Let's Bin It Right

LET’S BIN IT RIGHT KEEP CASEY CLEAN AND GREEN YOUR GUIDE TO RECYCLING AND WASTE

Scan the QR code to access the full A-Z waste disposal guide and where to best dispose of your waste. Recycling fridge posters available in Mandarin, Dari, Sinhalese, Hindi and Arabic. CASEY.VIC.GOV.AU Help us reduce waste to landfill by putting food FOOD & and garden waste in the garden bin to create GARDEN compost. Find out more at casey.vic.gov.au/food- WASTE waste-recycling IT RIGHT

HAVEN’T GOT A FOOD & GARDEN BIN? ARRANGE ONE AT CASEY.VIC.GOV.AU/ ORDER-ADDITIONAL-BINS

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SCRAPS

CHEESE AND DAIRY EGG SHELLS

TOP TIPS

Get a kitchen caddy WEEDS, GRASS CLIPPINGS, LEAVES, FLOWERS, No plastic bags SMALL STICKS AND BRANCHES

No compostable or biodegradable bags or packaging

No pet poo or poo bags

CITRUS, ONION LEFTOVERS AND GARLIC No dirt, soil, logs, timber, ash or plant pots

All compostable or biodegradable packaging needs to go in the rubbish bin. Our composting contractor cannot accept any bags or packaging COFFEE GROUNDS SEAFOOD, due to the time it takes to break AND LOOSE MEAT SCRAPS AND down. This material affects the TEA LEAVES BONES (COOKED quality of the finished compost AND RAW) sent to farmers. Check it before you chuck it and if in doubt leave it RECYCLE out. The incorrect item/s are classed as contamination causing higher costs and may stop your recyclables IT RIGHT from getting made into something new. NEW YELLOW BIN LIDS COMING IN 2023, TO FIND OUT MORE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

CLEAN PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS 1 2 3 4 5 CODES 1-5

LOOSE METAL LIDS ALL SIZES

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Remove leftover food and drink

CLEAN STEEL All items should be clean, CANS, ALUMINIUM dry and loose CANS, TRAYS AND FOIL No bagged material

No plastic bags or soft plastics

No clothes or shoes FLATTENED CARDBOARD No coffee cups and lids AND CLEAN PAPER

No cartons (e.g. long life milk, soy milk, primas & juice)

No black plastic

CLEAN GLASS Remove small plastic lids and BOTTLES AND JARS put in the rubbish bin. Plastic (SEPARATE LIDS) lids larger than 5cm can be recycled loose RUBBISH Reduce your rubbish by buying less, repairing items and switching to reuseables. IT RIGHT Think Reduce Reuse Recycle. NEW RED BIN LIDS COMING IN 2023, TO FIND OUT MORE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

GENERAL NAPPIES HOUSEHOLD WASTE AND WIPES

DAMAGED AND OLD CLOTHING, BEDDING AND TEXTILES

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Bag rubbish

PLASTIC BAGS AND BLACK PLASTICS SOFT PLASTICS Compostable & biodegradable packaging

Bagged pet poo

Soft plastics can be taken BROKEN GLASS MILK/JUICE to REDcycle at Coles AND CERAMICS CARTONS AND or Woolworths stores UHT/TETRA PAKS

No e-waste or batteries

No hazardous items 6 7

SMALL PLASTIC LIDS POLYSTYRENE AND LESS THAN 5CM PLASTICS CODES 6 & 7 HARD WASTE TOP TIPS IT RIGHT Collections must not be over 3m long x 1m high x 1m wide Before you put it out can you: donate it, sell it or give it away? Place out the Sunday evening before your collection (as per previous years)

Take a photo of your pile once it is out to help identify illegal dumping MATTRESSES GARDEN WASTE (MAXIMUM 6) UP TO 5 TIED BUNDLES NO LONGER THAN 1.5M Please notify Council immediately if someone dumps any waste on your pile before it is collected

CAR TYRES TIMBER Remove batteries from any appliances (MAXIMUM 4) (MAXIMUM 12 PIECES) or electronic items

No rubbish in plastic bags

WHITE GOODS ELECTRONIC No building, construction or renovation AND APPLIANCES WASTE materials (E-WASTE) No asbestos or cement sheeting Book your hard waste collection by calling the Council 9729 9100 or via casey.vic.gov.au/book-hard-rubbish-collection-online No unwrapped or broken glass

DETOX YOUR HOME Dispose of household chemicals, such as poisons, cleaning products, pesticides, The permanent Detox your Home site at and other hazardous items for FREE at Hampton Park Recycling Centre and a Detox your Home drop-off event. Visit Transfer Station accepts paint, batteries Sustainability Victoria’s website and and light globes FREE of charge. search ‘Detox your home’ for locations, registration details and acceptable items.

