Waste collection services

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   Eligible items:
  • Food Scraps (may be wrapped in newspaper to alleviate odour)
  • Raw, cooked, and leftover food (remove all containers, packaging, labels, and stickers)
  • Bones from food waste (e.g., meat, fish, shellfish shells)
  • Staple food (e.g., bread, cakes, pastries, rice, pasta, beans, cereal)
  • White paper towels, white paper napkins, and newspaper sheets for food wrapping and vegetable oil soaking
  • Pet food
  • Garden waste (e.g., grass clippings, leaves, plant root systems, vegetables, straw, hay, small-sized tree branches, real Christmas trees)
  • Hair and feathers (no synthetic materials or animal carcasses)

  Not Accepted:

  • Plastics of any type including compostable plastic bags
  • Compostable/single-use cutlery and cups
  • Large logs
  • Soil and dust

Glass Bin and Glass Drop-off Point (Purple-Lidded)

Eligible Items:

• Glass bottles and jars of any type (remove metal lids and lightly rinse)

Not Accepted:

• Ceramics, porcelain, window glass, perfume bottles and broken drinking glasses

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  Eligible Items:

  • Plastic bottles, lids, jars, pots, and containers less than 5L [PN1] (lightly rinsed, remove plastic wrapping)
  • Fruit and vegetable plastic trays and containers (no meat and food trays)
  • Food cans, pet food cans, steel cans and aluminium cans
  • Foil trays and large aluminium foil balls
  • Cardboard (any type; flatten, remove plastic wrapping, polystyrene, and food content)
  • Un-shredded paper (e.g., newspapers, magazines, letters, envelopes, books, shopping paper bags, gift wrap)
  • Reusable shopping bags
  • Cartons (e.g., milk, juice, soup)

  Not Accepted:

  • Plastic Bags – All items are to be placed loose into recycling bin
  • Ceramics, porcelain, and broken glass
  • Scrap metal
  • Batteries
  • Soft and hard plastics (other than listed)

Eligible Items:

• All items not eligible in the FOGO bin
• All items not eligible in the commingled recycling bin
• All items not eligible in the glass bin or glass drop-off points

Not Accepted:

• Batteries of any kind – free drop-off at designated bin located in transfer station.
• Mixed household batteries, except lead acid battery - free drop-off at designated bin located in transfer station, library, CIVIC building, supermarkets.
• Light bulbs of any kind – free drop-off at designated bins located in transfer station.
• Hazardous waste and chemicals
• Deceased animals
• Household appliances of any type – free disposal at transfer station
• Bulky items (i.e. bed, sofa, mattress)