Your yellow lid bin is your recycling bin, you can put items like paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and containers, glass bottles and jars, and metal cans in it.
Please see below for further information about what you can and can’t put into this bin.
Collected: Fortnightly (every second week).
You can put these items in your recycling bin:
- Metal cans and tins, foil (scrunched in a ball), empty aerosols
- Clean and dry paper and cardboard (flattened boxes)
- Empty glass bottles and jars (lids off and in the recycling bin)
- Hard plastic bottles (lids off and in the garbage bin)
- Hard plastic containers
The materials below are not accepted in your recycling bin:
- Plastic bags, film or wrap
- Polystyrene
- Food scraps and garden waste
- Clothing, shoes or toys
- Electronic items and batteries
- Crockery or glassware
- Juice boxes, milk cartons and other tetrapaks
- Bagged materials
- Chemical, liquids or gas bottles
- Nappies
- Hot ash or liquids
Placing the correct items in your recycling bin makes sure more of your recycling can become new things.
The Bin Feedback Program
Increasing recycling knowledge: Knowing what can and can’t go in your recycling bins can seem confusing at times. We’ll provide you with tailored feedback and support to help you learn what items can and can’t go in your bins so you feel more empowered to use your bins correctly and recycle right.
Reducing contamination
Contamination occurs when an incorrect item is put in the bin. By putting the right items in the bin, we can help ensure accepted items can be recycled rather than being sent to landfill.
Keeping everyone safe
Incorrect items need to be removed by hand at sorting facilities and this can put workers at risk of injury. Some items are also hazardous, such as batteries and electronic items. Putting these items in your bin could cause smouldering or fires in the collection truck, at sorting facilities or in landfill which would put the public, and workers, in an unsafe environment.
If you would like to discuss any feedback you have received through the program, or would like more information about the program, contact info@brimbank.vic.gov.au
What happens next?
What happens after your recycling bin has been collected? Watch this short video to find out.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about your recycling bin, you can reach us at by email or 03 9249 4000.
