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Kerbside Recycling Services in the Wollongong City Council area

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

Kerbside Recycling Service

Recycling Container:

Recycling bin

Collection Frequency:

Fortnightly

Available to:

All Residential Properties

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 - must be rigid plastic bottles and containers
    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

Kerbside On Call Household Cleanup Service includes E-Waste material

Recycling Container:

placed to one side of the Cleanup material - no more than 2m3 in volume

Collection Frequency:

On Call (from resident)

Available to:

All Residential Properties

Materials Collected:

  • Computer peripheral

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
  • Rubbish
  • Non-Recyclable Plastics
  • Building Materials
  • Long life cartons or tetra packs (with foil liners)
  • Garden hoses
  • Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) or tubes
  • Clothes or shoes
  • Soil or rocks
  • Foam
  • Car parts
  • Containers or cans containing liquid paints and oils
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Computers
  • Televisions
  • Toys

Recycling Tips

Many rubbish items are still being sent to landfill, even though they could be recycled or reused. 16% of items placed in the garbage are actually recyclable, we can all do more to avoid waste.

Replacement Recycling Container

If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service Centre on 02 4227 7111.