Waste A-Z of what goes where

Did you know you can also find the A-Z guide of what goes where, complete with images and a search function by downloading the MRSC Waste App on your smartphone? Download for Android or Apple.

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Fridge magnets(PDF, 919KB) are available for pick up from the Council customer service centres, neighbourhood houses and libraries for free. Grab one soon to help remind you  of what goes in which bin. 

A

 Item

How to dispose of it

Aerosol cans (empty)

 

 

Aerosol can (filled)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

 

Detox Your Home collection
Aluminium cans Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Aluminium foil and foil trays (must be scrunched up in a ball) Recycling bin (scrunched up) or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Animal droppings (wrapped in home compostable liner or newspaper) FOGO bin
Animal hair and fur FOGO bin
Animal (deceased, small i.e. bird) Wrap in newspaper and put in FOGO bin
Asbestos Professional asbestos removal company
Ash (cold ash only) FOGO bin

B

Item How to dispose of it
Bags (disposable, plastic)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

shire-wide pilot or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Bandaids Rubbish/general waste bin
Batteries (household/car/solar)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Customer service centres (Household only) or

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check)
Baby formula tins (empty)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
BBQ Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Bed (damaged)

Bed (good condition)

Resource recovery facilities

Some op shops (call to check first)

Bed linen (damaged)

Bed linen (good condition)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Some op shops (call to check first)
Bicycles

Donate to charity or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Resale Shop
 Blister Packs

 Pharmacycle or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Books

Donate to charity or

Resale Shop

Recycling bin
Bottle tops (plastic)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check)

Rubbish/general waste bin
Bottle tops and lids (metal)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Bottles (plastic with tops removed)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities
Bottles (glass with tops removed)

Glass-only bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Branches and prunings (small)

FOGO bin or

Home compost or

Resource recovery facilities
Branches and prunings (large)  Resource recovery facilities
Bread tags (plastic)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Customer service centres

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check) 

Aussie bread tags for wheelchairs or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Bricks and rubble  Resource recovery facilities  
Bubble wrap 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

shire-wide pilot or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Building waste Resource recovery facilities
Butcher/Deli paper

Recycling bin or 

FOGO bin

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

C

 Item How to dispose of it
Cans (aluminium and steel)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Car bodies and parts (remove fuel, oil, LPG tanks and batteries for separate recycling) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Cardboard

Recycling bin or

FOGO bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Carpet Resource recovery facilities
Cartons/Tetrapaks (milk, juice, long-life cartons)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Cartridges (printer) accepted participating brands only

Customer service centres

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check)

Cask water/wine (box)

 

 

Cask water/wine (clear bladder)

 

 

Cask water/wine (foil bladder)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

shire-wide pilot

 

Rubbish/general waste bin
Cassettes

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Donate to op shops

Resale Shop

CDs and DVDs

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Donate to op shops

Resale Shop

Officeworks
CD and DVD covers (hard plastic)

Recycling bin

Resource recovery facilities
Cellophane Rubbish/general waste bin
Ceramics (broken) Rubbish/general waste bin
Ceramics (unbroken)

Donate to charity or

Resale Shop
Cereal boxes

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Chemicals (pool/garden/household)

Chemical (farm)

Detox Your Home collection

ChemClear or freecall 1800 008 182 for collection of unwanted rural chemicals
Cigarette butts Rubbish/general waste bin
Clean fill (must have certificate for consideration)
Contact a commercial landfill for disposal of clean fill material.
 
Clean fill may be considered for acceptance at resource recovery facilities if it is accompanied by a clean fill certificate and is not of a commercial quantity.

Cleaning products (bleach, detergents etc.)

 Detox Your Home collection
Cleaning product bottles (empty) 

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities
Cling wrap (soft scrunchable plastic)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

shire-wide pilot or

Rubbish/general waste bin 
Clothing and textiles (good condition)

Donate to op shops
Clothing and textiles (damaged)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Rubbish/general waste bin 

Coffee cups (disposable)

Coffee cup lids

Recycling bin

Rubbish/general waste bin
Coffee cups (compostable Look for symbols)  FOGO bin
Coffee pods

Specialised recycling program - contact your supplier or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Compostable packaging (Look for symbols) FOGO bin
Computer and computer parts Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Concrete

Residential quantities (resource recovery facilities) 

Commercial quantities (contact a commercial recycler, Repurpose It)

Confidential waste paper - NOT shredded

Confidential waste paper - shredded

Confidential waste paper disposal company

Home compost or confidential waste paper disposal company
Cooking oil

Small quantities can be soaked up with paper towel or newspaper and placed in FOGO bin

Larger quantities can be stored in a sealable container and placed in general waste bin or

Detox Your Home collection

Commercial quantities can be recycled through specialised services 
Cooking oil tins (empty)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Cork FOGO
Cosmetics (make up, nail polish, remover) Detox Your Home collection

