What to Recycle and Where

Your A-Z Guide for Product

Recycling or Disposal

When thinking about waste remember to

observe the Waste Hierarchy:

1. Avoid

2. Reduce

3. Reuse

4. Recycle

5. Dispose

Let’s work together to make Mount Gambier a

clean and green city!

Recycling tips:

Notes about the guide:

Recycling bin:

Organics bin:

Rubbish (Landfill) bin:

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Aerosol cans

Aluminium cans

Aluminium foil

Animal droppings

Agricultural

chemicals

Agricultural

chemical

containers

Agricultural

plastics - baling

twine, silage wrap

Ammunition

Appliances -

toasters/ irons

etc. in working

order

Appliances -

toasters/ irons

etc. not in

working order

Artificial finger

nails

Asbestos

Ash

Bags - Plastic

Bags - Potting

mix etc.

Bags – Water

Softener Salt

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Band aids

Baskets - cane

Batteries -e.g.

nickel cadmium,

alkaline

AA, 6V etc.

Batteries - motor

e.g. 12 volt, lead

acid

BBQ Gas Bottles

Beer bottle tops

Bicycles

Bicycle tubes

Biscuit packaging

Biscuit tins

Bones

Books - good

condition

Books - poor

condition

Bottles - glass

(NOT broken)

Bottles - plastic

Bottle tops -

metal, plastic

Boxes -

cardboard

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Branches - big

Branches - small

Bras

Bread bags -

plastic

Bread bag tags -

plastic

Bricks

Broken glass

Bubble wrap

Building

materials - timber,

bricks, tiles etc.

Building parts,

doors, windows,

floorboards etc.

Business

chemicals

Cake trays - black

plastic (NOT

foam)

Cans - aluminium,

steel

Car batteries

Car bodies and

parts

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Car tyres

Carbon paper

Cardboard (not

waxed)

Cardboard

(waxed)

Carpet and carpet

underlay

Cassette tapes

Catalogues -

paper

CDs (compact

discs)

CD players

Cellophane

Ceramics,

Corning Ware etc.

(good condition)

Ceramics,

Corning Ware etc.

(broken)

Cereal box liners

Cereal boxes -

cardboard

CFLs

Chemicals -

agricultural

Chemicals -

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

business

Chemicals -

general

household,

cleaners,

pesticides etc.

Chemical

containers -

Agricultural

Chemical

containers -

household

Chip packets

Cigarette butts &

ash

Cleaning rags

Cling wrap

Clothing / textiles

-

good condition

Clothing / textiles

-

poor condition

Coat hangers

Coffee cups -

disposable

(cardboard)

Coffee cups -

disposable

(compostable)

Coffee cups -

disposable

(polystyrene)

Coffee grinds

Coffee pods

Coffee tins

Compact

fluorescent

globes (CFLs)

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Compostable

containers &

Packaging

Must be certified compostable.

Compostable

cups

Computer paper

Computer

equipment

and parts

Concrete, bricks,

plaster and clean

building materials

Cooking oils -

commercial

quantities

Cooking oils -

domestic

quantities

Corflute

Corks - natural

Corks - plastic

Cosmetic jars -

glass and plastic

Cotton reels -

plastic

Cotton wool buds

Cups -

Disposable

(cardboard)

Cups -

Disposable

(compostable)

Cups, saucers,

plates - broken

Cups, saucers,

plates - good

condition

Curtains -

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Good condition

Cutlery - metal

Cutlery - plastic

Crockery,

ceramics, cups,

plates etc. -

broken

Detergent bottles

- plastic

Dirt

Disposable

nappies

Disposable razors

Dog poo

Drums, general

chemical

containers

Drink containers -

cardboard (liquid

paper board),

glass, plastic

Drink containers -

polystyrene

DVDs

DVD / CD covers

Earphones

Electronic

appliances

Engine oil

Envelopes

Eye Glasses

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Farm chemicals

Farm chemical

containers

Finger nails -

artificial

Finger nails -

natural

Firearms

Fire extinguishers

Flavoured milk

containers

Floppy Discs

Fluorescent

tubes,

compact

fluorescent

globes

Foam - boxes

Foam - meat

trays, underlay,

packing

Foil - aluminium

Food cans

Food scraps

Fridges / freezers

Fruit and

vegetable scraps

Fruit juice

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

containers

Furniture - poor

condition

Furniture - good

condition

Garden hose

Garden pots

Garden waste -

green

organics, grass

clippings, leaves,

prunings

Gas bottles -

BBQ,

camping

Gas containers -

other

Glad Wrap

Glass - bottles,

jars

Glass - windows,

mirrors,

windscreen,

broken

Glasses - sight

and reading

Gloves - latex

Gravel

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Greeting cards

Guns

Hair

Hard hats

Hearing aids

Hose - garden

Hot water units

Household

chemicals

Hypodermic

needles

Ice cream

containers -

plastic

Ice cream

container lids

Inner tubes

Jar lids - metal

Jars - glass

Juice cartons -

liquid

paper board

Junk mail

Kitchen paper

rolls

Kitty litter

Leaves

Lids - metal Put in a tin can. When almost full squeeze shut so lids do not fall out. Then place In Recycling Bin.

