Kerbside Recycling Services in the Lake Macquarie City Council area
Below are the kerbside recycling services provided by your local Council.
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)
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)
Other Items
Biscuit trays (plastic)
Books
Bottles and bottles tops
Boxes (cardboard)
Butchers paper
CD case (no discs)
Cooking oil tins
Ice cream containers
Margarine containers
Meat trays (plastic)
Medicine bottles
Paper bags
Paper plates / cups
Plant pots (small plastic)
Pots & pans (steel and aluminium no handles
Shredded paper and newspaper in a cardboard box
Takeaway containers (plastic and cardboard)
Tupperware
Yoghurt containers
Recycling Tips
No need to remove labels or wash containers, simply remove all food. Bottle tops can also be recycled. For more information see you bin lid sticker of visit www.recycleright.com.au
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service on 02 4921 0333.
Kerbside Service - General Waste
Accepted Materials
Other Items
Animal droppings in plastic bags
Bandaids / dressings
Biodegradable bags
Bread bags / tags
Bubble wrap
Candles
Carbon paper
Cassette tapes / CDs /
DVDs
Cat faeces and kitty litter
Ceramics
Cereal box inserts
Chewing gum / bubble gum
Chip packets
Cigarette butts / cigars
Clam shells
Clothing
Cooking oil / fats in absorbed paper only
Crockery
Degradable bags
Drinking glasses
Fabric
Foam boxes
Foam underlay
Garden hose
Hair and fur
Hygiene products
Kitty litter
Light bulbs
Lolly/sweet wrappers
Mirrors
Mussel shells
Nappies
Oyster shells
Pens, pencils, crayons
Plastic bags and wrapping
Plastic toys
Polystyrene
Pyrex
Pantyhose & stockings
Sanitary items
Shellfish waste (hard-shelled seafood including clams, mussels, oysters, scallops and pipis)
Supermarket bags (reusable)
Styrofoam
Tissues
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste tubes
Treated timber
Vacuum cleaner dust
Waxed paper / cardboard
Window glass / mirrors
Recycling Tips
No need to remove labels or wash containers, simply remove all food. Bottle tops can also be recycled. For more information see you bin lid sticker of visit www.recycleright.com.au
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service on 02 4921 0333.
Kerbside Service - Food Organics & Garden Organics (FOGO)
Accepted Materials
All Food Scraps (including meat)
Flowers
Fruit Scraps
Garden Prunings
Grass Clippings
Green Leafy Vegetables
Paper and Cardboard
Small Branches
Small Timber Offcuts
Twigs
Untreated Timber
Vegetable Scraps
Weeds
Other Items
Bones (raw and cooked)
Branches (broken up)
Breads / grains / seeds
Cereal slops
Chicken bones / skins / Scraps
Citrus
Coffee grounds (no pods)
Corn Cobs
Certified compostable bags
Dairy products
Eggs and egg shells
Feathers
Fish & bones
Flowers
Food leftovers/scraps
Lobster
Nuts and their shells
Palm frond & palm tree
Prawns
Plant cuttings
Onions
Seafood (excluding hard-shelled shellfish)
Seaweed wrack/kelp
Loose tea leaves
Recycling Tips
No need to remove labels or wash containers, simply remove all food. Bottle tops can also be recycled. For more information see you bin lid sticker of visit www.recycleright.com.au
Replacement Recycling Container
If you need a replacement kerbside recycling container, please contact Customer Service on 02 4921 0333.