Cotton balls

 FOGO

Cotton buds (disposable)

Cotton buds (compostable)                            

Rubbish/general waste bin

FOGO

D

 Item How to dispose of it 

Deodorant cans (empty, metal)

 

 

Deodorant bottles (empty, glass or plastic) 

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

 

Rubbish/general waste bin
Drink bottles (juice/milk - plastic)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities

 
Duvet/doona (poor condition)  Resource recovery facilities 

E

 Item How to dispose of it
Egg cartons

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Electrical appliances Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Electrical waste (e-waste)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or 

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check)   
Engineered wood or treated timber Resource recovery facilities
Envelopes

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

F

Item How to dispose of it

Face masks (disposable)

 

 

 

Face masks (cloth)

Rubbish/general waste bin

Learn more about face masks on the Department Health and Human Services website

Woodend Community Centre 

 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Feathers FOGO bin
Fencing wood - treated or engineered Resource recovery facilities
Fire extinguishers Resource recovery facilities
Floppy discs  Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Flowers

FOGO bin or

Home compost
Foam packaging

If clean, white polystyrene, resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Food scraps (vegetable/fruit)

FOGO bin or

Home compost
Food scraps (all cooked/uncooked including meat) FOGO bin 
Fuels Detox Your Home collections
Furniture (good condition)

Donate to charity or

Resource recovery facilities

G

 Item How to dispose of it
Garden waste

FOGO bin

Resource recovery facilities *conditions apply
Garden tools and equipment (metal) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Gas bottles/cylinders Resource recovery facilities
General waste and household rubbish

Rubbish/general waste bin or

Resource recovery facilities
Glass (broken window or drinking - wrapped for safety) Rubbish/general waste bin

Glass bottles (no lids, labels are okay)

Glass-only bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Glass jars and containers (no lids, labels are okay)

Glass-only bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) 
Glasses (optical) Recycle for sight program or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Gloves (disposable) Rubbish/general waste bin
Grass clippings 

FOGO bin or

Home compost or

Resource recovery facilities

H

 Item How to dispose of it
Hard waste (furniture, white goods, building waste, car parts, mattresses) Resource recovery facilities
Hearing aids

Recycled Sound or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Hose Rubbish/general waste bin

Hot water bottle (good condition)

Hot water bottle (poor condition)

Donate to op shops

Rubbish/general waste bin
Hot water units Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

I

Item How to dispose of it
Ice-cream containers (plastic or carton)

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities

J

 Item How to dispose of it

Jars (glass with lids removed)

Glass-only bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Juice bottles (plastic, lids removed)

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities
Juice cartons (long-life style carton)

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Junk mail

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

K

Item How to dispose of it
Keys (scrap metal) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Kitty litter (home compostable) 

FOGO bin or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Kitty litter (non-home compostable)  Rubbish/general waste bin

Kitchen knives (good condition)

Kitchen knives (poor condition - scrap metal)

Donate to op shop

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

L

 Item How to dispose of it
Lawn mowers Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Leaves

FOGO bin or                                                   

Home compost or

Resource recovery facilities
Lids (metal)

 Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Light globes (all) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Lighters Detox Your Home collection
Linen (poor condition) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Long-life cartons 

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

M

 Item How to dispose of it
Magazines

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Margarine containers

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities
Masks (disposable) More information is available above under 'F' for 'face masks'
Mattresses Resource recovery facilities

Meat trays (foam) 

Meat trays (plastic)                                     

Rubbish/general waste bin

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities
Medicine bottles/jars (plastic, empty and clean)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities
Medicines

Local pharmacy through Return unwanted medicines program

Metal - small pieces (nuts, bolts, screws, nails, keys)

Metal - larger items

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Microwaves Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Milk container (plastic bottle) 

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities
Milk cartons (long-life style carton)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Mirrors (broken and chipped - wrapped)  Rubbish/general waste bin
Mobile phones 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Customer service centres (FREE) or

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check)

N

Item How to dispose of it
Nappies (disposable)

Rubbish/general waste bin

View our tips for reducing odours
Needles Find a needle exchange
Newspapers/office papers

Recycling bin or

FOGO bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

O

Item How to dispose of it
Oil (engine) Resource recovery facilities (FREE up to 20 litres)

P

Item How to dispose of it

Paint

paintback or

Melton Recycling Facility or

Eaglehawk Recycle Shop
Paint tins (empty and dry) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Paper

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Paper (shredded)  FOGO bin
Paper (plastic laminated) Rubbish/general waste bin
Paper towel

FOGO bin or

Home compost
Paper plates 

Recycling bin (clean) or

FOGO bin (food soiled)
Pen, pencil

Rubbish/general waste bin

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check)

Woodend Community Centre
Perfume bottle Rubbish/general waste bin
Pesticides Detox Your Home collection
Pet food bags