E-WASTE IT RIGHT LIGHTS E-waste – or electronic waste – is growing 3 times faster than any other waste stream. E-waste contains potentially hazardous and valuable materials, which don‘t belong in landfill. To help protect our environment and recover the material, the Victorian Government has WHITE GOODS SUCH banned all e-waste from landfill. That means AS FRIDGES, FREEZERS, e-waste can’t go in any household bin. WASHING MACHINES AND DRYERS Help recycle e-waste so it can be reused to TELEVISIONS, COMPUTERS, make new technology in the future. LAPTOPS, MOBILE PHONES, PRINTERS, CAMERAS AND REMOTE CONTROLS TOP TIPS

Recycle any item with a plug, battery or power cord that’s no longer working or wanted HOME APPLIANCES SUCH Take e-waste to a drop off point or AS COFFEE MACHINES, add to your hard waste collection HOUSEHOLD TOOLS AND MICROWAVES, HAIR DRYERS, TOASTERS AND KETTLES No e-waste in recycling or rubbish bins BATTERIES INCLUDING CAR BATTERIES

E-WASTE DISPOSAL OPTIONS

• Hard Rubbish Collection • Lysterfield Transfer Station • Hampton Park Recycling Centre and Transfer Station • Officeworks • Pakenham Waste Transfer Station (Future Recycling) • Ecoactiv • Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre • Zoos Victoria – They’re Calling On You QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Rubbish Bin (Landfill) REDCycle Full A-Z Recycling Bin Home Compost, Worm Farm, items scan Food & Garden Bin Bokashi Bin or Dog & Cat Compost Hard Waste Collection Other Recycling QR code Recycling Centres & Transfer Stations 1st — Preferred method of recycling Detox Your Home 2nd — Alternative method of recycling, Call Casey Council Customer Service/Bunjil Place should 1st option not be available. More information on Detox Your Home visit at sustainability.vic.gov.au/detoxyourhome A 1st 2nd G 1st 2nd REDcycle collection points located at all Aerosol spray cans Garden waste (e.g. plant materials) Woolworths & Coles stores redcycle.net.au (empty including propellent gas) Gas bottles (empty, e.g. BBQ bottles) Recycling centres, transfer stations & other recycling Appliances (e.g. fridge, microwave, options visit casey.vic.gov.au/waste-disposal dishwater, kettle, toaster) Garden waste Aluminium foil - scrunch into a ball (e.g. large amounts, stumps, trees) st nd H P (Continued) 1 2 B Plastic (recycling codes 1-5) Batteries Highlighters, textas, pens I Plastic (recycling codes 6 & 7) Books - pull apart & remove bound/glue IT cords & cables Plastic (no recycling code) Bread bag clips J Plastic - black (e.g. meat trays, Bread bag plant pots) Jars & lids (loose) Plastic - berry punnets and Bottles - glass (had to have held food K biscuit trays or drink when purchased) - lids removed Kitchen sponges Postal bags (plastic)

Bottles - plastic Kitty (cat) litter Postal bags (biodegradable (recycling codes 1-5) - lids removed or compostable) C L R Cardboard boxes & tubes Lawn clippings/leaves Razors & shavers (disposable) Lids metal (loose) Computers (e.g. laptops, tablets, Resealable bags (zip lock bags) monitors, parts & accessories) Lids plastic larger than 5cm (loose) Coffee grounds Reusable green/coloured shopping Lids plastic smaller than 5cm (loose) bags Cling wrap (plastic film) Light bulbs, tubes & fixtures Rubber gloves

Cartons - cardboard & foil lining (e.g. M S long life, UHT milk, soy milk, primas & juice) Metal cans & tins Sanitary items (including compostable) Ceramics, china, crockery & porcelain Mobile phones Serviettes (cloth & paper)

