Commercial Waste Collection Services

The general mixed waste (red-lidded bin) is the waste or garbage collection bin used to dispose of items that cannot be recycled or re-used and that is destined for landfill. The following items can be placed in your general mixed waste bin:

• Styrofoam packaging and food containers
• Broken ceramics, crockery and glassware
• Soft plastics including plastics bags, plastic wraps, chip packets and chocolate wrappers
• Food scraps (we recommend composting or worm farming to help reduce food waste sent to landfill)
• Paper contaminated with food e.g. pizza boxes
• Bagged ash and vacuum dust

 

A number of items should not be placed in the general mixed waste bin as they may harmful to human health and the environment. The following items should NOT be placed in your general mixed waste bin:

• Timber
• Bricks
• Construction materials and waste e.g. plasterboard
• Hazardous waste including oil, fuel, asbestos, light globes and batteries.
• Green waste
• Rocks and soil

Dangerous or problem waste can be taken to the Resource Recovery Centre and Community Recycling Centre to be recycled, disposed of correctly, to reduce contamination, divert waste from landfill and protect the environment and human health.

Bin Size Options: 240L and 1100L

Collection Frequency: Weekly, fortnightly or 4-weekly

Commercial Waste Service - What Goes in Your Bin(PDF, 221KB)

The commingled recycling bin (yellow-lidded bin) is the collection bin used to dispose of items that are recyclable, to be made into new products and used again. The following items can be placed in your recycling bin:

• Paper, newspaper and cardboard
• Glass bottles and jars
• Plastic containers and bottles
• Steel and aluminium cans and tins
• Milk and juice cartons
• Empty aerosol cans with nozzles removed
• Clean, empty paint cans

A number of items should not be placed in the recycling bin as they can contaminate the recycling stream and impact the recycling machinery. The following items should NOT be placed in your recycling bin;

• Styrofoam packaging and food containers
• Hazardous chemicals and chemical containers
• Any items smaller than a credit card
• Coffee cups (these are plastic lined, which cannot be separated in the recycling process)
• Soft plastics including plastics bags, plastic wraps, chip packets and chocolate wrappers
• Paper contaminated with food e.g. pizza boxes
• Broken bottles or jars
• Serviettes, paper plates and issues
• Ceramics, crockery, china or pyrex
• Mirrors or windows

 

Bin Size Options: 240L and 360L

Collection Frequency:  Weekly, Fortnightly or 4-weekly.

Commercial Waste Services - Accepted and Not Accepted Products(PDF, 32KB)

Confidential/secure document bins are used to securely dispose of documents that contain sensitive information. This is an on-call service, where the bin is collected from your office. These bins are returned to the Resource Recovery Centre and kept locked until disposal.

The Resource Recovery Centre uses Challenge Southern Highlands to securely shred the contents of the bins on site.

* NB X-rays can be collected when a bin is collected, but must be separated from any paper products, and NOT placed in the bin.

The following items can be placed in your confidential/secure document bin;

• Office paper
• Hard covered books
• Cheque books
• Ledger books
• Receipt books
• Staples
• Manilla folders

 

The following items should NOT be placed in your confidential/secure document bin;

• Plastic
• CDs/DVDs
• Floppy disks
• Plastic Sleeves
• Plastic coated folders
• X-rays (these can be collected free of charge if separate from collection)
• Bull-dog clips
• Paperclips

 

Bin Size: 240L 

Collection Frequency: Fridays, on request. Call 4868 0888 to book. 

The paper and cardboard collection bin is just for paper and paper products. 

The following items can be placed in your paper and cardboard bin;

• Office paper and cardboard
• Printer paper
• Cardboard folders
• Magazines
• Newspaper

The following items should NOT be placed in your paper and cardboard bin;

• Plastic folders
• Carbon paper
• Waxed paper and waxed cardboard cartons 

Bin Size: 240L

Collection Frequency: Weekly, Fortnightly, or 4-weekly.

Commercial Waste Services - Accepted and Not Accepted Products(PDF, 32KB)

The garden organics (green lid bin) is the collection bin used to dispose of garden organic waste to be converted into soil conditioner. The following items can be placed in your garden organics bin;

• Grass clippings
• Leaves, fresh and dry
• Flowers and off-cuts
• Prunings, twigs and branches
• Bark

 

A number of items should not be placed in the garden organics bin, as they can contaminate the stream and reduce the effectiveness of the end product. The following items should NOT be placed in your garden organics bin:

• Food scraps and leftovers
• Garden tools e.g. hose
• Plastic plant pots
• Demolition material
• Pavers/bricks
• Hazardous material  

Bin Size: 240 L

Collection Frequency: Fortnightly or 4-weekly only.

Commercial Waste Services - Accepted and Not Accepted Products(PDF, 32KB)