • Aluminium Cans
  • Aluminium Foil
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Office Paper
  • Envelopes Without a Window
  • Envelopes With a Window
  • Phone Books
  • Pizza Boxes (clean)
  • Egg Cartons
  • Cardboard
  • Steel Food Cans
  • Steel Paint Cans (empty)
  • Steel Aerosol Cans (empty)
  • Milk cartons
  • Juice cartons
  • All plastic bottles and containers NO Plastic Bags, NO Plastic Film, NO Expanded Polystyrene / Foam / Styrofoam
    PET Bottles marked with # 1 HDPE Bottles marked with # 2 PVC Containers marked with # 3 LDPE Containers marked with # 4 PP Bottles marked with # 5 PS Plastic Containers marked with # 6 Other Plastic Containers marked with # 7

Other information

The following items are NOT collected in your Kerbside Recycling Service(s):

  • Plastic Bags
  • Bubble Wrap
  • Polystyrene Foam
  • Ceramics, Pyrex glass, Ovenware
  • Cups, plates, wine and drinking glasses
  • Mirrors
  • Light bulbs
  • Garden organic waste
  • Pot plant buckets/containers
  • Nappies
  • Food scraps
  • Batteries
  • Syringes/Needles
  • Garbage

Recycling Tips

Please increase the value of recycling by reducing contamination. Recycle only the items specified. Clean recycling results in more products made from recycled materials and less waste to landfill !

Replacement Recycling Container

If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Solo Resource Recovery (Byron Shire Council's Collection Contractor) on 02 6687 0455.