A-Z Guide to Waste Reduction A Acids, alkalis and brake fluid Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (corner Magazine Road and Henschke Street, Dry Creek. Open first Tuesday of each month 9am - 12pm) Aerosol cans (empty, lids off) Place lids separately into yellow-lidded bin Airconditioners Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (banned from landfill) Alfoil Clean alfoil is recyclable if scrunched into a fist sized ball. Dirty or soiled alfoil should be placed in the waste bin. Aluminium Recycle at a metal facility. (They often pay by weight.) Aluminium cans Alternatively take to a recycling facility for 10c refund Aluminium foil and trays When clean and squashed into a tennis ball size, place into your yellow lidded recycling bin Ammunition Contact your local Police Station Animal faeces (wrapped in newspaper or compostable bag) Blue lidded bin if you do not have a green lidded bin service Animal faeces (in a plastic bag) Remove from bag and place into green lidded bin (bag into blue lidded bin) Artificial limb Contact Daw Park Repatriation Hospital Orthotics and Prosthetics Department (08) 8276 1655 Asbestos Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Ash from wood heater (cold only) Ensure ashes are cold B Bag ties Balls (tennis, football) BAND-AID Barrier bag Batteries (household) Battery World will accept return of any batteries they sell at their store Batteries (vehicle) Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (banned from landfill) Bed/Mattress Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Bedding/blankets Donate to Animal Welfare League Beer bottles Alternatively take to recycling depot for 10c refund Bicycle Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre or donate resuable bicycle to charity. Bins, plastic or metal Biodegradable nappies Biodegradable plastic bags Bleach Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (cnr Magazine Road and Books Bottle caps, metal Bottle caps, plastic Place inside plastic milk bottle, when full place whole container into yellow lidded bin Bottles, glass and plastic Remove lids Branches, small Bread bag Bread tags Recycle your lids and other small, hard plastic too small to be recycled (such as bread tags and straws) in a fabric softener or detergent bottle. When full, this can be placed in the yellow lidded recycling bin. Bricks/rubble Small quantities only to Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fees apply) Broken crockery Broken glass Wrap in newspaper and place in blue lidded bin Bubble wrap Buckets, plastic Bullets Refer to your local Police station Butter containers Butter container lids can also be placed into yellow lidded bin C Cans Car batteries Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Car seats, children's Donate to charity or Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Carbon paper Cardboard Cardboard, large quantities Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Cards, Birthday, Xmas Place into bin loose Carpet Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Carpet underlay Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Cartridges (printer/toner) Australia Post at Woodside and Stirling, or through Planet Ark (planetark.org) Cassette cases
Cassette tapes Cat faeces Unwrapped or loose, not bagged CD's Cellophane Ceramics, damaged Cereal box inserts Cereal box's Remove plastic inserts Chairs Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Cheese Chemical Drums Chemicals Cigarette butts Citrus Clean soft plastics Cleaning rags Cling wrap Clothing, in good condition Donate to charity stores Clothing, unusable Coffee cans/jars Coffee grounds Coffee pods (e.g. Nespresso) Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) Computer paper Computers and computer parts Drum muster drums can be disposed of free of charge at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre. Appointment required, phone (08) 8347 5111 Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (cnr Magazine Road and Deposit your used capsules at your nearest Nespresso Boutique in all major capital cities or at one a participating collection point http://www.nespresso.com Ridgehaven True Value Hardware (08) 8264 4277 Balhannah Mitre 10 (08) 8398 7800 37 Onkaparinga Valley Road, Balhannah Mitre 10 Handy Hahndorf (08) 8388 7655 106 Main Road, Hahndorf 5245 Lyndoch True Value Hardware (08) 8524 4217 Barossa Valley Highway Lyndoch Glynde Mitre 10 Solutions (08) 8337 2344 Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre. Or contact E-Cycle Recovery (08) 8262 4074 Concrete Small quantities only to Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Confectionary packaging Cooking oil Contact Jefferies Group (08) 8368 3555 Corks Collected from various drop off points across Australia by community groups. Visit Recycling Near You to find drop off locations near you. Corrugated iron Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Cosmetic jars Cotton wool buds Crockery Cups and saucers, broken Cups and saucers, intact Donate to your local charity shop Cups, foam Cups, paper Cups, waxed coffee cups Curtains, good condition Recycle Donate to your local charity shop Curtains, unusable Cutlery, metal Cutlery, plastic Cutlery, wooden D Dairy products Deodorant bottles, plastic Deodorant, aerosol Dog faeces Unwrapped or loose, not bagged DVD cases Remove soft plastics first DVD player E Egg cartons Egg shells Envelopes with or without windows Eye glasses Recycle through Lions Clubs Australia F Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre. Or contact E-Cycle Recovery (08) 8262 4074 Fibre glass Flower pots, plastic Flowers Foam meat trays
