Your waste and recycling guide

Best option for disposal:

Branches can be placed into your garden organics green lid bin.

Each branch should be no larger than 10cm x 30cm.

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Flowers can be placed into your garden organics green lid bin.

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Garden prunings can be placed into your garden organics green lid bin.

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Grass clippings can be placed into your garden organics green lid bin.

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching 72-80 Buckley Grove Moolap.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Green waste can be placed into your garden organics green lid bin.

Individual pieces should be no larger than 10cm x 30cm.

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching 72-80 Buckley Grove, Moolap.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Hay (horse/animal feed) can be placed into your garden organics green lid bin.

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Leaves can be placed into your garden organics green lid bin.

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Place in your green lid garden organics bin.

Garden waste undergoes a pasteurisation process, where it is heated to high temperatures which ensure the seeds can not germinate.

Otherwise:

Best option for disposal:

From plants and trees in your garden: Place in your green lid garden organics bin.

From other sources: Sawdust produced from MDF, chipboard or other treated timber should be bagged up and put in your rubbish bin.

Best option for disposal:

Small logs can be placed into your green lid garden organics bin, (10cm X 30cm maximum).

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

If the timber has been grown in your garden and you know for sure it has had no chemical treatments it can be placed in small pieces in your green lid garden organics bin.

Do not place large or heavy pieces in your bin, otherwise it may not be emptied. 

Otherwise:

Any timber that has been treated should be placed in your red lid garbage bin in small pieces. Do not place large or heavy pieces in your bin, otherwise it may not be emptied. Alternatively, treated wood can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Any timber purchased for building purposes may have been treated with some sort of chemical, even if it says it is 'natural' or 'untreated'. Help us keep or green waste facility healthy by leaving any timber of this type out of your green bin. 

Best option for disposal:

Small pieces and quantities of treated pine can be placed into your red lid rubbish bin. 

Otherwise:

Dispose of larger pieces and quantities at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Small pieces of tree can be placed in your garden organics green lid bin.

Each piece should be no larger than 10cm x 30cm.

Otherwise:

Large and heavy pieces of tree cannot be placed in your green lid garden organics bin.

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

Weeds can be placed into your green lid garden organics bin.

Otherwise:

Excess green waste can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre or Green Care Mulching.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Best option for disposal:

If the wood has been grown in your garden and you know for sure it has had no chemical treatments it can be placed in small pieces in your green lid garden waste bin. Do not place large or heavy pieces in your bin, otherwise it may not be emptied. 

Otherwise:

Any wood that has been treated should be placed in your red lid garbage bin in small pieces. Do not place large or heavy pieces in your bin, otherwise it may not be emptied. Alternatively, treated wood can be dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre.

Geelong Resource Recovery Centre is closed until further notice.

Any wood that is purchased for building purposes may have been treated with some sort of chemical, even if it says it is 'natural' or 'untreated'. Help us keep our green waste facility healthy by leaving any wood of this type out of your green bin.