Kerbside Recycling Services in the Lake Macquarie City Council area
Below are the kerbside recycling services provided by your local Council.
Kerbside Service - Co-mingled recycling
Accepted Materials
Aluminium Aerosol Cans (empty)
Aluminium Cans
Aluminium Foil
Cardboard
Egg Cartons
Envelopes With a Window
Envelopes Without a Window
Glass Bottles and Jars
Juice cartons (fresh, no foil lining)
Juice cartons (long-life, with foil lining)
Magazines
Milk cartons (fresh, no foil lining)
Milk cartons (long-life, with foil lining)
Newspapers
Office Paper
Phone Books
Pizza Boxes (clean)
Steel Aerosol Cans (empty)
Steel Food Cans
Steel Paint Cans (empty)
Other Items
Biscuit trays (plastic)
Books
Bottles and bottles tops
Boxes (cardboard)
Butchers paper
CD case (no discs)
Cooking oil tins
Ice cream containers
Margarine containers
Meat trays (plastic)
Medicine bottles
Paper bags
Paper plates / cups
Plant pots (small plastic)
Pots & pans (steel and aluminium no handles
Shredded paper and newspaper in a cardboard box
Takeaway containers (plastic and cardboard)
Tupperware
Yoghurt containers
Recycling Tips
No need to remove labels or wash containers, simply remove all food. Bottle tops can also be recycled. For more information see you bin lid sticker of visit www.recycleright.com.au
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service on 02 4921 0333.
Kerbside Service - General Waste
Accepted Materials
Other Items
Animal droppings in plastic bags Bandaids / dressings Biodegradable bags Bread bags / tags Bubble wrap Candles Carbon paper Cassette tapes / CDs / DVDs Cat faeces and kitty litter Ceramics Cereal box inserts Chewing gum / bubble gum Chip packets Cigarette butts / cigars Clam shells Clothing Cooking oil / fats in absorbed paper only Crockery Degradable bags Drinking glasses Fabric Foam boxes Foam underlay Garden hose Hair and fur Hygiene products Kitty litter Light bulbs Lolly/sweet wrappers Mirrors Mussel shells Nappies Oyster shells Pens, pencils, crayons Plastic bags and wrapping Plastic toys Polystyrene Pyrex Pantyhose & stockings Sanitary items Shellfish waste (hard-shelled seafood including clams, mussels, oysters, scallops and pipis) Supermarket bags (reusable) Styrofoam Tissues Toothbrushes Toothpaste tubes Treated timber Vacuum cleaner dust Waxed paper / cardboard Window glass / mirrors
Recycling Tips
No need to remove labels or wash containers, simply remove all food. Bottle tops can also be recycled. For more information see you bin lid sticker of visit www.recycleright.com.au
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service on 02 4921 0333.
Kerbside Service - Food Organics & Garden Organics (FOGO)
Accepted Materials
All Food Scraps (including meat)
Flowers
Fruit Scraps
Garden Prunings
Grass Clippings
Green Leafy Vegetables
Paper and Cardboard
Small Branches
Small Timber Offcuts
Twigs
Untreated Timber
Vegetable Scraps
Weeds
Other Items
Bones (raw and cooked)
Branches (broken up)
Breads / grains / seeds
Cereal slops
Chicken bones / skins / Scraps
Citrus
Coffee grounds (no pods)
Corn Cobs
Certified compostable bags
Dairy products
Eggs and egg shells
Feathers
Fish & bones
Flowers
Food leftovers/scraps
Lobster
Nuts and their shells
Palm frond & palm tree
Prawns
Plant cuttings
Onions
Seafood (excluding hard-shelled shellfish)
Seaweed wrack/kelp
Loose tea leaves
Recycling Tips
No need to remove labels or wash containers, simply remove all food. Bottle tops can also be recycled. For more information see you bin lid sticker of visit www.recycleright.com.au
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service on 02 4921 0333.
