Kerbside Recycling Services in the Alexandrina Council area
Below are the kerbside recycling services provided by your local Council.
Kerbside Service - Co-mingled recycling
Additional Info
Remove plastic lids and placed in transparent plastic bottle when full place in recycling bin Steel lids can be placed inside a steel can and the top squeezed shut to prevent it from falling out.When full place in recycling bin.
Accepted Materials
Aluminium Aerosol Cans (empty)
Aluminium Cans
Aluminium Foil
Cardboard
Egg Cartons
Envelopes With a Window
Envelopes Without a Window
Glass Bottles and Jars
Juice cartons (fresh, no foil lining)
Juice cartons (long-life, with foil lining)
Magazines
Milk cartons (fresh, no foil lining)
Milk cartons (long-life, with foil lining)
Newspapers
Office Paper
Phone Books
Pizza Boxes (clean)
Steel Aerosol Cans (empty)
Steel Food Cans
Steel Paint Cans (empty)
Recycling Tips
Rinse all food containers. Plastic and steel lids can be recycled too and placed into the recycling bin (loose or within a container). SOFT plastic - like shopping bags, freezer and zip lock are NOT RECYCLABLE. Some supermarkets will accept soft plastic bags for recycling.
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority (FRWA) on 085557405.
Kerbside Service - General Waste
Accepted Materials
Soft Plastics
Other Items
soft plastic – plastic bags, film or wrap which easily scrunches up in your hand chip, muesli bar and most chocolate or lolly wrappers nappies and incontinence products old clothes, shoes, linen and rags broken crockery , drinking glasses, treated glass lids and cookware polystyrene foam meat trays or packaging tablet blister packs hose and irrigation pipe plastic bagged pet waste tissues and paper towels
Recycling Tips
Rinse all food containers. Plastic and steel lids can be recycled too and placed into the recycling bin (loose or within a container). SOFT plastic - like shopping bags, freezer and zip lock are NOT RECYCLABLE. Some supermarkets will accept soft plastic bags for recycling.
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority (FRWA) on 085557405.
Kerbside Service - Food Organics & Garden Organics (FOGO)
Accepted Materials
All Food Scraps (including meat)
Flowers
Fruit Scraps
Garden Prunings
Grass Clippings
Green Leafy Vegetables
Leaves
Small Branches
Small Timber Offcuts
Twigs
Untreated Timber
Vegetable Scraps
Weeds
Other Items
meat and bones poultry and seafood baked goods – bread, cakes and pastries tea bags and coffee grounds eggshells, pasta, rice dairy products uneaten takeaway food or salad tissues and paper towels soiled pizza boxes or paper shredded paper in small quantities animal waste in compostable bags, loose or wrapped in paper
Recycling Tips
Rinse all food containers. Plastic and steel lids can be recycled too and placed into the recycling bin (loose or within a container). SOFT plastic - like shopping bags, freezer and zip lock are NOT RECYCLABLE. Some supermarkets will accept soft plastic bags for recycling.
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority (FRWA) on 085557405.
