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Now that the new food and garden bin service is underway, you can start adding food scraps into your green-lidded food and garden bin along with your usual garden waste. There are lots of things that you might not realise you can add.
What can go in
- Vegetable and food scraps
- Leftover food
- Dairy (e.g., cheese and yogurt)
- Rice, pasta
- Meat, bones, fish, soft shell seafood
- Citrus, onion and garlic
- Eggshells
- Coffee grounds and loose tea leaves
- Paper towel, tissues, newspaper
- Garden prunings, grass clippings, weeds
- Compostable lime green liners (AS 4736)
There are also things that can't go into the food & garden bin because they will contaminate the load making it unable to be turned into compost.
What can't go in
- Animal poo, litter or bags (even if compostable)
- Teabags and coffee pods
- Fruit stickers
- Nappies and baby wipes
- Plastic, metal or glass
- Soft plastic or biodegradable bags
- Packaging
- Hard shell seafood (e.g., oyster shells)
The bundled green waste service will continue unchanged. It will run on the same fortnight as your yellow-lidded household rubbish bin collection.
Learn more about the food and garden bin service
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