Lids - plastic Uni SA campus on Wireless Rd west, or Kids Spot in Ripley Arcade. Only # 2 and # 4 lids. Must be cleaned and seals removed. Accepted for the

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Envision Hands project.

Light globes -

fluorescent

Light globes -

incandescent

(traditional

globes)

Linen

Lolly wrappers

Lunch boxes -

plastic

Magazines

Manure - animal

Margarine/butter

tubs

Matchboxes

Mattresses

Meat scraps

Meat trays -

plastic (not foam)

Meat trays -

polystyrene foam

Medicine bottles

Medicines

Metals - steel,

iron,

copper etc.

Milk containers -

plastic

Rinse and remove lids. Lids go in Rubbish (Landfill) bin.

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Milk containers -

liquid

paper board

Mobile phones

Motor oil

Nappies -

disposable

Needles - e.g.

diabetic

Newspaper

Office paper

Oil filters

Oils - motor

Oils - cooking

Packing peanuts

Paint

Paint tins - empty,

dried

Pallets - wooden

Paper towel

Paper and

cardboard

Pencils

Pens

Pet food tins

Pet waste

Pharmaceuticals

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Phones - landline

Phone books

Photographs and

negatives

Picture frames -

wooden

Pillows

Piping

Pizza boxes

Plant pots -

plastic

Plasterboard

Plastic bags

Plastic bottles

Plastic chairs

Plastic containers

-

numbers 1 - 5

Plastic containers

-

numbers 6 & 7

Plastic cutlery

Plastic shopping

bags

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Plastic strapping

Polystyrene

boxes

Polystyrene meat

trays, underlay,

packing peanuts

Pots - garden

Pots - metal

Printer toner and

cartridges

Printers

Can be dropped off free for residents and small

businesses of Mount Gambier.

Prunings

PVC Piping

Pyrex ovenware -

broken

Pyrex ovenware -

good condition

Razors -

disposable

Reading glasses

Receipts

Records - vinyl

Re-usable

shopping bags

Rocks

Rope

Rubber products

School bags

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Scrap metal

Seedling

containers

Shampoo &

conditioner

bottles

Shoes

Shopping bags

Shredded paper

Silage wrap

Silver foil

Smoke detectors

-

domestic

Soil - clean

Soft drink

containers -

plastic, glass,

aluminium

Spectacles

Spirit/alcohol

bottles

Spray bottles

Steel cans - food

cans, paint cans

Steel - large items

Stones

Stoves

String

Styrofoam

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Sweet wrappers See "Plastic bags"

Syringes -

including

diabetics

syringes

Takeaway food

containers

Tea bags

Telephone books

Televisions

Textiles

Thermal receipts

Timber, wood -

treated

Timber, wood -

untreated

Tin cans

Tissues

Toasters

Toilet paper rolls

Toner cartridges

Toys

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

Tree prunings

Tubes - inner e.g.

bicycle

TV’s

Twine, string,

rope

Tyres - car,

motorcycle, truck,

tractor

Vacuum cleaner

dust

Vegetable scraps

Video tapes

Video / VHS

players

Vinyl, lino

(linoleum)

Vinyl records

Washing

machines

Waxed cardboard

boxes

Wax paper

Weeds

White goods

Window glass

Windscreen glass

Wine bottles

Wine bottle caps /

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ITEM CAN IT BE

RECYCLED?

WHERE TO RECYCLE

(or appropriate disposal)

NOTES

lids

Wine cask

liners/bladders

Wire bag ties

Wire - metal

Wood

Wrapping paper

X-rays

Yoghurt

containers -

plastic

Yoghurt pouches See "Plastic bags"

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Re-use / Recycling Facilities

RECYCLING FACILITY ADDRESS CONTACT

DETAILS

SERVICES OFFERED

A.L. Bolton Optometrist

Australia Post Shop

Australia Post Mount

Gambier East

Australia Post Mount

Gambier West

Banner Hardware

Cartridge World

Cleanaway

Computer Bits

Century Yuasa Batteries

City of Mount Gambier

District Council of Grant

Green Triangle Recyclers

Green Triangle Electronics

Harvey Norman

K-Mart Tyre and Auto

Limestone Coast Lighting

Solutions

Mount Gambier Public

Library

OPSM

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Repco

Sandy Ridge Landfill

SE Battery Service Pty Ltd

Top Spot Auto Dismantlers

Op Shops

RECYCLING/REUSE

FACILITY

ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS

SERVICES OFFERED

Lifeline Shop

Lifeline Warehouse (donations ONLY)

Mount Gambier ReUse Market

St Vincent De Paul

Salvation Army Stores

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Waste Transfer

Station

RECYCLING

FACILITY

ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS

HOURS

Mount Gambier Waste Transfer Station

Useful Links:

https://www.redcycle.net.au/what-to-redcycle/

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Phone

Email