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or 

shire-wide pilot or

Rubbish/general waste bin 
Pet food tins

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Phone books

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Photographs Rubbish/general waste bin
Pillows (poor condition) Resource recovery facilities 
Pizza boxes

Recycling bin (must be clean) or

FOGO bin (if oily and food soiled)
Plant cuttings

FOGO bin or

Home compost or

Resource recovery facilities 
Plant pots (plastic)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities

Your local garden centre (call first to check)

Plastic containers (rigid, under 5 litres)

(e.g. ice cream containers, yoghurt and butter tubs)

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities

Learn more about recycling symbols and labels
Plastic containers (over 5L)

Rubbish/general waste bin or

Resource recovery facilities
Plastic shopping bags

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

shire-wide pilot or 

Rubbish/general waste bin

Plastic wraps and films (soft scrunchable plastics) 

Plastic wraps with silver lining (eg. biscuit/chocolate wraps)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

shire-wide pilot or

Rubbish/general waste bin or

shire-wide pilot
Poisons, pesticides and herbicides Detox Your Home collection
Polystyrene/styrofoam 

Clean, white polystyrene can be recycled at our resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Rubbish/general waste bin or

Contact Expanded Polystyrene Australia 
Pots and pans (metal with plastic handle removed) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Pottery, porcelain and pyrex (broken)  Rubbish/general waste bin
Pottery, porcelain and pyrex (unbroken)

Donate to charity or

Resale Shop or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Printer/toner cartridges (accepted participating brands only) Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or 

Customer service centres or

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check)
Punnets (berry) 

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities
Pyrex containers (broken) Rubbish/general waste bin

Q

No results

R

Item How to dispose of it
Records  Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Refrigerators Resource recovery facilities (FREE* for residents only)

Rose clippings/prunings

FOGO bin or

Resource recovery facilities
Razors

Rubbish/general waste bin or

Woodend Community Centre
Rugs Resource recovery facilities

S

Item How to dispose of it
Sawdust (untreated wood) FOGO bin
Scrap metals (including nails, BBQ, bolts, screws, keys) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Shampoo/conditioner/soap bottles (excluding pumps) 

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities

Shoes and work boots (good condition)

Shoes and work boots (poor condition)

Tread Lightly or Donate to charity 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Silage wrap

Resource recovery facilities or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Solar panels

Romsey resource recovery facility (FREE)

Please leave junction box and leads connected
Soft drink cans (empty)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Soft plastics

Resource recovery facilities or

shire-wide pilot or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Stationery items (except paper) Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check) or

Woodend Community Centre or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Syringes/sharps Find a needle exchange

T

Item How to dispose of it

Take away food containers (plastic) 

 

Take away food containers (cardboard, unwaxed, compostable) 

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities

FOGO
Tea bags

FOGO bin
Telephone books

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Televisions Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
TetraPaks (milk, juice cartons etc.)

Recycling bin or

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Textiles (good condition)

Textiles (damaged)

Donate to charity

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Rubbish/General waste bin
Timber Resource recovery facilities
Tin cans 

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Tissues and napkins

FOGO bin
Toothbrush, toothpaste tubes

Rubbish/general waste bin or

Woodend Community Centre
Toilet rolls

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Toner cartridges (accepted participating brands only) Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

Customer service centres or

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check) 

Toys - battery operated or chargeable via power (broken/poor condition)

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Toys

Donate to charity or

Rubbish/general waste bin
Tyres Resource recovery facilities

U

No results

V

Item  How to dispose of it
Vacuum cleaner dust Rubbish/general waste bin
Vapes/e-cigarettes Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Vegetable scraps

FOGO bin or

Home compost
VHS tapes  Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Vitamin bottles/jars (plastic, empty) 

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities

W

Item How to dispose of it
Washing powder boxes 

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Waxed cardboard Rubbish/general waste bin
Weeds (non-noxious)

FOGO bin or

Home compost or

Resource recovery facilities
Weeds (noxious) 

FOGO bin or

Resource recovery facilities
White goods  Resource recovery facilities (FREE)
Wildlife (deceased, i.e. rabbit, possum, kangaroo) Contact Council for assistance
Window glass (broken and wrapped)  Rubbish/general waste bin
Wipes (baby and make-up removal) Rubbish/general waste bin
Wood - treated timber or engineered wood Resource recovery facilities
Wooden icy pole sticks, cutlery, toothpicks FOGO bin
Wool  FOGO bin
Wrapping paper 

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities (FREE)

X

Item How to dispose of it
X-rays

Resource recovery facilities (FREE) or

Some neighbourhood houses (Contact them to check) 

Y

Item How to dispose of it
Yoghurt containers

Recycling bin or 

Resource recovery facilities
Yoghurt pouches  Rubbish/general waste bin

Z

No results

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