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A to Z rubbish and recycling guide

Your guide to food and garden waste, recycling and rubbish in Knox.

Use this guide to find out how to recycle or dispose of items correctly.

 

Please let us know if something is missing and we will add it to the list. 

Explore our comprehensive guide below or download our quick reference guide [PDF 290KB]. 

A

Aerosol cans (empty)

 

Aerosol cans (not empty)

 

Air conditioning unit

 

Aluminum foil

  • Roll into a ball the size of a tennis ball and put in your recycling bin

 

Ammonia based cleaners

 

Antennas

 

Anti-freeze

 

Animal droppings

 

Asbestos

B

Bath (ceramic or wrought iron)

 

Batteries (all sizes)

 

Barbeques

 

Bean bag beans

 

Bikes, scooters and skateboards

 

Biodegradable cups and cutlery

 

Blankets, doonas and bedding

 

Blinds

 

Bubble wrap

 

Bones (raw or cooked)

 

Books

 

Bottles and tops (plastic and metal)

 

Boxes (cardboard)

 

Brake fluid

 

Branches

 

Bread

 

Bricks, rubber and concrete

 

Broken drinking glass 

 

Building materials

 

C

Cameras

 

Car batteries

  • Take to the Transfer Station or the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station

 

Cardboard (regular)

 

Cardboard (wax coated)

 

Car parts (metal)

  • Do an internet search or take small pieces (no engines) to the Transfer Station

 

Car wax

 

Carpet and carpet underlay

 

CDs, DVDs and videos

 

Ceramics (broken)

 

Ceramics (intact)

  • Consider donating or reselling

 

Cereals

 

Chemicals (household)

 

Christmas trees (living)

 

Christmas trees (artificial)

 

Cigarette butts

 

Citrus

 

Cling film

 

Clothing

  • Put in your rubbish bin
  • Consider donating or reselling

 

Coat hangers (wire or plastic)

 

Coffee grounds (loose)

 

Coffee pods (compostable)

 

Compostable bags 

 

Compostable containers, cups and packaging

 

Computers and monitors

 

Coolant

 

Corrugated iron and metal

 

Cooking oil

  • Dispose of up to 20L cooking oil via detox your home or the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station

 

Cubby house (plastic)

 

Cubby house (timber)

 

Crokery and glasses

 

Cups and saucers (broken)

 

Curtains

 

Curtain rods, tracks and brackets

 

Cutlery

  • Consider donating or reselling
D

Dairy products

 

Dead animals (bagged)

 

Detergent bottles

 

Disinfectants

 

Disposable nappies (bagged)

 

Disposable wooden cutlery

 

Dishwasher

 

Dog or cat poo (bagged)

 

Doors

 

Dryer or washing machine

 

DVD, CD and VCR players

E

Egg cartons

 

Eggs and eggshells

 

Electrical appliances

 

Engine oil (30L or less)

  • Take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station

 

F

Fertiliser

 

Fencing or lattice

 

Fire extinguisher

 

Filing cabinet (metal or timber)

 

Fluorescent tubes or globes

  • Do an internet search or take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station

 

Floor care products and waxes

 

Foam boxes and trays

 

Food cans (empty)

 

Food waste or scraps

 

Fridges and freezers

 

Fuel (petrol, diesel, kerosene or other)

 

Furniture

G

Garden tools

 

Garden waste

 

Garlic

 

Gas bottles

 

Gates

 

Glass sheets

 

Glues (water and solvent based)

 

Grains

H

Hair (pet or human)

 

Heater (oil)

 

Heater (electric or gas)

 

Herbicides and weed killers

 

Hot water unit

 

Household chemicals

I

Incontinence pads (disposable)

 

Insect spray or pesticides

 

Irons

 

Ironing board

 

Iron and scrap metal

K

Kitty litter

L

Ladder (timber or metal)

 

Laundry sink (metal)

 

Lawn mower

 

Light globes (halogen or incandescent)

  • Do an internet search
  • take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station
  • Take to a Planet Ark drop off point

 

Light globes (LED)

 

  • Do an internet search
  • take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station
  • Take to a Planet Ark drop off point

 

Light fittings

M

Margarine tubs

 

Mannequins

 

Mattresses and bases

 

Meat or fish scraps

 

Meat trays (foam)

 

Meat tray (plastic)

 

Medicine bottles (empty)

 

Metal sheds

 

Mirrors

 

Mobile phones

 

Mouldy food 

N

Nappies (disposable)

 

Nails and screws

 

Nail polish and remover

 

Newspapers (clean)

 

Newspapers (dirty)

 

Noodles

O

Oil (motor) 

  • 30L or less
  • Take to the Transfer Station or the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station

 

Oil (cooking)

  • Dispose of via detox your home
  • Or take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station

 

Oil (solid eg copha or ghee)

 

Onion

 

Oyster shells

 

Ovens

P

Paint

  • Take to the Transfer Station 
  • Or take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station

 

Paint stripper, thinner or turps

 

Paint tins or drums (dry and empty)

 

Pallets

 

Paper towel (clean or dirty)

 

Pasta (cooked or raw)

 

Pet foods tin (empty and rinsed)

 

Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics

 

Picture frames

 

Pillows

 

Pizza boxes (clean)

 

Pizza boxes (dirty)

 

Plasterboard

 

Plastic bags

 

Plastic containers (large)

 

Plastic pots and plant tags (clean)

 

Plastic strapping and film

 

Plastic wrappers

 

Plate glass (wrapped)

 

Polystyrene (large pieces)

 

Pool chemicals

 

Pool pump

 

Pots and pans

 

Prams and pushers

 

Printer or toner cartridges

 

PVC or plastic pipe

 

Pyrex ovenware (broken)

R

Rat poison

 

Rice (cooked or raw)

 

Rubber

S

Scrap metal

 

Seeds

 

Shellfish (soft - not oyster shells)

 

Shoes

 

Shower screens 

 

Shredded paper

 

Silicon bakeware

 

Smoke alarms

 

Spa bath (including parts such as fittings, pipes and frames)

 

Sporting equipment

 

Sporting goods

 

Steel cans and tins 

 

Steel (not including cans or tins)

 

Stoves

 

Straw or hay (clean)

 

Straws (paper)

 

Styrofoam

 

Syringes

T

Takeaway food containers

 

Takeaway coffee cups

 

Tea bags (paper made)

 

Tea leaves (loose)

 

Televisions

 

Tetra packs

 

Textiles or linen

 

Tiles (ceramic, roof)

 

Timber

Timber (treated)

 

Tinned food (including pet food)

 

Tissues

 

Toasters

 

Toilet

 

Tools including power tools

 

Toys

 

Trampoline (dismantled)

 

Transmission fluid

 

Tree prunings

 

Tyres

V

Vaccum cleaner

 

Vaccum cleaner dust

 

Vinyl flooring

W, X, Y

Washing machines

 

Waxed cardboard

 

Weeds

 

Weeds (noxious)

 

Wet wipes

 

Whitegoods

 

Window frames (metal)

 

Window frames (metal and timber)

 

Window glass (wrap)

 

Wood preservatives and finishes (oils and varnishes)

 

X-rays

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