A-Z Guide

Put empty aerosol cans and spray cans in your yellow bin for recycling. If not empty, please take to your nearest Community Recycling Centre (CRC) for safe disposal.

Please don’t place aerosol cans in your bin if they are not empty. This is hazardous to our staff, vehicles and community. Drop them off FREE at your local Community Recycling Centre for safe disposal. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

If the aluminium foil is clean, scrunch it into a ball and place in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your red bin.

Deceased animals cannot be placed in your household bins. If your pet has passed away, you can choose to bury your pet at home in your backyard, or contact a vet or a pet burial or cremation service. Contact your local Waste Management Facility for options. Contact Council for the disposal of dead animals from roadsides and public places. If the animal is on the highway contact Roads and Maritime www.rms.nsw.gov.au.

Place animal waste in your green bin, but NOT if it is in a plastic, biodegradable or compostable bag. Remember biodegradable and compostable plastic dog poo bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green or yellow bin. Plastic bags of any type are not suitable for our recycling or composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your yellow and green bins.

Do not place asbestos in your household bins or out for bulky goods collection. Asbestos is a hazardous substance that puts the community at risk. Special handling and disposal is required. Please contact your local Waste Facility to book a drop off time. Disposal fees apply.

All types of wipes must go in your red bin. This includes all wipes marked biodegradable or compostable. Biodegradable and compostable wipes may be a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin but they are not suitable for the Biomass composting processes and are a classified as contamination.

Put in your red bin.

Saucepans, pots and lids are classed as scrap metal (Pots or pans with a non-stick coating can’t be recycled). Donate to charity or community group, sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. If in poor condition and broken, recycle it through your bulky household waste service or drop it off at your local Waste Management Facility.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Do not place any type of battery in any household bin as they contain hazardous materials and cause fires, putting the community and environment at risk. Drop off car and household batteries for free at your local CRC where the lead, acid and plastic are safely recovered and recycled. Batteries are not accepted at Bellingen Waste Transfer Facility. You can drop household batteries off at any ALDI supermarkets for free recycling.

Place it in your yellow bin for recycling. No need to wash them just make sure they are empty or give it a quick rinse. Also see www.returnandearn.org.au for details about the types of containers that are eligible for a 10c refund at approved collection points. Please put other types of glass like drinking glasses or glass pot lids in the red bin as they have be processed differently and are not compatible for recycling.

Place it in your yellow bin for recycling. No need to wash them just make sure they are empty or give it a quick rinse. Also see www.returnandearn.org.au for details about the types of containers that are eligible for a 10c refund at approved collection points.

Try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle or see “scrap metal merchants” in the phone directory. Bicycles can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service to be recycled. Or you can take them to your local Waste Management Facility for recycling.

Put in our red bin. Please don’t place in your green bin. These bags are not compatible with our composting process.

Do not place any type of battery in any household bin as they contain hazardous materials and cause fires, putting the community and environment at risk. Batteries contain a range of toxic metals and require specialist recycling methods. Drop them off for FREE at your nearest Community Recycling Centre. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours.   Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags). These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Metal lids and tops are recycled in your yellow bin. Plastic tops should be screwed onto the empty bottle before placing into yellow bin – then they don’t fall through the recycling machinery.

Do not put large or thick branches and logs (greater than 5cm in diameter or anything thicker than your arm) in your green bin. Large branches are not suitable for composting machinery and overweight bins will not be collected. Take the large branches and logs to your local Waste Management Facility for composting, fees may apply.

If less than 5cm diameter and 1m length, place in your green bin. Larger items to be disposed of at waste facility.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours. Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags). These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Do not place these items in your household bins. Take to your local Waste Management Facility. Reduced fees may apply for separated inert waste (e.g. bricks, concrete) which can be recycled.

Please take bullets and firearms to your local Police Station for disposal.

Place in your red bin.

Saucepans, pots and lids are classed as scrap metal (Pots or pans with a non-stick coating can’t be recycled). Donate to charity or community group, sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. If in poor condition and broken, recycle it through your bulky household waste service or drop it off at your local Waste Management Facility.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Do not place any type of battery in any household bin as they contain hazardous materials and cause fires, putting the community and environment at risk. Batteries contain a range of toxic metals and require specialist recycling methods. Drop them off for FREE at your nearest Community Recycling Centre. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Place in your red bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Do not put car parts in your household bins or bulky goods service. See ‘auto parts recyclers’ or “auto wreckers” in your phone directory or Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. Otherwise, you can dispose car parts to your local Waste Management Facility (fees apply).

