Recycling

Find your recycling bin day on My Neighbourhood or view the bin calendars.

Recycling is collected fortnightly (including public holidays, Good Friday and Christmas Day). 

Place your recycling bins on the nature strip with the wheels facing your property the night before collection day. 

Bring your recycling bin back in by the end of the day of collection.

Our waste and recycling guide shows you what to recycle in your recycling bin (blue lid) and what can be taken for free to our Resource recovery centres.

Other information to guide you:

• Recycling poster (a sticker version is also available from Customer Service).
• Waste and Recycling guide

These resources can be downloaded and printed or picked up from our Customer Service Offices.

Top recycling tips:

• Lids off plastic bottles. Recycle plastic bottle lids by taking them to a drop-off locations. Larger plastic lids for containers can go straight into the recycling bin.
• Rinse off as much food as possible
• Empty your recycling into the bin loose
• Pizza boxes, small amounts of grease that has not soaked through the cardboard is still accepted
• Take your soft scrunchable plastics to major supermarkets to be recycled

• The Shire provides a 240L recycling bin to all households.
• If you want an extra recycling bin or a larger recycling bin, a fee applies at the time of ordering. The additional cost is then added to your future annual rates notice.
• If you have moved and do not have a rubbish and/or recycling bin please get in touch.

To save money, you can also check out the waste and recycling disposal guide. Many items can be recycled for free at our tips and hoppers.

 Further information is on our Order a new or larger bin page.

Order new bin

 If your recycling bin was placed on the kerbside the night before the day of collection, it should be emptied by the end of the collection day.  

If your recycling bin was not collected, please get in touch within 2 business days.

What happens next: Leave your bin out in its usual collection spot. We'll come by to empty it.

If your bin is overloaded or has waste we can't collect: it will no be emptied. Use our waste guide to dispose of your waste correctly. 

If your recycling bin becomes damaged, please get in touch to have it repaired or replaced. 

If you think your recycling bin may have been stolen or is lost, there are a couple of steps you can take: 

Just one misused recycling bin can contaminate the whole recycling truck, resulting in the entire truck contents being sent to landfill rather than recycled.

If the Peninsula’s waste contamination continues, the Shire and community face the possibility of increasing cost to process our waste. 

Bin Inspections

Bin inspections are part of the Shire’s waste education program to reduce contamination and increase rates of recycling.

Find out more by visiting our Bin Inspection Program page.

Waste Contamination 

A contaminated truck load comes at a huge cost to the environment. It adds to landfill and loses resources that could have been remade into new products. It also comes at a significant financial cost. Contaminated bins cost the Shire and ratepayers over $600,000 per year. The Shire's Waste Contamination policy helps educate residents so that we bring contamination rates down.

What if I mistakenly put the wrong thing into my recycling bin?

If you have placed a few small items (e.g. packaging) into your recycling bin, it will still be collected. However, it is best to avoid this as it will add to contamination, lower the value of recycling and increase our processing costs.

Find what can put into your recycling bin on our recycling page.

How will you know if there is contamination? 

Shire officers, contractors or drivers may check your bins before they are emptied. Bins with no contamination will receive a smiley bin tag and go into a draw to win a monthly prize.

Bins with contamination will receive a sad bin tag to let householders know which item/s do not belong in the bin.

Learn more about the bin inspection program.

When will a bin NOT be emptied?

If a bin has large amounts of contamination or hazardous materials, it won’t be emptied. If the trucks have already passed through the area, it won’t return until the next collection schedule.

Will I receive a contamination fine?

Council officers will work with households to identify and correct the contamination.

• Step 1: A sticker will be placed on the bin to inform households of which items can’t go into the bin. 
• Step 2: On the second contamination event, Shire officers will call or visit the household to speak with residents. Educational materials such as stickers, posters and information on how contaminating items can be properly disposed or recycled will be provided to the household when the bin has been identified as contaminated. 
• Step 3: After the third significant contamination event within a six-month period, a fine will be issued.
• Step 4: If significant contamination occurs after a fine has been issued, the Shire may suspend the recycling or green waste service.

What if someone else was responsible for the contamination?

Council officers will investigate if someone else has placed contamination in your bin. These cases are usually not isolated to one household and are repeat behaviours.