Red bin

E-waste collection

Waste transfer facility

Battery bin

Chemical CleanOut collection

Mobile Muster bin

Re-home

Return to pharmacy

Charity bin

Fridge Buyback

Compost bin / worm farm

Light globe bin

RedCycle collection bin

CRC – Community Recycling Centre

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Pre-booked Council clean up

Non recyclables. These are sent straight to landfill.

Bathroom● Toothbrush ● Shampoo / conditioner bottle● Used toothpaste tube ● Empty plastic medicine bottles● Liquid soap plastic container ● Empty glass medicine bottles● Spray deodorant ● Medicines

Laundry● Nappy ● Iron● Washing detergent plastic bottle ● Vacuum cleaner● Air fresheners aerosol ● Washing powder box● Empty bleach and chemical

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Living Room, Bedroom, Office● Stereo ● ● Florescent light globes and tubes● ● Computer / Laptop ● ● LED lights and tungsten light globes● ● Television ● Mattresses● ● Bed frame ● ● Mobile phone● ● Couch ● ● Old clothing● ● Table and chairs ● ● Household batteries● ● Dressing table

Garage and Outside● ● ● Pool chemicals● ● ● Gas bottles● ● ● Car batteries● ● ● Motor oils/fuels● ● Hotwater heater ● ● Paint and paint related products● ● Garden pesticides/herbicides● ● Paint● ● BBQ● Garden plants and green waste

E-waste is defined as waste from electronic equipment. This includes computers, monitors, televisions, printers, scanners, video players and more. Council offers free e-waste collection days. For more information on what is accepted and the next collection date go to www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/e-waste

Artarmon and Ryde Transfer Stations accept small amounts of other waste material unable to be placed out for collection in Council’s waste and recycling services. For more details visit Council’s website.

Council collects household quantities of single use and rechargeable batteries for recycling. Simply drop off your old batteries at the Lane Cove Council Civic Centre during opening hours. Council does not accept car batteries and other large batteries.

The safe way to dispose of potentially hazardous household chemicals is at a Household Chemical CleanOut event. These free events are for the safe disposal of a range of household chemicals. To find when the next collection is visit Council’s website.

There are various collection bins for used mobile phones and chargers in Lane Cove. To find a list, visit Council’s website. You can also download a reply-paid label so that you can send your mobile phone to MobileMuster by post, visit http://replypaid.mobilemuster.com.au/

Save your items from going to landfill and find them a new home. You can hold a garage sale or sell or donate via Gumtree, eBay, The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre or other reuse avenues and charities.

Take your leftover medicines to your local pharmacy to be disposed of correctly.

Drop off unwanted clothes, shoes and linen to charity shops and collection bins in Lane Cove so they are able to be reused.

Residential energy savings program that pays you to collect and recycle your second fridge or freezer. More information can be found at www.fridgebuyback.com.au

To decrease food waste Council promotes the use of composting and worm farms. To order your free compost bin or worm farm and learn how to use it, visit www.compostrevolution.com.au/lanecove

A battery and light globe recycling bin can be found inside Coles supermarket Lane Cove. Batteries, light globes, fluoro tubes, mobile phones and ink cartridges are accepted.

RedCycle plastic bag and packaging recycling bins are located in Coles supermarkets. They accept soft plastics, like chip and biscuit packet wrappers and plastic bags that can’t be recycled in the yellow bins. More information can be found on Council’s website.

Community Recycling Centres are being built in Sydney. They are free to use and will be open year round. You can drop off gas bottles and fire extinguishers, paint, motor and other oils, fluoro globes and tubes, household and car batteries, and smoke detectors. To find your nearest Community Recycling Centre visit www.epa.nsw.gov.au/recyclingcentres

Council runs a TerraCycle oral care collection box in the foyer of the Civic Centre, accepting toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and other oral health items. These are then recycled into new items. There are also collection boxes for coffee pods around Lane Cove. For more details visit Council’s website.

Mattresses out for collection are picked up and recycled through Mission Australia’s Soft Landing. Book collection via Council’s website or phone the Waste Solutions Hotline on 1300 655 006.

Council provides all residents with free Household Clean Up collection services. Bookings are required. Household items must only be left for collection the night before your booked collection day. If material is placed out for collection without a booking, it will be ordered to be removed from the street immediately, or fines issued. You can make an online booking via Council’s website or phone the Waste Solutions Hotline on 1300 655 006.

Aluminium or steel cans, tins, aerosol cans, glass bottles and jars. Plastic drink bottles, food containers and tubs. Juice and milk bottles and cartons. No plastic bags or nappies.

Paper and cardboard. Please note that dirty or oiled paper and card is not accepted, including oily pizza boxes. Nappies, facial tissues, waxed paper and paper towels are not accepted. Paper/cardboard milk and juice containers will be collected. Cartons with silver lining are accepted if they are marked with the recycling symbol.

Lane Cove’s green waste service is now a fortnightly collection system. Garden waste including grass clippings, twigs, weeds, leaves and prunings. Logs, timber and tree stumps will not be collected.

Yellow bin

Blue bin

Green bin

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To download this guide or for more information, visit www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/sortitout or call 9911 3507

Kitchen● Glad wrap ● ● Scrunchable plastic wrapper● Used foil ● Plastic milk bottle and lid● Dirty pizza boxes ● Juice bottle and lid● Polystyrene meat tray ● Empty food tins ● Broken glass and crockery ● Berry / tomato type punnets● Paper towel / tissues ● Margarine container● Coffee cup ● Coffee cup lid● Coffee / drink plastic foil sachet ● ● Biscuit trays● ● Coffee machine pods ● Juice carton● ● CDs / DVDs ● Milk carton● ● Food waste ● Frozen food cardboard box● ● Plastic bag ● Kettle/toaster● ● Biscuit packet wrapper ● ● Smoke alarms● ● Chip packet wrapper ● ● Fridge / freezer

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The recycling triangle symbol refers to international labelling of what the product is made from. It may be recyclable but this doesn’t mean it will be in Lane Cove. This is the most up to date list of what Lane Cove Council accepts in recycling bins.