Rubbish, recycling and food waste

• Recyclable items should fit into the following four categories:
• Clean paper and cardboard
• Glass bottles and jars
• Aluminium packagings like food tins, drink cans, scrunched foil, empty deodorant cans and loose metal lids from jars or bottles
• Plastics with recycling symbols 1 to 5:

• Medical waste, including insulin needles, masks and gloves
• Car parts of any kind
• Highly flammable materials: chemicals, paint tins or gas bottles
• Bagged domestic waste or recycling in a plastic bag
• Clothing, shoes and fabric
• Soft plastics — items that can be scrunched into a ball:
• Food packaging, e.g. chip or lolly wrappers, zip lock bags
• Cling wrap
• Plastic bags
• Milk/juice cartons liquid paperboard or Tetra Pak
• Takeaway coffee cups, straws and cutlery (including biodegradable or compostable)
• Any black plastic, e.g. plastic meat trays or plant pots
• Electrical waste, including mobile phones and anything with a power cord or battery
• Rubber and latex
• Timber
• Foam or polystyrene
• Ceramics
• Shredded paper
• Plastics with recycling symbols 6 and 7:

• Nappies
• General household waste
• Takeaway coffee cups, straws, and cutlery (including biodegradable or compostable)
• Clothing that cannot be donated to charity
• Broken glass and ceramics
• Black plastics
• Milk/juice cartons or Tetra Pak
• Plastic bags and soft plastics
• Shredded paper
• Polystyrene
• Plastics with recycling symbols 6 and 7:

• Anything that you can put in your recycling bin
• Anything that you can put in your food and garden waste bin
• Paint
• Hazardous materials
• Electrical waste, including mobile phones and anything with a power cord or battery
• Batteries.

• All food leftovers (including meat, bones, coffee grounds, paper towels etc.)
• Garden organics (including grass and small prunings)
• Fruits and vegetables (including citrus and hard-to-compost items)
• Meat and bones (both cooked and raw)
• Fish and seafood (excluding hard shells such as oyster shells)
• Eggs and eggshells
• All bakery items, including bread and cakes
• Rice, pasta, cereal and noodles
• Loose tea leaves and coffee grounds (excluding tea bags and coffee pods)
• Soups, sauces, curries and dips
• Cooking oil (small amounts only. Pour it in, no containers)
• Fast food leftovers
• Plate scrapings
• Spoiled food
• Used paper towels, napkins, paper bags, newspaper and tissues
• Weeds and flowers
• Grass and leaves
• Garden prunings (including weeds and rose trimmings)
• Small sticks, toothpicks, skewers and uncoated chopsticks
• Food-spoiled papers

• general household waste
• plastic bags or liners (including compostable or degradable items). They do not break down in the composting process. To avoid bin smells, line your food waste container with a used paper towel or newspaper, as these are accepted in your food and garden waste bin.
• soil or stones
• timber
• building or renovation materials
• Plastic or biodegradable bags (these do not break down in the composting process)
• Food packaging, including aluminium foil, cling wrap, fruit stickers and containers.
• Nappies and wipes (including compostable and biodegradable)
• Medical waste
• Coffee pods and tea bags
• Coffee cups (including compostable)
• Pet poo and kitty litter (including biodegradable waste). Australia has strict standards on animal products used for composting. Please dispose of pet poo in your regular rubbish bin.
• Ash and tree stumps
• Treated and painted timber
• Concrete, bricks and rocks
• Glass
• Metal
• Dishcloths or textiles
• Cigarette butts
• Drier lint and vacuum cleaner dust
• Biodegradable and compostable bags, cutlery and paper plates

• Watch this video for tips on using a kitchen caddy
• Interested in getting a kitchen caddy? Book to pick up your free kitchen caddy at Bunjil Place customer service here. One kitchen caddy per City of Casey household.

• Watch this video for tips on preventing smells and pests in your food and garden waste bin.
• More suggestions for preventing smells and pests in your food and garden waste bin include:
• Keep your food and garden waste bin in the shade.
• Line your container with garden prunings to stop food scraps from sticking to the bottom of the container.
• Layer food waste in between lawn clippings or garden prunings.
• Wash your bin out from time to time.
• Store food scraps in a sealed bucket or container until the night before your bin day. Empty scraps into your food and garden waste bin before it is collected.
• Keep seafood, bones, and meat scraps in the freezer until the night before your collection day.
• Do not overfill your bin or caddy. Keep the lid securely closed.
• Sprinkle some bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) in your caddy and food and garden waste bin to absorb smells.
• Clean up any spills or mess around your caddy or bin.
• Let hot food cool down before placing it in your caddy or bin.
• Line your caddy with a piece of newspaper or wrap food waste in a small amount of used paper towel or newspaper.
• Store your caddy in the fridge.
• Rinse your caddy regularly. For a thorough clean, wash it with detergent or eucalyptus oil or place it in the dishwasher.

Display these posters for a quick reminder on handling rubbish, recycling, and food and garden waste.

• Home bin posters
• School bin posters
• Community bin posters

Our waste guide campaign poster (English) has been translated into the following languages: 

• Arabic -  قم بتنزيل أو حفظ أو طباعة ملصق إعادة التدوير باللغة العربية
• Dari - پوستر بازیافت (recycling) را به زبان دری دانلود، ذخیره یا چاپ کنید.
• Hazaragi - صحیح بازیافت کید
• Hindi - रिसाइक्लिंग (पुनर्चक्रण) पोस्टर को हिंदी में डाउनलोड, सेव या प्रिंट करें।
• Pashto - د ریسایکل کولو پوسټر ډاونلوډ کړئ، خوندي کړئ یا چاپ کړئ.
• Punjabi - ਰੀਸਾਈਕਲਿੰਗ ਪੋਸਟਰ ਨੂੰ ਡਾਊਨਲੋਡ ਕਰੋ, ਸੇਵ ਕਰੋ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਿੰਟ ਕਰੋ।
• Simplified Chinese - 下载、保存或打印中文的回收垃圾标贴。
• Sinhalese - ප්‍රතිචක්‍රීකරණ පෝස්ටරය සිංහලෙන් බාගන්නමට, සුරකින්න හෝ මුද්‍රණ කරන්න.
• Turkish - Geri dönüşüm posterini indirin, kaydedin veya yazdırın
• Ukrainian - Завантажте, збережіть або роздрукуйте українські наклейки на переробку.