General Waste

Red Bin- Your red bin is ONLY for material that cannot be reused, recycled or composted.

Recycling Options 

Blue Bin- All paper and cardboard, newspaper, empty pizza boxes and magazines will be collected. Please do not jam paper into the bin. Please flatten all cardboard boxes. Small amounts of shredded papper, ideally placed in a paper bag, will also be accepted in your blue bin. Your paper and cardboard will not be accepted for collection if it contains facial tissues, waxed paper, paper towels or carbon paper.

Yellow Bin- All empty plastic containers marked with 1-7. Plastic drink and milk bottles and lids, berry and tomato type punnets, margarine containers, coffee cup lids, hard plastic biscuit and cake trays, empty plastic containers (liquid soap, shampoo and conditioner containers), empty plastic medicine bottles, and empty washing detergent bottles. Cartons with silver lining (Tetra Pak) are accepted if they are marked with the recycling symbol. All milk and juice containers should be recycled through the yellow lid bin. All see-through glass bottles and jars made from green, brown and clear glass are recyclable. Aluminium and steel cans (including aerosols) are accepted. Small quantities of used aluminium foil, single-use pie tins, foil trays.

Ceramics and porcelain, broken glass of any kind, white (Malibu) glass, Pyrex cookware, mirrors or windows, light globes, sheet glass or poison bottles are not accepted.

Green Bin- Garden waste including grass clippings, twigs, weeds, leaves and prunings should be placed in your green lidded bin. The maximum size for branches is 10cm in diameter and 30cm long. Note: Logs, timber and tree stumps will not be collected; food scraps are not accepted in your green waste bins. 

Plastic bags should not be placed in your recycling bins- these can be recycled through Coles supermarkets REDcycle plastic packaging recycling scheme. They accept soft plastics, including:

• Shopping bags including reusable 'green' bags
• Fresh fruit and veggie bags
• Bread bags
• Biscuit packaging and confectionery packaging
• Rice & pasta packets and frozen food bags

There is also a soft plastics collection bin at the bottom of the escalator of the Lane Cove Plaza Woolworths.

​For further information on what is accepted in this kerbside service please visit Council's Recycling webpage. Council has a detailed list of what is accepted in your blue and yellow recycling bins.

Download our Recycling At Home in Lane Cove poster for a detailed description of how to correctly dispose of various household items.

Other Recycling Options 

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.

As a last resort for bulky household items that can't be reused or upcycled organise a Council Cleanup by calling the waste solutions hotline on 1300 655 006.

Mattresses

Mattresses can be disposed of in your bulky collection by calling the waste solutions hotline on 1300 655 006.

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 coffee pods
• 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:

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.