General Waste (Red Bin)
Your red bin is ONLY for
material that cannot be reused, recycled or
composted.

Recycling Options
Blue Bin- We accept:
- All paper
- Flattened cardboard
- Newspaper
- Empty pizza boxes
- Magazines
- Small amounts of shredded paper

We DO NOT accept:
- Facial tissues
- Waxed paper
- Paper towels
- Carbon paper
- Plastic bags

Yellow Bin- We accept:
- All empty
plastic containers
- Plastic
drink and milk bottles with lids attached
- Berry and
tomato type punnets
- Margarine
containers
- Hard plastic
biscuit and cake trays
- Empty
containers (liquid soap, shampoo and conditioner containers)
- Empty
plastic medicine bottles
- Empty
washing detergent bottles
- All
see-through glass bottles and jars made from green, brown and clear glass
- Aluminium and
steel cans
- Small
quantities of used aluminium foil
- Single-use
pie tins
- Foil trays

We DO NOT accept:
- Ceramics and
porcelain
- Broken glass
of any kind
- White glass
- Pyrex
cookware
- Mirrors or
windows
- Light globes
- Sheet glass
or poison bottles
- Plastic bags

Green Bin- We Accept:
Garden waste including:
- Grass clippings
- Twigs,
- Weeds
- Leaves and pruning's.

The maximum
size for branches is 10cm in diameter and 30cm long. If the bin does not comply with
these requirements, it will not be able to be collected.
We DO NOT accept:
- Logs
- Bamboo
- Soil
- Timber and tree stumps
Other Recycling Options
RecycleSmart
Council has partnered with RecycleSmart to offer a free recycling home collection service.

The service, known as a 'Power Pickup', offers residents an on-demand collection of tricky-to-recycle items: items that are recyclable, but cannot be thrown away in the yellow or blue bins (i.e. e-waste, clothing and misfits such as batteries and bulbs)
To find out more and book a Power Pickup visit www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/recyclesmart
Furniture
Try selling your unwanted items through Gumtree, FreeCycle, Facebook or Ebay. Alternatively donate items to The Bower or a local charity. This keeps items out of landfill.
For bulky household items that can't be reused or upcycled organise a Council Cleanup by booking here
Mattresses
Mattresses can be disposed of in your bulky collection by booking here
Building Materials
The Belrose Waste Management Centre accept items such as:
- mixed brick and concrete
- clean segregated bricks and segregated concrete
- asphalt
- rubble and sand based, mixed light demolition waste
- non-recyclable waste (polystyrene, insulation, foam packaging)
- carpets
- plaster.
Toothbrushes, Coffee Pods and Australia Post Satchels
Council hosts collection bins for dental items, coffee pods, beauty products and Australia Post satchels. Bins are located in the foyer of the Civic Centre. Below is a list of what is accepted in each bin:
- Oral Care Bin: Used toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, caps and packaging and floss containers
- Used Coffee Pods Bin: Used Nescafe, ILLY, Campos, Moccona, L'OR
- Australia Post Satchels: pre-paid mailing satchels and padded satchels
- Beauty Products Bin: used beauty product packing ranging from shampoo bottles to old make-up containers
These collection boxes are run by TerraCycle, a company eliminating the idea of waste by recycling the "non-recyclable". TerraCycle offers a range of free programs that are funded by conscientious companies, as well as recycling solutions available for purchase for almost every form of waste. Watch the video to see what happens to used coffee pods.
Mobile Phone Recycling with MobileMuster
Statistics and research suggest there are over 27,000 mobiles in the households of the Lane Cove area. Of these, 13,000 are deemed to be surplus to requirements and ready to recycle.
You can drop off you old mobile phones and chargers at the following locations in Lane Cove:
- Lane Cove Council, 48 Longueville Road Lane Cove
- Shop 3, Ground Floor 207 Pacific Hwy St Leonards
- Access Mobile Solution, 103 Longueville Road Lane Cove
- ANZ Bank, 17 Burns Bay Road Lane Cove
- ANZ Bank, 207 Pacific Hwy St Leonards
- Free Phone, 64 Dickson Ave Artarmon
You can also download a reply-paid label so that you can send your mobile phone to MobileMuster by post.
For further information visit www.mobilemuster.com.au.
Waste Avoidance
Before throwing something out consider giving it away to an opportunity shop or a re-use and repair cooperative such as Reverse Garbage, The Bower Cycle Re-cycle (bicycles).
You may also like to try eBay or Gumtree. There are also many charitable organisations such as St. Vincent De Paul Society, The Salvation Army and Australian Red Cross.
You may be surprised what some people will happily take off your hands.