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Aluminium

Aluminium foil trays

Best option for disposal:

Place in your yellow lid recycling bin. Scrape food and liquid off first.

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Aerosol cans

Best option for disposal:

Place in your yellow lid recycling bin. Make sure can is empty first.

Otherwise:

Aerosol cans that still contain product can be recycled through free Detox Your Home events, which are offered by Sustainability Victoria.

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Aluminium cans

Best option for disposal:

Place in your yellow lid recycling bin.

Otherwise:

Excess aluminium cans (up to 0.5 cubic metres) can be dropped off at Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres for free.

If empty and not crushed, most aluminium drink cans can be placed in reverse vending machines for a refund. Visit Victoria - TOMRA Cleanaway to find out more.

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Aluminium foil

Best option for disposal:

Place in your yellow lid recycling bin. Foil should be scraped clean and scrunched into a ball that is golf ball size or larger.

Otherwise:

If foil pieces are too small to scrunch into a golf ball sized ball, collect and put aside to scrunch together later, or for very small pieces, place inside an empty aluminium soft drink can and then place in your yellow lid recycling bin.

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Coffee pods

Best option for disposal:

Place in your red lid rubbish bin.

Aluminium pods are too small to be recycled through the kerbside system.

Biodegradable pods cannot be placed in your green garden organics bin. Currently most are not actually biodegradable to Australian standards.

Otherwise:

Banish and Terracycle offer paid coffee pod recycling services.

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Deodorant cans

Best option for disposal:

Place empty deodorant cans in your yellow lid recycling bin.

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Food cans

Best option for disposal:

Place in your yellow lid recycling bin. Rinse or scrap food off first.

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