Recycling bins - University of Wollongong

Recycling bins are for comingled recyclables and typically have yellow tops or recycling signage.

Items that belong in recycling bins

newspapers¹
paper and cardboard products e.g. egg cartons, envelopes (tear out plastic windows)^#
magazines and advertising leaflets^#
glass bottles and jars (all colours)
hard plastic containers (with plastic codes 1 to 5 or rocket bottoms)
aluminium cans
milk and juice cartons (remove lids)
steel cans including aerosol cans (remove nozzle) as well as clean and empty paint and pet food cans
pizza boxes (with the food scraps removed)

Note

# Paper and cardboard should be placed in Paper and cardboard bins where available.

straws
plastic bags (refer to other recycling options page for details on how to recycle these)
ceramics, crockery, china or Pyrex cookware
broken glass
mirrors or windows
light globes or tubes (refer to other recycling options page for details on how to recycle these)
serviettes, tissues and paper towel (these go in the general waste bins)
paper and fibre-based takeaway food packaging (including those labelled compostable) go in the general waste bins
waxed paper and waxed cardboard cartons
all polystyrene items (refer to other recycling options page for details on how to recycle these)
plastic coated paper eg. cereal bags
gummed labels
thermal fax paper or carbon paper
syringe or needles
building materials
scrap metal (refer to other recycling options page for details on how to recycle these)
oil or fuel
food scraps (these go in the food waste bins)
clothing (if the items are good quality use charity clothing bins instead)