Your Recycling & Waste Services Guide

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1 Reducing waste to landfill – Avoid creating rubbish

2 Reducing waste to landfill – Reduce food waste

3 Your kerbside bin services

4 Recycling service

5 Recycling plastics

6 Green waste service

7 Garbage service

8 Hard waste and bundled branches booking service

9 Transfer Centre and Detox your Home

10 Other responsible disposal options Your Recycling & Waste Services Guide

The City of Bayside provides residents with convenient recycling, garbage and green waste bin collection services to help reduce waste and create a more sustainable city.

To help you get more out of your services and reduce waste to landfill, we’ve created this handy flip chart booklet with hints and tips including how to use your bins correctly and how to dispose of pre-loved, unwanted, hazardous and other household materials responsibly. Reducing waste to landfill First step: Avoid creating rubbish Remember to reduce, We can all generate less rubbish and reduce re-use & waste to landfill by being a smart shopper and recycle recycling and composting all we can. as much as See below for tips on how this could possible be achieved. If you reduce your waste, you could downsize from your 140 litre bin to a 80 litre bin and save $40 a year off your Council waste charge!

Contact Council’s Environmental Education Officer to discuss whether an 80 litre bin will work for your family.

Tips for being a smarter shopper

3 Buy goods that have minimal packaging 3 Invest in a quality reusable coffee cup or drink bottle 3 Buy wholefoods 3 Grow your own vegetables and herbs 3 Invest in reusable shopping bags 3 Buy quality goods that are going to last

1 Reducing waste to landfill – Avoid creating rubbish Reducing waste to landfill Take the 2.5kg Second step: Reduce food waste off your waste Almost half the material in kerbside garbage challenge! bins is food waste that can be composted. Council provides composting products at wholesale prices. Choose a product that suits your needs, purchase your system and start composting! Visit www.bayside.vic.gov.au/environment for information on home composting products as well as information on the “2.5kg off your waste” challenge.

Compost Bins Worm Farms Compost bins take a Worm farms are ideal range of food scraps for small spaces and and garden waste take a range of and are suitable for food scraps. families and They are also great large gardens. educational tools for kids to learn about the environment. Green Cones The Green Cone Biofermenters is an in-ground food composting Biofermenters can take system that takes just about all food all household food scraps and you can waste. Ideal for busy even keep it in your families and any size garden, it kitchen. Ideal for does not produce compost material apartments and units, and requires only a low amount of it is a convenient and practical way maintenance. Available to purchase to transform your kitchen waste into after the Green Cone trial. a nutrient rich soil conditioner.

2 Reducing waste to landfill – Reduce food waste Your kerbside bin services Correct bin placement 3 Wheels facing the property 3 At least 50cm apart 3 Handle away from the road 3 Clear of cars 3 Close to the edge of the kerb 3 Clear of power poles & trees

50cm apart

Your collection schedule Be on time To find out when your bin’s are Place your bin on the kerbside the collected, please visit Council’s night before or prior to 6am on website or ring Customer Service collection day. 9599 4444. Missed collections Close the bin lid If your bin has been missed on Bins are emptied by a truck with a collection day, please contact mechanical arm, so lids must be Customer Service promptly. closed to avoid spillage. Heavy, overfilled bins cannot be lifted. Public Holidays Council’s waste and recycling services operate throughout the year. When your collection day falls on a public holiday it will still be collected.

Stolen or missing bins Council will replace or repair your bin if it has been damaged or stolen. Extra bags or boxes will not be collected.

3 Your kerbside bin services Your fortnightly recycling service

Place items loosely in your Plastic containers recycling bin, with codes 1–7 and lids not in plastic bags. Handy hints Remember if you can scrunch the plastic, leave it out! See next page for detailed information on plastic containers.

If you bag it, they bin it!

Paper and cardboard Glass bottles and jars

Aluminium and Cartons steel cans and trays

7 NO polystyrene 7 NO garden waste 7 NO food waste 7 NO ceramics 7 NO nappies 7 NO chemicals 7 NO car batteries 7 NO medical waste 7 NO hazardous waste 7 NO plastic bags 7 NO garbage 7 NO film or soft plastics

4 Recycling service Under the microscope – recycling plastics

If you look closely at plastic bottles and containers, you may see a number in a triangle like this.

This code tells you what type of plastic it is and this section of the guide will explain which plastics can go into your kerbside bin for recycling and which can’t.

