New Bin lid colours explained

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In response to the State Government’s Recycling Victoria Policy, we have commenced the transition to new bin lid colours.

These bin lid colours are being standardised across the state.

We will be changing from the colours of the recycling and general waste bins over the next couple of years.

Recycling Bin

Old colour: BLUE
New colour: YELLOW

General Waste Bin

Old colour: DARK GREEN
New colour: RED

Food and Garden Organics Bin

There will be no change to the food and garden organics bin.

Food and Garden Organics: GREEN

The transition to the new bin lid colours will be gradual, with damaged or new bins being issued in the new colours to begin with. This means that while we transition to the new standardised bin lids your bin lid colour may be different to your neighbours.

These changes will not affect bin collections, how you dispose of your items, or the service in any way.

Visit the State Government’s Transforming Recycling in Victoria website page for more information on the state’s recycling transition.

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