How to Dispose of Common Items

A-Z guide on how to dispose of common house hold waste. If an item is not listed please contact us for further information.
Product
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Disposal method
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A
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Aerosol cans (empty)
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Recycling Bin
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Aluminium baking trays
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Recycling Bin
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Aluminium foil (scrapped clean rolled into a ball)
|
Recycling Bin
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Aluminium cans
|
Recycling Bin
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Animal droppings
|
Organics Bin (Urban), General Waste Bin (Rural)
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Asbestos
|
Bowser Landfill
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B
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Batteries (car)
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Transfer Station (Markwood, Eldorado, Mohyu and Wangaratta)
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Batteries (mobile phone)
|
Wangaratta Transfer Station and the Government Centre.
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Bones
|
Organics Bin
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Household batteries
|
Wangaratta Transfer Station and the Government Centre
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Berry and vegetable punnets (for example: strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes)
|
Recycle Bin
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Bikes
|
Transfer Station
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Bricks
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Transfer Station and Bowser Landfill (Commercial loads only)
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C
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Cardboard (including milk and juice cartons)
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Recycling bin or Transfer Stations for larger boxes
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Carpet and carpet underlays
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Transfer Station General Waste
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CDs & DVDs
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General Waste Bin
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Chemicals, cleaning products and their containers
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Detox your home
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Ceramics and porcelain
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General Waste Bin
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Clothing
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Op Shop (if in good condition, otherwise General Waste Bin)
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Computers
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Transfer Stations
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Concrete
|
Transfer Station and Bowser Landfill (Commercial Only)
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Cooking oil
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Detox your home program
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D
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Detergent cartons
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Recycling Bins
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E
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Electrical appliances
|
Wangaratta Transfer Station
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F
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Furniture
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Transfer Station
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Fire Extinguisher
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Detox your home
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Fabric
|
General Waste Transfer Station
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Fluorescent lights
|
Wangaratta Transfer Station
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Food scraps
|
Organics Bin
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G
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Gas cylinders (up to 10kg)
|
Wangaratta Transfer Station
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Garden and lawn clippings
|
Organics Bin or a Transfer Station
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Glass bottles and jars (excluding glass from windows, drinking glasses and kitchenware)
|
Recycling Bin
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Glass from windows, drinking glasses and kitchenware
|
General Waste Bin
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H
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Herbicides
|
Detox you home program
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Hair clippings
|
Organics Bin (urban), General Waste Bin (Rural)
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I
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Ice cream containers
|
Recycling Bin
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J
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Juice cartons / bottles
|
Recycling Bin
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K
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Kitty litter
|
General Waste Bin
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L
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Lawn mowers
|
Transfer Station
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Light bulbs
|
General Waste Bin
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M
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Milk cartons / bottles
|
Recycling Bin
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Mattresses
|
Transfer Station
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Magazines
|
Recycling Bin
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Mobile phones
|
Transfer Station or Wangaratta Government Centre
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Motor oil
|
Transfer Station
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Motor oil, oil filters and containers
|
Transfer Station
|
N
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Nappies
|
General Waste Bin
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Nespresso coffee pods
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General Waste Bin
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Newspapers
|
Recycling bin
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O
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Ovenware and Pyrex
|
General Waste Bin
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P
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Paint tins (empty and dry)
|
Transfer Station
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Paper
|
Recycling Bin
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Pesticides
|
Detox your home program
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Petroleum products (oil)
|
Transfer Station
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Phone books
|
Recycling Bin
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Soft plastics (for example: plastic shopping bags, cling wrap, bread bags, confectionery wrappers, chip packets)
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Coles, Woolworths and some is taken at the Wangaratta Transfer Station
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Plastic bottles / containers (plastics numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7)
|
Recycling Bin
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Polystyrene boxes and packaging
|
General Waste
|
R
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Rags (unwanted sheets, towels and clothing)
|
General Waste bin
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S
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Scrap metal
|
Transfer station
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Scrap rubber
|
Transfer Station
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Shampoo bottles
|
Recycling Bin
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Silage wrap
|
Transfer Station
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Smoke detectors
|
General Waste Bin
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Soft-drink bottles
|
Recycling Bin
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Steel cans
|
Recycling bin
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T
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Televisions
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Transfer Station
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Tyres
|
Transfer Station
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Tyre tubes
|
General Waste Bin
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W
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(Wasted) meat
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Organics Bin
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(Noxious) weeds
|
General Waste Bin
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White goods
|
Transfer Station
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Window glass
|
General Waste Bin
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Wood
|
Transfer Station
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X
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X-rays
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General waste Bin
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