Plastics accepted through your kerbside recycling bin

Beverage, sauce, take-away Milk, juice, ice- Window cleaner, and fresh produce containers cream and shampoo detergent and (e.g. strawberries) and their lids containers cordial bottles

Plastic lids e.g. Dairy product Bakery and Tupperware margarine, ice containers e.g. deli containers containers, cream and milk yogurt and margarine e.g. muffins sports drink and containers baby bottles

Glass bottles and jars

Its ok to leave the lids on plastics

Cartons Recyclable plastics are usually in the form of containers that have been used for human consumption and bought from your supermarket.

Plastics that are recyclable but are not accepted through the Council kerbside recycling bins include: 7 Expanded polystyrene e.g. cups, trays and packaging 7 Sheet plastic e.g. plastic shopping bags

See Section 10 as to where you can dispose of these types of plastics or visit www.visy.com.au for more information on plastics

5 Recycling plastics Your fortnightly green waste service

The green waste collection is an optional user pays service. Contact Customer Service on 9599 4444 to order your bin – a one-off fee applies. Handy hint You can place vegetable and fruit peelings into your Green waste bin.

Grass clippings Flowers

Small branches (up to 75mm diameter and 750mm long)

Weeds Garden prunings

7 NO logs 7 NO recyclables 7 NO dirt 7 NO food waste 7 NO garbage 7 NO rubble or soil 7 NO plant pots 7 NO plastic bags 7 NO nappies

6 Green waste service Your weekly garbage service

Remember, everything that you place in your garbage bin goes to landfill. Minimise your waste by recycling or composting everything you can.

Broken glass Meat and bones Flowers

Polystyrene

Scrunchable plastics

Nappies

Unlike your recycling bin, you can bag your rubbish to reduce Garden prunings spillage and to help keep your bin clean.

Pyrex and ceramics

7 NO logs 7 NO paint 7 NO organics 7 NO hazardous 7 NO dirt 7 NO recyclables chemicals 7 NO rubble or soil

7 Garbage service Hard waste and bundled branches booking service

Each property in Bayside is entitled to two collections every 12 months. The collections can include the following materials: • General hard waste • Electronic waste (incl. scrap metal items) (incl. Televisions and Computers) • Mattress and mattress bases (either • Bundled branches (Christmas Pine 2 mattresses or 1 mattress and base) trees included but only in January) The items above can be combined for each collection but cannot exceed four cubic metres (2m x 2m x 1m) and items must be able to be lifted by two people.

2 metres deep Did you know: Separating your waste enables materials to be disposed of responsibly. Meat and bones 1 metre tall 1 metre

2 metres wide

Items that will be collected Items that won’t be collected Hard waste Hard waste 3 Tin, scrap iron, spouting and other 7 Waste from industrial and commercial waste products up to 2m in length premises 3 Sinks, wash basins and chinaware 7 Waste from construction, renovation 3 Household furniture such as chairs, or demolition of domestic buildings couches and mattresses 7 Bricks, concrete, stone, clay, fencing, 3 Tools, equipment and mowers sand or soil 3 Toys, old sporting goods and 7 Hazardous waste, including asbestos, playground equipment (dismantled) paints and chemicals Scrunchable plastics 3 Carpet and linoleum—must be rolled 7 Tyres, large car body parts or batteries and tied—no longer than 2m and of any type limited to 1 cubic metre 7 Unwrapped or broken glass 3 Timber (neatly tied and not exceeding 7 Timber exceeding 2m in length 2m in length—no more than ten pieces) and/or more than 10 pieces 3 Household appliances and whitegoods 7 Any item longer than 2m and/or too (doors from fridges and freezers must heavy for two people to lift be removed) Bundled branches 3 Hot water services 7 Bagged green waste, clippings, soft Bundled branches plants or weeds 3 Prunings and branches less than 7 Rose bushes or thorny plants, ivy, 150mm in diameter and 1.8 metres in bamboo, creepers and palm tree length (securely tied in bundles of 7 Timber, tree stumps or roots up to 300mm diameter) 7 Untied branches Please note: residents will receive a notice in their letterbox if the materials were not booked, non compliant or not placed out in time. Items will be cleared within four working days but could be cleared within 24 hours so items must be out in time.