Foam underlay Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Foil, remove food Food cans Food waste If you don't have a green-lidded bin, use for compost, a worm farm or feed to chickens Fork, metal Fork, plastic Contact East Waste for further information Fridges Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Frozen food bag Fruit Fruit and Veg scraps Furniture, reusable Donate to your local charity shop Furniture, unusable Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) G Garden hoses Garden tools Garden waste Free clean green organic days Gas bottles Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Glad wrap Glass deodorant bottles Glass milk bottles Glass, bottles/ jars Glass, broken Wrap in newspaper Glasses - spectacles Recycle through Lions Clubs Australia Globes, fluro Free recycling at any Mitre 10, Banner or True Value hardware stores Globes, incandescent/ old style Grass clippings Greeting cards Gun Take to your local Police station H Hairdryer Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Hose Household appliances Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Household chemicals Ridgehaven True Value Hardware (08) 8264 4277 Balhannah Mitre 10 (08) 8398 7800 37 Onkaparinga Valley Road, Balhannah Mitre 10 Handy Hahndorf (08) 8388 7655 106 Main Road, Hahndorf Lyndoch True Value Hardware (08) 8524 4217 Barossa Valley Highway Lyndoch Glynde Mitre 10 Solutions (08) 8337 2344 Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (cnr Magazine Road and Hypodermic needles Place in sharps container and dispose at an Adelaide Hills Council Service Centre I Ice cube trays Ice-cream containers and lids Incandescent globes Ridgehaven True Value Hardware (08) 8264 4277 Balhannah Mitre 10 (08) 8398 7800 37 Onkaparinga Valley Road, Balhannah Mitre 10 Handy Hahndorf (08) 8388 7655 106 Main Road, Hahndorf Lyndoch True Value Hardware (08) 8524 4217 Barossa Valley Highway Lyndoch Glynde Mitre 10 Solutions (08) 8337 2344 Ink cartridges, printer/toner Australia Post at Woodside and Stirling, or through Planet Ark Insulation Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Irrigation piping/ hose J Jar lids, metal Jar lids, plastic Jars, glass Juice cartons Junk mail Remove plastic wrap first and place in blue bin K Kitchen bench tops Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Kitchen sink, metal Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Kitchen sponge Kitty litter, non compostable Kitty litter made from recycled newspaper Must be compostable kitty litter Kitty litter, compostable Must be compostable kitty litter Knife, metal Knife, plastic L Lamps Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Lattice/trellis Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre
Laundry trough, sink - metal or plastic Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Lawn clippings Lawnmower Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Leaves Lemons Light fittings Liquid paint Lolly wrappers LPG Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Lunch box's, plastic M Magazine wrap Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (cnr Magazine Road and Magazines Make up Manila folders Manure Unwrapped or loose, not bagged Margarine containers Match box's Meat scraps Meat trays, foam Medicine bottles, empty Yellow lidded bin Medicine/tablets Return to pharmacy Metal bucket Metal caps and lids Milk bottles Milk containers Lids can be left on Mirrors Donate to your local charity shop if in good condition Mobile phone batteries Free disposal at any Adelaide Hills Council Service centre or Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre. Alternatively send to Mobile Muster. Mobile phones Free disposal at any Adelaide Hills Council Service centre or Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre. Alternatively send to Mobile Muster. Motor oil Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Motorbike batteries Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre N Nappies, disposable Needles Place in sharps container and dispose at any Adelaide Hills Council Service Centre Negatives, photos Newspaper wrap Newspapers Not tied with string O Office paper Oil, cooking or vehicle Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre or Jefferies Group (08) 8368 3555 Oranges Ovenproof glass Ovens Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Oyster shells P Paint can, empty of all paint Paint cans, paint dried out in can Paint tins - paint dried out in tin Paint tins - wet paint Empty, dry paint cans can be placed in the yellow recycling bin. No paint (wet or dry) is to be disposed through recycling bins. Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (cnr Magazine Road and Paint tins empty of all paint Empty, dry paint cans can be placed in the yellow recycling bin. No paint (wet or dry) is to be disposed through recycling bins. Paper towel Paper towel roll Paper, shredded in paper bag or box Peels Pet food tins Pharmaceuticals Return to pharmacy Phone books Photo frames Photographs Pizza boxes Alternatively green lidded bin if pizza still attached to box
