A - Z Waste Guide
This is a comprehensive guide that will help you learn what the best disposal option is for any given waste material and available alternatives. Just search under the initial letter and you’ll be directed to the appropriate section of Guide.
Some general rules for recycling:
- Items smaller than the size of your palm should be placed in the general waste bin.
- Recyclables need to be clean of food and other residues.
- Take the caps off of bottles and throw the cap in the general waste bin or take to a Precious Plastic collection point.
- No organic materials in the recycling bin.
- "Scrunchable" plastics should be disposed of in the Redcycle bin at Coles. See their comprehensive list for more details https://www.redcycle.net.au/
- Reduce or reuse before recycling.
Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Acids (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Aerosol cans - empty |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Aerosol cans - full/part full (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Aluminium cans |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Aluminium foil - scraped clean |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Ammonia (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Asbestos |
Dunsborough Waste Facility only |
Please make an appointment |
Ashes - not hot |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost |
Animal droppings |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add manure to compost, consider burying or making a doggy doo worm farm. |
Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Bag ties |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Bandaids |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Baskets (cane) |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Baskets (plastic) |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Batteries - all types (HHW) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
Bring Household Batteries to the City depot in Barlee St. |
Beer bottles |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Beer cans |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Beer cartons |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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BBQ chicken bags |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Beads - polystyrene (bean bag, cushion packaging) |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Bikes |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
Lions Shed, some charity shops |
Bleach (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Bones |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Books |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
If in good conditon take to a charity shop |
Bottle tops |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Precious Plastic Margaret River - Collection Point |
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Bottles |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Boxes - cardboard - flattened |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Brake Fluid (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Branches - small |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Small amounts of branches add air pockets to compost. Undecomposed branches can be added to new compost piles to add microbes. |
Bricks (C+D) - domestic customers |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Bricks (C+D) - commercial |
Dunsborough Waste Facility only |
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Building materials (C+D) - domestic customers |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Building materials (C+D) - commercial |
Dunsborough Waste Facility only |
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Brochures (including glossy paper) |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Cameras - digital & non-digital |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Cans |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Car bodies |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Cardboard |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Cardboard - waxed |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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CD players |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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CDs & DVDs |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
If in good conditon take to a charity shop or consider a reuse option |
CDs & DVD Plastic Cases |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Cellophane |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Ceramics |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
if undamaged take to op-shop |
Cereal boxes |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Chargers - battery & mobile phone (E-Waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Chemicals (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Chicken bones & scraps |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Cigarette butts |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Clothing/shoes |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
If in good conditon take to a charity shop |
Cleaning products -not empty (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Cleaning rags |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Cling wrap |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Redcycle bin at Coles or even better use reusable containers, silicon lids, or beeswax food wraps |
Coat hangers (metal & plastic) |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Cockroach bait - plastic |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Coffee cans & jars |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Coffee grinds |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost or use on garden to deter pests |
Compact discs |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Compact fluorescent light globes |
Busselton Transfer Station or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
Light Ideas or Direct Lighting |
Computers & parts & accessories |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Concrete (C+D) - domestic customers |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Concrete (C+D) - commercial |
Dunsborough Waste Facility only |
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Cooking fat - wrap in paper |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Cooking oil- large quantities |
Not accepted |
Ring Fataway on 9274 7668 |
Cooking oil containers - empty |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Corks |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Cotton buds |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Crockery - broken & intact |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
If in good conditon take to a charity shop |
Cutlery |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Deodorant roll-ons |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Detergent bottles - plastic |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Disposable nappies |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Dog poo |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Consider burying or making a doggy doo worm farm |
Drinking straws |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Drum Muster |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility – Tuesdays and Wednesdays |
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DVD players (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
If in good conditon take to a charity shop |
Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Egg cartons |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Egg shells |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost |
Electrical appliances (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
If in good conditon take to a charity shop |
Engine oil (not coolant) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Envelopes |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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EPIRB locator beacons (HHW) |
Geographe Bay Sea Rescue Building, Thursday mornings |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Fax machine (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Fertilizer (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Fire extinguishers (HHW) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Flammable liquids & solids (HHW) (see P for Petrol) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Flares (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Floor cleaner (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Fluorescent light tubes (HHW) |
Busselton Transfer Station or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
Light Ideas or Direct Lighting |
Fly tape |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Foam boxes |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Foam meat trays |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Foil - clean |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Food cans |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Food scraps |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add plant based scraps to a compost of worm farm |
Fridges and Freezers |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Fruit & vegetable scraps |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost or worm farm |
Fungicides & herbicides (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Furniture (broken) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Garden hose |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Garden chemicals (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Garden waste (weeds and prunings) |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Compost |
Gas bottles (not cartridges) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Glad wrap |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Redcycle bin at Coles or even better use reusable containers, silicone lids, beeswax food wraps |
Glass bottles & jars |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Glass saucepan lids |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Glossy magazines |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Glue (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Greaseproof paper |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Grass clippings |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost |
Greeting cards |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Hair & fur |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Compost |
Hose pipe |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household chemicals (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Ice cream containers & lids |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Ink cartridges |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
A number of locations including Australia Post will receive ink cartridges |
Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Jars |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Juice cartons - paperboard |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Juice cartons - silver lined |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Junk mail |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Kerosene (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Kitchen cleaners (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Kitty litter |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Light bulbs - non-fluorescent |
Rubbish Bin - Green Lid |
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Light bulbs & tubes - fluorescent and CFL's (HHW) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Liquid paperboard |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Long-life cartons (silver-lined) |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Lolly wrappers |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Magazines |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Manure/animal droppings |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
worm farm or special droppings compost bin |
Margarine tubs |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Matchboxes |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top (too small to recycle) |
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Mattresses |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Meat trays |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Medicines (chemist) |
Take unusued medicine back to the chemist |
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Microwave Ovens |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Milk bottles |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Milk cartons - paperboard |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Milk cartons - silver lined |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Mineral turpentine (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Mirror |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Mobile phones & chargers (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Monitor - computer (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Motor oil |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Nappies - disposable |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Needles/Sharps |
Place in a sharps container in the Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Newspapers |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
|
Alternative option
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Office paper |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Oil - car & engine |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Oil - cooking |
Not accepted |
Ring Fataway |
Organic waste |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost |
Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
|
Alternative option
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Paint - all types (HHW) |
New Busselton Transfer Station Opening 2016 |
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Paint stripper (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Paint tins - empty or dry paint (scrap metal) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Palm fronds |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Paper towel |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Paper towel roll |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Paper bags |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Pens and pencils |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Pesticides (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Pet food tins - empty |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Petrol |
Ring Allan Miller (08) 9781 0359 for assistance with disposal |
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Phone - mobile & chargers (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Phone books |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Picture frames & glass |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Pizza boxes - clean |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Pizza boxes - dirty |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Plant cuttings |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Plant pots - plastic |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Plant pots - terracotta |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Plastic bags |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Use reusable bags or take to Redcycle bin at Coles for recycling |
Plastic coat hangers |
Recycling Bin - Yellow Top |
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Plastic wrappers and packaging |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Take to Redcycle bin at Coles for recycling |
Poison (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Polystyrene - foam |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Pool chemicals & containers (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Pots and pans |
Recycling Bin Yellow Top |
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Printers, toner & cartridges (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Pyrex glasses & ovenware |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
|
Alternative option
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Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Radiator antifreeze (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Remote control (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Reusable shopping bags |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Sawdust - not from treated timber |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost |
Seedling containers |
Recycling Bin - Yellow Top |
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Set top box (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Smoke alarms |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Spray paint cans - empty |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Spray paint cans - full (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Steel cans |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Styrofoam |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Take away containers - foil & plastic |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Tea bags |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost or worm farm |
Telephone - home & mobile |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
Other options can be found here http://recyclingnearyou.com.au/phones/BusseltonWA |
Telephone books |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Televisions (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Thinners (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Tin cans |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Tissues |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Toaster |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Toilet paper rolls |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Toner cartridges |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
A number of locations including Australia Post will receive toner cartridges |
Toothbrushes |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Toys - plastic - batteries removed |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Turpentine (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Twine |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
|
Alternative option
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UHT cartons |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top (unless silver lined, then Rubbish) |
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Unknown potentially hazardous materials (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Unlabelled hazardous materials (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Household item
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Recycling or disposal option
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Alternative option
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Vacuum cleaner |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Vacuum cleaner dust - wrapped |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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VCRs (E-waste) |
Busselton or Dunsborough Waste Facility |
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Vegetable scraps |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
Add to compost or worm farm |
Video tapes |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Vinyl |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
|
Alternative option
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Washing powder boxes |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Waxed Cardboard |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Waxpaper |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Weed killer (HHW) |
Busselton Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre |
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Weeds |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Window glass |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Wine bottles |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Wire coathangers |
Recycling Bin - Yellow Top |
If in good conditon take to a charity shop |
Wood ash (not hot) |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
|
Alternative option
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X-ray films |
Rubbish Bin - Green Top |
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Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
|
Alternative option
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Yellow pages |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Yoghurt containers |
Recycling Bin -Yellow Top |
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Household item
|
Recycling or disposal option
|
Alternative option
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