GLASS-only bin (purple lid)
Glass bottles and jars (without lids) go in the kerbside glass-only bin.
Your glass-only bin is collected every four weeks in urban and rural collection areas.
Recycling glass separately in your purple-lidded bin means we can turn more glass into new things, like glass jars and even roads!
What's accepted in my GLASS-only bin?
In accordance with Council's waste strategies, the following items are accepted in your glass-only bin:
Remove ALL lids from:
Beer, wine & spirits
Beauty products e.g. foundation, face and eye creams
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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What's NOT accepted in my GLASS-only bin?
Where does your glass go? The purple lid glass only bin makes sure all glass can be recycled back into bottles, jars and even used in roads. Watch how glass is recycled.
Glass-only bin tips:
- Empty all bottles and scrape jars to remove food residue
- Put bottles and jars in the bin loose – no plastic bags or cardboard boxes
- Broken bottles and jars are accepted.
- Broken drinking glasses are NOT accepted.
- Up to 0.5m3 (about a car boot load) of glass bottles and jars are accepted free of charge at transfer stations
- The metal collars around glass bottles can stay on the bottle.
- Labels can stay on bottles and jars
- Remove lids from ALL bottles and jars and put them in bins as follows:
- Beer bottle caps - Put them in the recycling bin. They are small, but magnets will pick them up off the sorting line.
- Wine and spirit bottle screw tops - Put them in the recycling bin. Specialist sorting equipment at the recycling facility creates a magnetic field for aluminium so the screw tops are picked up off the sorting line.
- Small plastic lids - Put them in your landfill bin. Lids smaller than a credit card, like from milk, juice and soft drink bottles are too small for the machines at the recycling facility to identify and sort.