Cigarette butts, packet & lighter Masks disposable Straws (paper, plastic or (empty) compostable) Medicines Clothing, shoes & textiles (not fit for (e.g. pills, tablets, liquids, syrups) T donating) Milk bottle Toothpaste tubes & brushes Coffee cups & lids (including plastic, N compostable or biodegradable) Toys Chemicals - house & garden Nappies (disposable, compostable or reusable) Tea bags Corks Needles & syringes Tissues D Newspapers & magazines Takeaway packaging (including Dental floss & containers biodegradable & compostable) O Dust Takeaway coffee cups & lids Oil - motor (including biodegradable Deodorant cans & roll on (empty) & compostable) Oil – cooking Detergent - lids removed & V shampoo bottles (empty) P Vacuum cleaner bags & contents Disposable containers, cutlery, Paint & paint tins plates, cups & gloves W Polystyrene (e.g. foam packaging) E Waxed cardboard or paper Paper towel (used) Egg cartons White goods & appliances Paper & paper bags Electrical appliances & devices Wet wipes & baby wipes Pet poo (bagged) E-Waste (anything with a plug, Wooden cutlery battery or power cord) Pizza boxes (not oily) Y Envelopes (paper & cardboard) Pizza boxes (oily) Yoghurt pouch F Plant pots, seedling containers & labels Z Food waste (e.g. fruit, vegetables, meat & bones) Plastic (soft plastic packaging & bags) Zip lock bags

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If you live in one of these Use the map in this guide to find the colour of your collection day. coloured areas, your collection Your recycling and food and garden waste are collected fortnightly. days will be in this calendar. General rubbish waste is collected weekly.

Recycling week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Food and garden waste week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AUGUST 2021 SEPTEMBER 2021 OCTOBER 2021 NOVEMBER 2021 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 29 30 29 30 31 31 29 30

DECEMBER 2021 JANUARY 2022 FEBRUARY 2022 MARCH 2021 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 0 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 30 31 27 28 31 31 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 30

APRIL 2022 MAY 2022 JUNE 2022 JULY 2022 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

COLLECTION AREA TWO CALENDAR 2

Use the map in this guide to find the colour of your collection day. If you live in one of these coloured Your recycling and food and garden waste are collected fortnightly. areas, your collection days will be General rubbish waste is collected weekly. in this calendar.

Recycling week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Food and garden waste week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AUGUST 2021 SEPTEMBER 2021 OCTOBER 2021 NOVEMBER 2021 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 31 1 2 3 4 5 6

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Contact City of Casey Need to repair a broken bin? 03 9705 5200 Arrange via casey.vic.gov.au/request- Recycle Centres NRS: 133 677 repair-or-replace-your-bin and Transfer Stations (for the deaf, hearing or speech impaired) Fees may apply. Contact Transfer TIS: 131 450 (Translating and Interpreting Need to order a food & garden bin? Stations for further information and Service) [email protected] Arrange via casey.vic.gov.au/order- opening hours. additional-bins casey.vic.gov.au Hampton Park Recycling Centre @cityofcasey Report litter or dumped rubbish and Transfer Station casey.vic.gov.au/litter 274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park @cityofcasey Phone: 03 9554 4559 Organise a hard waste collection? @cityofcaseycouncil Pakenham Waste Transfer Station Arrange via casey.vic.gov.au/book-hard- (Future Recycling) PO Box 1000 rubbish-collection-online 30-32 Exchange Drive, Pakenham Narre Warren VIC 3805 Phone: 13 RECYCLING (13 732 925 464) To see the full list of how to best [email protected] Customer Service Centres dispose of your items visit Frankston Regional Recycling casey.vic.gov.au/waste-disposal Narre Warren and Recovery Centre Bunjil Place 20 Harold Road, Skye Patrick Northeast Drive Phone: 1300 322 322 Join the @GreenLivinginCasey Lysterfield Transfer Station Cranbourne Facebook group to learn and share 840 Wellington Road, Lysterfield knowledge about environmental issues, Cranbourne Park Phone: 03 9753 5411 Shopping Centre tips to reduce waste and connect with members of the community.

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