Accepted for recycling at most Australia Post outlets.

Do not place car tyres in household bins or in Councils bulky goods service. You can contact your local tyre retailer for disposal options. Otherwise, you can dispose of tyres to your local Waste Management Facility (fees apply). Bellingen Waste Management Facility does not accept tyres.

Put in your red bin.

If unusable, place in your red bin for disposal to landfill.

Put in your red bin.

If in good condition donate to charity or community group; or sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. If in poor condition and damaged place in your red bin for disposal to landfill.

See the drumMUSTER website: www.drummuster.org.au

Do not place in ANY CCWS bin. Dispose of FREE at your local Community Recycling Centre (CRC). Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours.   Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags). These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put the cardboard in the yellow bin and the plastic wrap in the red bin.

Clinical waste does not belong in any of your three household bins. Please contact Mid North Coast Area Health for information on the disposal of these materials on 1800 726 997 [tel:1800 726 997].

Unusable clothes can be placed in your red bin for disposal to landfill. Reuse, donate to charity, sell or giveaway wearable clothes and shoes on Buy, Swap, Sell Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Disposable coffee cups can only be placed in red bins. This includes all cups marked biodegradable or compostable. Biodegradable and compostable coffee cups are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green or yellow bin. Most disposable coffee cups are lined with plastic polyethylene and therefore cannot be recycled or composted.  There is no method available to differentiate between these different types of disposable coffee cups during the recycling or composting processes and all a classified as contamination.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours.   Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags). These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in our red bin. Please don’t place in your green bin. These bags are not compatible with our composting process.

Drop domestic quantities off for FREE at your local Community Recycling Centre (CRC) in the e-Waste section. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Do not place concrete in any of your bins. See Building and Construction Waste information for your local waste facility.

Do not put any oils or liquid waste into your household bins or in bulky waste service. Drop off FREE to be recycled at your local CRC. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Deceased animals cannot be placed in your household bins. If your pet has passed away, you can choose to bury your pet at home in your backyard, or contact a vet or a pet burial or cremation service. Contact your local Waste Management Facility for options.  Contact Council for the disposal of dead animals from roadsides and public places. If the animal is on the highway contact Roads and Maritime https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/operations/roads-and-waterways [https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/operations/roads-and-waterways]

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Disposable cups can only be placed in red bins. This includes all cups marked biodegradable or compostable. Biodegradable and compostable coffee cups are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green or yellow bin. Most disposable coffee cups are lined with plastic polyethylene and therefore cannot be recycled or composted.  There is no method available to differentiate between these different types of disposable coffee cups during the recycling or composting processes and all a classified as contamination.

Place in your red bin (even compostable/biodegradable nappies).

Place animal waste in your green bin, but NOT if it is in a plastic, biodegradable or compostable bag. Remember biodegradable and compostable plastic dog poo bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green or yellow bin.  Plastic bags of any type are not suitable for our recycling or composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your yellow and green bins.

Try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle or see “scrap metal merchants” in the phone directory. Dryers can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service to be recycled. Or you can take them to your local Waste Management Facility for recycling.

Put dust from your vacuum cleaner in your red bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

If unable to be re-used, place smaller items in your red bin. Larger items can be disposed of as part of your Bulky Household Waste service.

Do not put any oils or liquid waste into your household bins or in bulky waste service. Drop off motor and household oils to recycle, for free, at your local CRC. Used oils are processed to become a lubricant or used for waste to energy. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Domestic quantities of e-waste can be dropped off FREE at you local waste facility, including TVs and computers.

All types of wipes must go in your red bin. This includes all wipes marked biodegradable or compostable. Biodegradable and compostable wipes may be a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin but they are not suitable for the Biomass composting processes and are a classified as contamination.

Please take bullets and firearms to your local Police Station for disposal.

Do not put any type of gas bottle or gas cylinder in your household bins. Drop off fire extinguishers for recycling, for free, at your local Community Recycling Centre (CRC). Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Drop them off your local CRC FREE to be recycled. Light globes contain hazardous mercury and mercury emissions and put the community and the environment at risk. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Put in your red bin.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours. Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags).  These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Consider donating to charity, or if out of date – put in your red bin.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours. Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags).  These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle or see “scrap metal merchants” in the phone directory. Fridges can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service to be recycled. Or you can take them to your local Waste Management Facility for recycling.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours. Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags).  These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Saucepans, pots and lids are classed as scrap metal (Pots or pans with a non-stick coating can’t be recycled). Donate to charity or community group, sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc.  If in poor condition and broken, recycle it through your bulky household waste service or drop it off at your local Waste Management Facility.

