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Kerbside

Kerbside Recycling Services in the Whitehorse City Council area

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

Kerbside Service

Co-mingled recycling|240L|Yellow

Fortnightly

Houses, small businesses, schools & Council Facilities

Accepted Materials

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)

Aluminium Aerosol Cans (empty)

Milk cartons (fresh, no foil lining)

Juice cartons (fresh, no foil lining)

Plastic Containers

Other Items
  • We accept plastic and glass bottles/jars with lids on. If residents are concerned about lids not being recycled they can add the lid in an alike materials container, e.g. metal lids from a beer bottle can be put into a tin and the top squeezed shut.
  • Hard, rigid plastic one-use containers from the kitchen, bathroom or laundry.
    • Recycling Tips

    1. Remember to remove the lids from jars and bottles before putting them in your recycling bin. 2. Glass other than jars and bottles, such as ovenproof glass, glassware, window glass, etc cannot be recycled so dispose of it as household waste. 3. When putting your recyclables into your recycling bin, don't put them in plastic/ garbage bags. These bags cannot be recycled and contaminate the collections.

    Replacement Recycling Container

    If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Whitehorse City Council's Customer Service Centre on 03 9262 6333.

    Kerbside Service

    General Waste|120L|Red

    Weekly

    All Residential Properties

    Accepted Materials
    Recycling Tips

    1. Remember to remove the lids from jars and bottles before putting them in your recycling bin. 2. Glass other than jars and bottles, such as ovenproof glass, glassware, window glass, etc cannot be recycled so dispose of it as household waste. 3. When putting your recyclables into your recycling bin, don't put them in plastic/ garbage bags. These bags cannot be recycled and contaminate the collections.

    Replacement Recycling Container

    If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Whitehorse City Council's Customer Service Centre on 03 9262 6333.

    Kerbside Service

    Food Organics & Garden Organics (FOGO)|240L|Lime Green

    Fortnightly

    All Residential Properties

    Accepted Materials

    Grass Clippings

    Small Branches

    Twigs

    Garden Prunings

    Weeds

    Flowers

    Fruit Scraps

    Vegetable Scraps

    All Food Scraps (including meat)

    Other Items
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    • Recycling Tips

    1. Remember to remove the lids from jars and bottles before putting them in your recycling bin. 2. Glass other than jars and bottles, such as ovenproof glass, glassware, window glass, etc cannot be recycled so dispose of it as household waste. 3. When putting your recyclables into your recycling bin, don't put them in plastic/ garbage bags. These bags cannot be recycled and contaminate the collections.

    Replacement Recycling Container

    If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Whitehorse City Council's Customer Service Centre on 03 9262 6333.