Your waste and recycling guide

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You can coat your baking tins and trays with butter and flour as a great low-waste alternative that will prevent cakes and cookies from sticking. 

While silicone mats are also a reusable alternative, there is currently no option for recycling them if they become damaged. 

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Both latex and foil balloons can be recycled through Terracycle's free balloon recycling program. Find your nearest drop off point here. 

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Remove the covers and place in your yellow lid recycling bin.

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Clean Deli/butcher paper can be placed in your yellow lid recycling bin.

Check carefully to make sure it is not plastic lined first. If the paper is plastic lined place in your red lid rubbish bin. 

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Plastic wrappers should be placed in your red lid rubbish bin. 

Paper wrappers should be placed in your yellow lid recycling bin. 

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You can receive a refund for returning eligible drink cartons through the Container Deposit Scheme.  

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Place in your yellow lid recycling bin.

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Excess paper and cardboard - (excluding any cardboard container designed to hold liquids such as coffee cups, milk or juice cartons) can be dropped off at the Geelong or Drysdale Resource Recovery Centres for free. Check websites for details. 

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Place in your yellow lid recycling bin.

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Paper and cardboard - (excluding any cardboard container designed to hold liquids such as coffee cups, milk or juice cartons) can be dropped off at the Geelong or Drysdale Resource Recovery Centres for free. Check the relevant website for details. 

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Place clean paper plates in your yellow lid recycling bin.

Plates that are greasy, wet or have food stuck on them should be placed in your red lid rubbish bin.

Do not place paper plates in your green lid garden organics bin, even if they are labelled as biodegradable or compostable. 

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Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Do not place in your recycling bin as paper receipts have a thin plastic coating. 

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Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Do not place in your recycling bin. This is the wrong type of paper. 

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Paper towel and tissue can also be put in your home compost bin if you have one.

City of Greater Geelong offer subsidised home compost units and worm farms to all households. Find out more.

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Excess paper and cardboard - (excluding any cardboard container designed to hold liquids such as coffee cups, milk or juice cartons) can be dropped off at the Geelong or Drysdale Resource Recovery Centres for free. Check relevant websites for details. 

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You can receive a refund for returning eligible prima drink cartons through the Container Deposit Scheme.

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Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Do not place in your recycling bin. Even though serviettes are made of paper, it is too weak to make into a new product. 

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Place in your red lid rubbish bin. 

Do not place in your recycling bin. Small pieces of paper cannot be sorted at a recycling facility and contaminate the other recyclables.

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Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

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If the lid is white and definitely labelled as plastic 1, 2 or 5 it can be separated from the cup section and placed in your recycling bin. All other plastic types must be placed in the rubbish bin. 

Coffee lids with a home compostable AS 5810 symbol on them can be placed in your home compost.

Do not place coffee lids with any compost symbols on in your green lid garden waste bin. 

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Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

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Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

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Wrapping paper can be placed in your yellow-lid recycling bin.