If still usable, try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle. Furniture that meets size and weight specifications can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service. Or you can take to your local Waste Management Facility for disposal.

Place in your green bin.

Do not put any type of gas bottle or gas cylinder in your household bins or Council bulky waste service. These are hazardous items and put the community at risk. Drop them off your local CRC, for recycling, for free. The remaining gas is safely captured for reuse. Undamaged bottles are retested, restamped and entered into the hire industry. Damaged bottles are punctured and recycled as scrap metal. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

All wrappers and scrunchy plastics like cling wrap and sandwich bags go in your red bin.

Place it in your yellow bin for recycling. No need to wash them just make sure they are empty or give it a quick rinse. Also see www.returnandearn.org.au for details about the types of containers that are eligible for a 10c refund at approved collection points.  Please put other types of glass like drinking glasses or glass pot lids in the red bin as they have be processed differently and are not compatible for recycling.

Put in your red bin. This type of glass is not able to be recycled with bottles and jars.

The Lions Club Australia (www.lionsclubs.org.au) collect reading/ eye glasses for their Recycle For Sight program which regrades and distributes 250,000 to 500,000 pairs each year to those in need in developing countries.  Mail your glasses to LIONS Recycle for Sight Australia, PO Box 3021, Clontarf MDC, QLD 4019. Broken glasses can be placed in your red bin for disposal to landfill.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put small pieces in your red bin. Take large pieces to your local waste facility (fees apply). Glass will not be collected with kerbside Bulky Household Waste collections.

Place in your green bin.

Do not put large or thick branches and logs (greater than 5cm in diameter or anything thicker than your arm) in your green bin. Large branches are not suitable for composting machinery and overweight bins will not be collected. Take the large branches and logs to your local Waste Management Facility for composting, fees may apply.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

If still usable, try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle. Gym equipment that meets size and weight specifications can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service. Or you can take to your local Waste Management Facility for disposal.

Try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle or see “scrap metal merchants” in the phone directory. Hot water systems can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service to be recycled. Or you can take them to your local Waste Management Facility for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle or see “scrap metal merchants” in the phone directory. Ironing boards can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service to be recycled. Or you can take them to your local Waste Management Facility for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your red bin. Many of these products contain inorganic material, so please don’t place in your green bin as this could contaminate a load of compost.

If not able to be sold or gifted, take to your local Community Recycling Centre for FREE. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Place in your green bin.

Drop them off your local CRC FREE to be recycled. Light globes contain hazardous mercury and mercury emissions and put the community and the environment at risk. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Drop them off your local CRC FREE to be recycled. Light globes contain hazardous mercury and mercury emissions and put the community and the environment at risk. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Drop them off your local CRC FREE to be recycled. Light globes contain hazardous mercury and mercury emissions and put the community and the environment at risk. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Do not put large or thick branches and logs (greater than 5cm in diameter or anything thicker than your arm) in your green bin. Large branches are not suitable for composting machinery and overweight bins will not be collected.  Take the large branches and logs to your local Waste Management Facility for composting, fees may apply.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your red bin.

Take to your local Waste Management Facility (fees apply).

You can dispose of your old mattresses through your bulky household waste service (excluding Bellingen) or take it to your local Waste Management Facility (fees apply).

All types of inedible meat, including the bones, can be placed in your green bin. Wrap it in newspaper and place it in the freezer until your bin day to prevent odours.

Put in your red bin.

Medical waste does not belong in any of your three household bins. Please contact Mid North Coast Area Health for information on the disposal of these materials on 1800 726 997 [tel: 1800 726 997]

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Return expired and unwanted medicine and tablets to any pharmacy, for free and safe disposal, through the Return Medicines Program (returnmed.com.au [http://returnmed.com.au]) or call 1300 650 835 [tel:1300 650 835].

Saucepans, pots and lids are classed as scrap metal (Pots or pans with a non-stick coating can’t be recycled). Donate to charity or community group, sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc.  If in poor condition and broken, recycle it through your bulky household waste service or drop it off at your local Waste Management Facility.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your red bin or take to your local waste facility. Glass will not be collected with kerbside Bulky Household Waste collections.

