Kerbside Recycling Services in the City of Burnside area
Below are the kerbside recycling services provided by your local Council.
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
Paper and Cardboard
Paper Compostable Packaging
Plastic Compostable Packaging
Small Branches
Twigs
Vegetable Scraps
Weeds
Other Items
Food scraps using your Kitchen Basket Small branches that will fit into the bin Small Branches - 15cm diameter x 60cm long Pizza boxes (soiled) Shredded paper Animal droppings
Recycling Tips
Flatten and bundle small cardboard items in a cereal box to save space and ensure optimum recovery. Lids can be recycled: Plastic lids can be collected in a plastic milk bottle, sealed and once full placed into recycling bin. You can also slit a plastic milk bottle down the side and place lids from butter, margarine or ice-cream containers inside for recycling. Metal bottle tops and jar lids may be collected in a can, crushed to seal and placed into recycling bin.
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service Officer on 08 8366 4200.
Kerbside Service - Co-mingled recycling
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)
Magazines
Milk cartons (fresh, no foil lining)
Newspapers
Office Paper
Phone Books
Pizza Boxes (clean)
Squeezable Containers
Steel Aerosol Cans (empty)
Steel Food Cans
Steel Paint Cans (empty)
Other Items
All rigid plastic containers
Plastic drink bottles,
Yoghurt containers
Ice cream containers
Margarine tubs
Detergent bottles (rinsed and lids off)
Recycling Tips
Flatten and bundle small cardboard items in a cereal box to save space and ensure optimum recovery. Lids can be recycled: Plastic lids can be collected in a plastic milk bottle, sealed and once full placed into recycling bin. You can also slit a plastic milk bottle down the side and place lids from butter, margarine or ice-cream containers inside for recycling. Metal bottle tops and jar lids may be collected in a can, crushed to seal and placed into recycling bin.
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service Officer on 08 8366 4200.
Kerbside Service - General Waste
Accepted Materials
Recycling Tips
Flatten and bundle small cardboard items in a cereal box to save space and ensure optimum recovery. Lids can be recycled: Plastic lids can be collected in a plastic milk bottle, sealed and once full placed into recycling bin. You can also slit a plastic milk bottle down the side and place lids from butter, margarine or ice-cream containers inside for recycling. Metal bottle tops and jar lids may be collected in a can, crushed to seal and placed into recycling bin.
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service Officer on 08 8366 4200.