Your hard waste booking checklist 1. Check that your materials are eligible for collection, as listed above 2. Place your materials on the nature strip only on the day you are going to book 3. Materials must be placed in their collection category and in neat piles on the nature strip 4. Contact Customer Service to book your service on 9599 4444

8 Hard waste and bundled branches booking service Transfer Centre

The Bayside Waste Transfer and LOCATION MAP Recycling Centre can be used for the AND OPENING TIMES safe disposal of general or bulky H waste, including building and ighett Rd N e p demolition materials. e a n H Garden and building supplies are Ba w y Rd y available for purchase at the Centre, d

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e following materials free of charge by R sorting and placing materials in the correct area. Location: 144 Talinga Road, • Aluminium and steel cans Cheltenham • Glass and plastic bottles/containers Phone: 9585 4385 • Paper/cardboard (commercial Operating Hours: Open 7 days quantities will incur a fee) 8am to 4pm • Wine bottle corks Closed: Good Friday, Christmas • Car batteries Day and New Years Day • Scrap metal/white goods Operated by Copper Rock Pty Ltd • Motor and hyrdraulic oil (a small fee of 80c/litre applies) • LPG gas bottles (Bayside residents only) Asbestos is strictly not accepted. Charges will apply for general hard SEE rubbish, green waste, concrete, tyres SECTION 10 and mattresses. Detox your Home

Some household products contain chemicals that can be dangerous to children and pets. You can’t pour them down the sink or put them out with your kerbside collection. Gather up the following products, clear some space and Detox your Home. It’s easy, safe and free. In the house • Insect spray • Kitchen / bathroom cleaners • Floor care products • Nail polish & remover • Amonia base cleaners • Fluorescent tubes • Batteries In the shed • Fuels • Gas cylinders • Paints & paint strippers • Fertiliser • Weed killer • Rat poison • Pool chemicals • Solvents and glues In the car • Coolant / antifreeze • Fire extinguishers • Brake & transmission fluid • Car wax • Car body filler • Car batteries * All containers must be less than 20 litres.

And any products you find around your home with the following symbols:

For more information, a full list of chemicals, next collection dates and permanent locations visit www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au or freecall 1800 35 32 33.

9 Transfer Centre and Detox your Home Transfer Centre Other responsible disposal options Council recommends the following options for responsible disposal of the following unwanted household items:

Asbestos If you have asbestos on your property, EPA recommends you consult a professional removalist (asbestos removalists can be located in the Yellow Pages). You should ensure that they have a WorkCover licence. For more information contact the EPA on 03 9695 2722. Batteries, light globes, mobile phones, CDs, DVDs and VCRs Domestic quantities of the above household items can be recycled through Council’s recycling stations at the Corporate Centre and Beaumaris Library.

Chemicals and hazardous items Hazardous and chemical waste cannot be placed in Council bins, hard waste collections or down the sink. For locations on where to dispose of chemicals, through the Detox program, visit www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au or freecall 1800 35 32 33. For non compliant hazardous items contact Environment Protection Authority on 9695 2722 or visit www.epa.vic.gov.au for safe disposal. Electronic waste Televisions and computers can be collected for recycling through Council’s hard waste booking service or can be dropped off at the Transfer Centre (charges may apply).

Detox your Home Mattresses Mattresses can be collected for recycling through Council’s hard waste booking service or dropped off at a cost through the Transfer Centre. Plastic shopping bags Majority of the major supermarkets have collection bins for used plastic shopping bags. Polystyrene Visit www.recyclingnearyou.com.au to find your closest disposal site. Pre-loved household goods and clothing Donate your clothing, furniture, toys and appliances to a friend, op shop or charity. Visit www.recyclingnearyou.com.au, look up “charities & charitable organisations opportunity shops” in the yellow pages or join www.ziilch.com.au where its free to join, free to list and free to take. Smoke detectors Household smoke detectors can now be disposed of in your household garbage bin. Commercial smoke detectors containing more than 40 kBq of radioactive material must be disposed of by returning to the supplier or manufacturer. Toners and printer cartridges Visit cartridges.planetark.org for disposal locations. Unused medicines and pharmaceuticals These items can be returned to participating pharmacists throughout Victoria for disposal. For more information, visit www.returnmed.com.au or phone 1300 650 835. X-rays Small quantities of unwanted x-ray film can be posted or dropped off to: Siltech Pty Ltd ‘X-Ray Recycling’ – 1300 745 832 CMA EcoCycle (03) 9308 9415.

For more recycling options visit www.recyclingnearyou.com.au or contact Council on 9599 4444.

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Bayside City Council Corporate Centre 76 Royal Avenue, Sandringham VIC 3191 Telephone: 03 9599 4444 Fax: 03 9598 4474 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bayside.vic.gov.au

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