Do not place mobile phones in any bin as they contain hazardous materials and cause fires, putting the community and environment at risk. If in good condition donate to charity or community group; or sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle. If in good condition donate to charity or community group; or sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. Click here [https://www.mobilemuster.com.au/recycle-a-mobile/] for recycling options.

Do not put any oils or liquid waste into your household bins or in bulky waste service. Drop off FREE to be recycled at your local CRC. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

All types of nappies must go in your red bin. This includes nappies marked biodegradable or compostable. Biodegradable and compostable nappies may be a more responsible purchase and may breakdown faster. But they are not suitable for the Biomass composting process. Any nappies in a green bin are classified as contamination.

All types of nappies must go in your red bin. This includes nappies marked biodegradable or compostable. Biodegradable and compostable nappies may be a more responsible purchase and may breakdown faster. But they are not suitable for the Biomass composting process. Any nappies in a green bin are classified as contamination.

Do not put syringes in any of your household bins. Contact your local Council or go to www.safesharps.org.au [www.safesharps.org.au] for locations including: Coffs Harbour: Park Avenue near Woolworths below the stair to multi deck car park Coffs Harbour: Community Village Car Park, behind Cavanbah Hall. Accessed via Earl Street Boambee: Englands Road Landfill next to the Weighbridge Office (2 bins) Toormina: Southern side of Toormina Gardens Shopping Centre Moonee Beach: Western side of Monee Tavern carpark Woolgoolga: Market Street Carpark Bellingen: Shire Council Shire Council building next to the toilet block 33-39 Hyde St (24 Hr) Bellingen: Council Administration Building Church St Nambucca Heads: Guardian Pharmacy 28 Bowra St Nambucca Heads: Nambucca Priceline 24 Ridge St Nambucca Heads: Tourist Information Centre River Drive (24 Hr Access)

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Do not put oil heaters in your household bins or bulky goods collection services as the oil is a hazardous material and out the community at risk. Dispose to landfill via your household bulky waste service or drop it off at your local Waste Management Facility for specialised recycling.

Do not put any oils or liquid waste into your household bins or in bulky waste service. Drop off FREE to be recycled at your local CRC. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle or see “scrap metal merchants” in the phone directory. Ovens can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service to be recycled. Or you can take them to your local Waste Management Facility for recycling.

Saucepans, pots and lids are classed as scrap metal (Pots or pans with a non-stick coating can’t be recycled). Donate to charity or community group, sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. If in poor condition and broken, recycle it through your bulky household waste service or drop it off at your local Waste Management Facility.

Do not place paint and paint cans in your household bins or bulky goods collection. Drop off these items off at your local CRC for recycling, for free. Paints are mixed with other waste solvents and used as an alternative to fuel in cement kilns. The metal containers are also recycled. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Put in your red bin.

Take to your local Waste Management Facility (fees apply). Pallets are made of treated timber and can not be composted with other green waste.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Place in your green bin.

Place in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Return expired and unwanted medicine and tablets to any pharmacy, for free and safe disposal, through the Return Medicines Program (https://returnmed.com.au [https://returnmed.com.au]) or call 1300 650 835. [tel: 1300 650 835.]

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Place in your green bin.

Put in your red bin.

All plastic bags must go in your red bin. This includes all bags marked biodegradable; or compostable or stamped with a recycle symbol 1-7. Biodegradable and compostable plastic bags may be a more responsible purchase and break down faster. But plastic bags of any type are not suitable for our recycling or composting machinery and all are classified as contamination if found in your yellow or green bin. 

Drop off large pieces of clean expanded polystyrene for recycling FREE at Coffs Harbour, Woolgoolga, Bellingen or Raleigh Waste Facilities. Please place very small pieces or dirty polystyrene in the red bin for disposal to landfill.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours.   Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags). These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

If in good condition donate to charity or community group; or sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. Pyrex is made from treated glass that cannot be recycled. If broken, place in your red bin for disposal to landfill.

Try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle or see “scrap metal merchants” in the phone directory. Fridges can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service to be recycled. Or you can take them to your local Waste Management Facility for recycling.

Put in your red bin.

Do not place rocks, sand or soil in your household bins or bulky goods service. Try to reuse elsewhere in your garden sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. Otherwise, take to your nearest Waste Management Facility.

Put in your red bin.  

Do not place rocks, sand or soil in your household bins or bulky goods service. Try to reuse elsewhere in your garden sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. Otherwise, take to your nearest Waste Management Facility.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Do not place these items in your household bins. Try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle or see “scrap metal merchants” in the phone directory. Metal sheets and guttering can be included in your bulky goods service to be recycled. Or you can take to your Waste Management Facility FREE for recycling.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours.   Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags). These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Put in your red bin.

