GLASS-only bin (purple lid)

In accordance with Council's waste strategies, the following items are accepted in your glass-only bin:

Remove ALL lids from:

 Beer, wine & spirits
 Broken glass bottles & jars
 Champagne
 Chutney & relish jars
 Coloured bottled & jars e.g. amber, green, clear
 Condiments such as dijon, wholegrain mustard etc.
 Cough syrup
 Crushed ginger & minced garlic
 Curry paste
 Instant coffee
 Jam & honey
 Mayonnaise
 Olive oil
 Pasta bake
 Sauces e.g. tomato, barbecue, hoisin, satay, etc.
 Spirits e.g. whiskey, gin, tequila
 Vinegar
 Vegemite
 Vitamins
 Wine bottles

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 Aluminium cans
 Bags of household rubbish
 Batteries*
 Beauty products e.g. foundation, face and eye creams
 Candle jars (scented)
 Cardboard boxes
 Ceramics
 Corks
 Crockery
 Crystal
 Drinking glasses (broken or whole)
 Light globes*
 Mirrors (broken or whole)
 Ornaments (glass, ceramic)
 Plastic bags
 Plastic drink bottles
 Plastic containers
 Perfume bottles
 Pizza boxes
 Pottery e.g. plates, mugs, bowls etc.
 Pyrex bakeware
 Scented candle jars
 Vases
 Window panes (broken or whole)
 Window panes in frames

*Items listed above with an asterisk (*) can be dropped off for free at your local transfer station.

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If the standard-size glass-only bin (140-litres) does not meet your household’s needs, you can request an extra or larger bin.

Apply for an extra GLASS-only bin (annual fee)

Exchange your bin for a larger GLASS-only bin (once-off fee)

Lids
Remove lids and put them in these bins:

• Beer bottle caps - recycling bin
  Magnets at the recycling facility can sort these from the other recyclables.
• Wine & spirit bottle screw-top lids - recycling bin
  Specialist sorting equipment at the recycling facility creates a magnetic field for aluminium so the screw tops are picked up from the sorting line.
• Large plastic lids (larger than a credit card) - recycling bin
  Examples: vegemite, peanut butter, mayonnaise jars
• Small plastic lids (smaller than a credit card) - landfill bin
  Examples: fish sauce, soy sauce. These are too small for the recycling machinery to sort correctly.

Collars/rings
The metal and plastic collars around the neck of bottles and jars can stay on.

Labels
Paper labels can stay on bottles and jars.