Plant cuttings Plant pot, concrete or terracotta Donate to charity if in good condition Plant pot, plastic Plastic bags Plastic bin liners Plastic bottle tops Plastic bottles Plastic bowls Plastic buckets Plastic caps/ lids Recycle your lids and other small, hard plastic too small to be recycled (such as bread tags and straws) in a fabric softener or detergent bottle. When full, this can be placed in the yellow lidded recycling bin. Recycle your lids and other small, hard plastic too small to be recycled (such as bread tags and straws) in a fabric softener or detergent bottle. When full, this can be placed in the yellow lidded recycling bin. Plastic cling wrap Plastic containers Plastic cutlery Plastic deodorant bottles Plastic flower pots Plastic lid Plastic magazine wrap Plastic milk bottles Plastic storage containers Plastic strapping Plastic straws Plastic take-away containers Plastic wrapper Poly pipe Polystyrene Polystyrene cups Polystyrene foam Polystyrene meat trays faeces faecesl noodles Pot plant pots, plastic Power tool cases, plastic Printer toner/cartridges The Edmonds Group 389 Greenslade Drive Mitchell Park 0419 045 230 or Cart Collect 6 Greendale Drive, Mitchell Park 0419 045 230, or contact Cartridge World Printers Australia Post at Woodside and Stirling, or through Planet Ark Prosthetic limbs Contact Daw Park Repatriation Hospital Orthotics and Prosthetics Department (08) 8276 1655 Prunings Pump bottle lids Pyrex ovenware, broken Pyrex ovenware, intact Donate to charity shop R Rainwater tank Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Rechargeable batteries Battery World or Adelaide Hills Council Service Centres in household quantities Recyclables in plastic bags Always remove bag and place contents in yellow bin Reusable drink bottles Rope S Safety glasses School bags Scrap metal Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Seafood Shoes, unusable Shoes, usable Donate to charity shop Shower screens, glass reinforced Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Shredded paper in paper bag or cereal box Paper is recyclable and should go in the recycling bin, but once it s been shredded it can cause problems for machinery at the recycling depot. Small amounts of shredded paper can go in the green organics bin, along with your garden and food waste that goes to commercial composting facilities. Shredded paper is very useful in creating composts and mulches, so where possible place it in the green organics bin. wise, you can put the shredded paper in a large paper bag, old envelope or cardboard box, so it is contained and will not clog the recycling machinery, and then put it into the recycling (yellow-lidded) bin. Skirting boards Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Small branches Smoke alarm (one only) Only one per pick up Soda stream gas canisters (empty) Soda stream gas canisters (full) Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (cnr Magazine Road and
Soft drink bottles Soft drink cans Soft plastic Recycle soft plastics at selected supermarkets (e.g. Coles where soft plastic bins are located) Sound systems Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Spectacles Blue lidded bin Recycle through Lions Clubs Australia Spirit bottles Sponges Sporting goods Spray bottle lids Spray can Lid removed and can empty Spray paint Lid removed and can empty Steel Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Steel cans Storage containers - plastic Stoves Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Straws Styrofoam Suitcases Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Swimming faecesl Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Syringes Use a sharps container and dispose at any Adelaide Hills Council Service Centre T Takeaway containers - plastic Tea bags (with tags) Telephone books Telephones (landline or cordless) Free of charge at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre. Or contact E-Cycle Recovery (08) 8262 4074 Televisions Free of charge at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre. Or contact E-Cycle Recovery (08) 8262 4074 Tent Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Textiles Good quality items donate to charity shop Thinners Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (cnr Magazine Road and Timber Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Tin cans Tissues Toilet cistern, plastic Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Toilet paper rolls Toner cartridges Recycle full or empty at Australia Post, Officeworks, Dick Smith, Harvey Norman, JB HiFi, or The Good Guys. Visit Planet Ark online for further information. Tools Toxic waste Free disposal at Zero Waste SA Household Waste Depot (cnr Magazine Road and Toys, unusable Toys, usable Donate to charity shop Trampoline Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Trays, foam Trays, hard plastic Treadmill Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Tree prunings, up to 15cm in diameter Twigs Twine Tyres Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) U UPS Battery World V Vacuum cleaner dust Contained in bag or container Vegetable scraps Video case, soft plastic removed Video cassettes Video tape Vinyl W Wardrobe Donate to charity if reusable, or dispose at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) Washing baskets, plastic Washing machines Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Waxed cardboard Waxed paper Weeds Wheelbarrow Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Window frame Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre
Window glass Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Wine bladders Wine bottle lids Wine bottles Wine corks Collected from various drop off points across Australia by community groups. Visit Recycling Near You to find drop off locations near you Wire Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Wood panelling Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Wood, chipboard Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Wood, plywood Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre Wooden pallets Return to supplier, or dispose at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (fee applies) X X-rays Free disposal at Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre, or any Red Cross Centre Y Yogurt containers Z Zip lock bags Zip ties Collect in an empty plastic milk or juice bottle with your plastic lids and when full place bottle in recycling (yellow-lidded) bin This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of recycling and will be updated regularly. Please contact (08) 8408 0400 or mail@ahc.sa.gov.au for an item not listed.