If not suitable to donate to charity, place in your red bin.

Do not place smoke alarms in your household bins. These items can contain hazardous materials. Drop off these items off at your local CRC for recycling, for free. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Do not place rocks, sand or soil in your household bins or bulky goods service. Try to reuse elsewhere in your garden sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. Otherwise, take to your nearest Waste Management Facility.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Disposable coffee cups can only be placed in red bins. This includes all cups marked biodegradable or compostable. Biodegradable and compostable coffee cups are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green or yellow bin. Most disposable coffee cups are lined with plastic polyethylene and therefore cannot be recycled or composted.  There is no method available to differentiate between these different types of disposable coffee cups during the recycling or composting processes and all a classified as contamination.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours.   Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags). These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Dispose of FREE (domestic quantities) at your nearest Community Recycling Facility (CRC). Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Put in your red bin.

Do not put large or thick branches and logs (greater than 5cm in diameter or anything thicker than your arm) in your green bin. Large branches are not suitable for composting machinery and overweight bins will not be collected. Take the large branches and logs to your local Waste Management Facility for composting, fees may apply.

Put in your red bin. Treated timber will contaminate compost – please do not place in your green bin.

Small untreated and unpainted timber off-cuts can be placed in your green bin. With larger timber lengths, try to sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. If in poor condition dispose of it to landfill though your Council bulky goods services (up to 1.5m lengths) or take to your local Waste Management Facility.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Place in your green bin.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

If in good condition donate to charity or community group; or sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. If in poor condition and broken, dispose to landfill through your Council’s Bulky Household Waste service.

If still usable, try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle. Treadmills can be included in your Bulky Household Waste service. Or you can take them to your local Waste Management Facility for disposal.

Do not put large or thick branches and logs (greater than 5cm in diameter or anything thicker than your arm) in your green bin. Large branches are not suitable for composting machinery and overweight bins will not be collected. Take the large branches and logs to your local Waste Management Facility for composting, fees may apply.

If less than 5cm diameter and 1m length, place in your green bin. Larger items to be disposed of at waste facility.

Do not place car tyres in household bins or in Councils bulky goods service. Contact your local tyre retailer for disposal options. Otherwise, you can dispose of tyres at some Waste Management Facilities (fees apply).  Note: Bellingen Waste Management Facility does not accept tyres.

Please place broken umbrellas in the red bin.

Place all food scraps in your green bin. Including fruit and vegetable scraps, bones, seafood, shells, coffee grinds, tea bags, tea leaves, egg shells, bread, pasta, cereal and dairy products. Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce mess and odours. Note: do not put food scraps for the green bin in plastic bags (including biodegradable and compostable plastic bags).  These bags are a more responsible purchase but they cannot go into your green bin as they are not suitable for the composting machinery and all are classified as contamination in your green bin.

Put in your red bin.

Put in your red bin.

Waxed cardboard can’t be recycled – please place in your red bin.

Put in your red bin. Waxed paper is not recyclable.

Place in your green bin.

Large household appliances include microwaves, ovens, dishwashers, range hoods, cook tops, washing machines and dryers. Recycle through your Bulky Household Waste service or drop it off at your local Waste Management Facility FREE. If in good condition donate to a charity or community group; or sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle.

Put small pieces in your red bin. Take large pieces to your local waste facility (fees apply). Glass will not be collected with kerbside Bulky Household Waste collections.

If in good condition try Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. Window glass cannot be recycled in your yellow bin as it melts at different temperatures and causes contamination. Dispose of it to landfill by taking to your nearest Waste Management Facility.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Small off-cuts can go in our red bin. Take larger items to your local Waste Management Facility (fees apply). Treated timber and can not be composted with other green waste. Please do not place in your green bin.

Small untreated and unpainted timber off-cuts can be placed in your green bin. With larger timber lengths, try to sell or giveaway on Buy, Swap, Sell on Facebook pages, Gumtree, Freecycle etc. If in poor condition dispose of it to landfill though your Council bulky goods services (up to 1.5m lengths) or take to your local Waste Management Facility.

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.

Put in your red bin.

Free drop off for X-Rays at your local Community Recycling Center. Click on your Council's Community Recycling Centre below for more info: * Coffs Harbour Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101332]   * Nambucca Heads Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101333]   * Bellingen Community Recycling Centre [/#/info-details/101334]

Put in your yellow bin for recycling.