A to Z of waste disposal
A
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Advertising material (junk mail) | Recycling bin |
Aerosol cans | General waste bin |
Aerosol cans (empty) | Recycling bin |
Aluminium cans (empty) | Recycling bin |
Aluminium foil / trays | Recycling bin |
Animal waste | General waste bin |
Appliances (electrical) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Asbestos | You can take this to our Browns Plains Waste and Recycling facility. Please see Asbestos |
B
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Batteries (household) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities, Aldi, Battery World, Ikea or Substation 33. |
Batteries (car) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities, Battery World or Supercheap Auto. |
Beds | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Bicycles | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Books | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Bottle tops / lids (take off container ) | General waste bin |
Branches (large) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Bricks | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Building waste | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
C
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Cameras | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Cardboard | Recycling bin |
Carpet | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Cars |
You can take this to our Browns Plains Waste and Recycling facility. Please note that all metal car bodies will be accepted for free. |
Car parts |
You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities
Please note that:
|
Cartons (empty milk, juice etc) | Recycling bin |
Cartridges (printer) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities, Cartridge World or Officeworks |
CD’s / DVD’s | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Ceramics (broken) | General waste bin |
Ceramics (intact) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Cereal inner bags (soft plastic) | You can place this in your general waste bin or in a RedCycle bin at participating supermarkets. |
Christmas tree | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Cigarette butts | General waste bin |
Cling wrap / plastic film (soft plastic) | You can place this in your general waste bin or in a RedCycle bin at participating supermarkets. |
Clothes | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Coffee cups | General waste bin |
Coffee grounds | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
Coffee pods | You can place this in your general waste bin, take them to Nespresso stores or go to a Terracycle drop off point. |
Computers | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Concrete | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Construction waste | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Cooking oil (no more than 25L) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Cork (bottle stoppers) | General waste bin |
Crockery | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Curtains | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Cutlery (plastic) | General waste bin |
Cutlery (metal) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
D
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Deodorant bottles (empty) | Recycling bin |
Detergent bottles (empty) | Recycling bin |
Drinking straws (plastic) | General waste bin |
E
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Electronic waste | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities, Aldi, Battery World, Ikea or Substation 33 |
Exercise equipment | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
F
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Facial tissues | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
Fire extinguisher | You can take these to our Household Paint and Chemical Drop Off days |
Flowers | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
Florescent lights | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Food waste (fruit and vegetable) | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
Food waste (other e.g. meat) | General waste bin |
Fridges | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Fruit / vegetable punnets (empty) | Recycling bin |
Furniture | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
G
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Gas bottles (BBQ only - empty) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Glass (bottles / jars) | Recycling bin |
Glass (plate / window) – whole | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Glass (plate / window) – broken | General waste bin |
Glasses (eye) | You can take these to some Lions Clubs and optometrists, call in advance |
Glassware (drinking) – whole | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Glassware (drinking) – broken | General waste bin |
Green waste (grass clippings, small prunings, small branches, palm fronds, weeds etc.) | You can dispose of greenwaste by:
|
Green waste (tree stumps 40cm wide or larger) | You can take this to our Browns Plains Waste and Recycling facility (only) |
H
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Hair (human or animal) | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
Hard waste | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Household chemicals | You can take these to our Household Paint and Chemical Drop Off days |
I
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Ice cream container | Recycling bin |
Insulation batts | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
J
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Jars (glass - empty) | Recycling bin |
Juice bottle / carton | Recycling bin |
K
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Kitchen towel (paper) | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
L
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Laptops | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities, Aldi, Battery World, Ikea or Substation 33 |
Lawn mower | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Leaves | You can use these for compost or take them to our waste and recycling facilities |
Light bulbs / tubes | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
M
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Magazines | Recycling bin |
Mattresses | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Meat trays (plastic - hard) | Recycling bin |
Meat trays (polystyrene - foam) | General waste bin |
Medicines | You can take these to your local pharmacy for safe disposal |
Medicine bottles (empty) | Recycling bin |
Milk cartons | Recycling bin |
Milk bottles | Recycling bin |
Mirrors | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Mobile phones (E-waste) | You can take these to our waste and recycling facilities, Aldi, Battery World, Ikea or Substation 33 |
Motor oil - no more than 25L | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
N
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Nappies | General waste bin |
Newspaper | Recycling bin |
O
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Office furniture | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Oil (motor oil, waste oil) - no more than 25L | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
P
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Paint / paint tins (dry) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Pallets | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Paper | Recycling bin |
Pet bedding | General waste bin |
Phone books | Recycling bin |
Pizza box (empty) | Recycling bin |
Plasterboard | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Plastic bags | You can place this in your general waste bin or in a RedCycle bin at participating supermarkets. |
Plastic bottles(1,2,3,4,5 and 6) (no lids) | Recycling bin |
Polystyrene | General waste bin. Our waste and recycling facilities can not recycle polystyrene even if it displays a number. Contact Carton Warehouse / Polystyrene Recycling in Acacia Ridge if you would like to ask about recycling. |
Printers | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Pyrex glass containers | General waste bin |
Q
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Quilt | You can donate these items to charity |
R
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Razors | General waste bin |
Refrigerator | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
S
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Sanitary products | General waste bin |
Sauce bottles | Recycling bin |
Scrap metal | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Shampoo / conditioner bottles | Recycling bin |
Sharps (syringes / needles) | Please see Sharps Disposal |
Shoes | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Smoke detectors | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Soil (clean fill) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Soil (clean fill) more than 0.25m2 | You can take this to our Browns Plains Waste and Recycling facility (only) |
Solar panels | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Sponges | General waste bin |
Stationery (pens, pencils, markers) | General waste bin |
Steel cans | Recycling bin |
T
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Tables / chairs | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Take away containers (empty) | Recycling bin |
Tea bags | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
Televisions | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities, Aldi, Battery World, Ikea or Substation 33 |
Tiles | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Timber | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Tools | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Toothpaste tubes (empty) | You can place these in your general waste bin or take them to a Terracycle drop off point |
Toys | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities or donate the items to charity |
Tyres | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
U
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Umbrella | General waste bin |
V
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Vacuum cleaner dust | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
Video tapes | General waste bin |
W
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Weeds | You can use these for compost or place them in your general waste bin |
White goods | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Windows (whole) | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Wine / beer bottles | Recycling bin |
X
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
X-ray film | You can take this to our waste and recycling facilities |
Y
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Yogurt containers (squeeze bags) | General waste bin |
Yogurt containers (tubs) | Recycling bin |
Z
Type of waste | How to dispose of it |
---|---|
Zip lock bags | You can place this in your general waste bin or in a RedCycle bin at participating supermarkets. |