Your waste and recycling guide

Best option for disposal:

Wrap in paper or plastic and place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Do not place broken glass ornaments in your recycling bin.

Otherwise:

Best option for disposal:

Best option for disposal:

Best option for disposal:

Place in your red lid rubbish bin. 

Do not place in your recycling bin - drinking glasses and other reusable glass kitchen items are made from a different type of glass to recyclable jars and bottles. 

Otherwise:

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Energy saving lights and other compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) and tubes are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Geelong Resource Recovery Centre.

It is against the law in Victoria to put e-waste in your kerbside bins. 

Best option for disposal:

Place in your yellow lid recycling bin.

Remove lids first and place separately in your recycling bin.

Otherwise:

You can receive a refund for returning eligible glass bottles through the Container Deposit Scheme. 

Best option for disposal:

Almost all light types cannot be placed in any kerbside wheelie bin. They should be taken to the Geelong Resource Recovery Centre for free drop off.

Otherwise:

Incandescent globes are the only exception. They should be wrapped in paper and placed in your red lid rubbish bin.

Incandescent globes, LEDs and fluorescent tubes can be dropped off for free recycling at all IKEA stores. 

Best option for disposal:

Place empty medicine bottles in your yellow lid recycling bin.

Remove lids first and place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Otherwise:

If you still have medication left, most pharmacies accept it under the Return Unwanted Medicines scheme.

Some medicine bottle lids are accepted for recycling by Lids4kids. 

Best option for disposal:

Wrap in paper, plastic or textile and place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Best option for disposal:

Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Perfume bottles are made of a mix of different glasses, which means they can't be recycled through your yellow bin. 

Otherwise:

Best option for disposal:

Can be dropped off for free at a Detox Your Home event.

Detox Your Home events usually occur once or twice a year in Geelong. To get advance notice subscribe to the Rethink Your Rubbish monthly update.

For a list of upcoming Detox Your Home events visit Sustainability Victoria.

Find out how to clean up mercury spills in your home at the EPA Victoria website.

Best option for disposal:

Place in your yellow lid recycling bin.

Remove lid first and place in your rubbish bin. 

Best option for disposal:

Wrap in plastic or paper and place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Never place window glass or any reusable household glass wear in your recycling bin. It is the wrong type of glass and can contaminate the rest of the load.  

Otherwise: