Recycling

Your recycling bin has a yellow lid

The recycling bin has a yellow lid and is collected every 2 weeks.

Some recycling bin rules

To check what you can (and can't) put in your recycling bin visit What you can put in your bins

• Only put acceptable items in your recycling bin (cardboard, paper, cans, plastic bottles and containers, and glass bottles and jars).
• If you put items that aren't accepted in your recycling bin, it may not be collected. 
• Empty and rinse items before they go in your recycling bin. 
• Don't put your recycling in a bag - items must be placed loose in your recycling bin.  
• Squash bulky containers and flatten boxes to make more room in your bin.

What happens to your recycling

• When your recycling bin is emptied the material is taken to Re.Group in Dandenong.
• Re.Group is a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) similar to the one shown in the video below.
• The facility uses a combination of manual sorting and machines to process recycling into different material types; paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, steel and aluminium. The sorted materials are bundled and then sold to be made into new products. Material that doesn’t fit in these categories is taken to landfill. 

Information about our current recycling processing arrangement

• Council has entered into a contract with recycling processor, Re.Group, to accept and process our kerbside recycling.
• As of 11 November 2019, ALL recyclables collected are being processed by Re.Group (previously Polytrade Recycling). This follows a facility upgrade, allowing a greater quantity of recyclables to be accepted. 
• No recycling processors in the South East, including Re.Group, can accept soft plastics as part of their kerbside recycling service. Please put your soft plastics in your kerbside rubbish bin. 
• Council is working with the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG) and 60 other Victorian councils on a group contract for recycling services. By working together, larger contracts can encourage investment in recycling infrastructure and technology, and attract new candidates to the Victorian recycling sector.