Recycling bins are for comingled recyclables and typically have yellow tops or recycling signage.
Items that belong in recycling bins
- newspapers
- 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 6 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)
Items that do not belong in recycling bins
- straws
- plastic bags
- ceramics, crockery, china or Pyrex cookware
- broken glass
- mirrors or windows
- light globes or tubes
- paper items such as serviettes, tissues and paper towel, paper plates and paper cups
- waxed paper and waxed cardboard cartons
- all polystyrene items
- plastic coated paper eg. cereal bags
- gummed labels
- thermal fax paper or carbon paper
- syringe or needles
- building materials
- scrap metal
- oil or fuel
- food scraps
- clothing- use charity clothing bins
**** Common contaminants in recycling at UOW are tissues, paper towel and disposable coffee cups. These should be placed in the general waste (landfill bins) instead.
Handy hints for recycling
- Check hard plastic items for plastic codes 1 to 6
- Remove lids
- Empty liquids
- Rinse out food
- Crush all bulky items.
Refer to the Recycling poster (PDF).