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Recycling and
Waste Guide
2020-2021

Food Waste
Recycling is here
From August 2020 use your existing
garden waste bin to recycle food
waste with garden waste.
Recycle your FOOD AND GARDEN WASTE
Acceptable items
food waste Place these items loosely in your food and garden
waste bin.
From August 2020, you can empty
all your food scraps straight into
your existing garden waste bin.
Fruit and Seafood, meat
Council will collect your garden and vegetable scraps and
food waste to create compost. scraps bones

How to recycle food waste

Egg shells Cheese and dairy
STEP 1
Collect and store your
food waste in a container
or caddy.
Leftovers Citrus, onions
STEP 2 and garlic
Empty food waste into
your food and garden
waste bin. Food waste
needs to go in loose
without any bags. Coffee grounds Bread, cereal, Grass, leaves and
and loose tea rice, noodles prunings (including
leaves and pasta weeds and flowers)

Unacceptable items
STEP 3 DO NOT place these materials in your food
Keep your bin fresh and garden waste bin.
by closing the lid and
storing it in the shade.

STEP 4
Take your food and
garden waste bin out as No plastic No compostable and No nappies
bags biodegradable bags (including
usual for collection.
compostable)

Tips to keep your bin fresh

Layer food waste between lawn clippings
or garden prunings.
No takeaway No food No old clothing
Do not overfill your bin or caddy, and keep cups (including packaging and textiles
the lid securely closed. compostable)
No tree stumps,
Keep seafood, bones and meat scraps in logs and ash
the freezer until the night before your bin No treated and
collection. painted timber
No concrete,
Your bin bricks and rocks
No pet poo and No garden
collection kitty litter rubbish No recyclables
Your bin days have not No medical waste
changed. The food and
garden waste bin will still be For a detailed list of acceptable and unacceptable items,
collected every fortnight. visit Council’s website and search ‘food waste recycling’.
 RECYCLE RIGHT

Acceptable items
Place these items loosely in your recycling bin.

Remove all
plastic lids.
Place small
lids in general
waste.

Plastic bottles and containers 1 2 3 4 5 Clean paper and flattened cardboard

Aluminium and steel - empty aerosols,

Glass bottles and jars Loose metal lids foil, cans and trays

Unacceptable
items
DO NOT place
these items in
your recycling bin. No milk and No small No plastics No black
juice cartons plastic lids 6 7 plastics

No soft No bagged No household No clothing, No nappies No ceramics,

plastics recycling waste shoes, bedding, cookware, pots
or materials or pans

No polystyrene No electrical No car or No car parts, No food or No shredded

goods household motor oil or garden waste paper
batteries chemical
containers

Soft Plastics
If in doubt, keep Soft plastics DO NOT go in your blue recycling bin.
it out of your You can collect and recycle clean, dry soft plastic items through
recycling bin to avoid the REDcycle program at Coles and Woolworths stores.
contamination. Soft plastics include empty bread and lolly bags, wrapping from
toilet paper and paper towel, pasta and rice bags, frozen food
and vegetable bags, old green bags and bubble wrap.
Visit the REDcycle website for drop-off locations and
a full list of what can and cannot be recycled.
HARD WASTE

To book your hard waste collection visit the hard waste page on Council’s website.
»» Bookings made by 5.00 pm Wednesday are collected the next week.
»» All hard waste should be placed out by the Sunday evening before your collection. Do not place your hard waste out
early or before making a booking.
»» Maximum hard waste collected is three cubic metres, e.g. 3m long x 1 metre high x 1 metre wide.
»» Your second hard waste collection will automatically be used when your pile exceeds the 3 cubic metre limit.
»» If you need to cancel please call Waste Management Services on 9729 9100 by 5.00 pm on the Friday before your
scheduled collection week, or respond to the sms sent to you on Friday.
»» Please notify Council immediately if someone dumps any waste on your pile, before it is collected.

Acceptable items Unacceptable items

All materials will be sent to a resource
Council WILL NOT collect the
recovery centre.
following items as part of your
hard rubbish collection.
These
can go to
a Transfer
Station.

Mattresses Car tyres White goods and

No household No gas No assorted
maximum 4 appliances
waste bottles batteries

No renovation
and building
materials or
No fence panels pallets
or fencing timber
Garden waste Timber Electronic waste
up to 5 tied bundles maximum 12 pieces (e-waste)
no longer than 1.5m

Metal items Collections must not be over three No soil, concrete No paint,
Household cubic metres in size or bricks chemicals or No fire
furniture containers extinguishers
Toys
No waste in plastic bags
Small battery
operated items No plasterboard, MDF, kitchen materials
eg toys, torches. No asbestos or cement sheeting
Place with e-waste
No car bodies and parts
items
No unwrapped or broken glass
Crockery
Household items If you are unsure if something you have will be
Carpet / underlay collected, visit Council’s website or contact Council
up to 3 rolls on 9705 5200 prior to placing hard waste out.

Report Litter Dumping

Littering is a serious offence and has a significant Please provide the following
impact on all of us, both financially and information for Council to conduct a
environmentally. successful investigation.
If you see someone illegally dumping rubbish, »» Location »» Offender description
renovation material or hard waste you can report it »» Time and date »» Vehicle details and registration
by visiting Council’s website and searching ‘litter’. »» Type of waste »» A photo of it occurring if possible
GENERAL WASTE

Acceptable items Unacceptable items

DO NOT place these items in
your general waste bin.

Plastics 6 7

Milk and Black Small

juice cartons plastics plastic lids
No paint or
hazardous material No recyclables

All
rubbish
must be
bagged. Nappies General Soft
household plastics
waste
No logs or No cooking No car or
tree stumps or motor oil household
batteries
No dirt, rubble or soil
Polystyrene Broken glass Damaged and old clothing, No hazardous chemicals
and ceramics shoes, bedding and materials No medical waste or syringes

OTHER DISPOSAL OPTIONS

E-waste Detox your home program
E-waste is anything with a plug, battery or cord that is no Permanent site
longer working or wanted. It is illegal to place e-waste in The Hampton Park Recycling Centre and Transfer Station
kerbside bins. E-waste can be collected via hard waste accepts paint, batteries and light globes free of charge.
collections or dropped at the transfer stations listed at the
back of this guide. Please remove all batteries and dispose
of them at the listed transfer stations, Casey Customer
Service Centres or Aldi stores.

Car and household Paint tins Light

batteries globes
Cameras Alarm clocks and Mobile collections
TV’s and DVD radios Attend a free Detox your home event to safely dispose
players of highly toxic, household chemicals such as solvents,
poisons and cleaning products.
Visit the Sustainability Victoria
website for full details, including:
»» What is accepted
»» Event details
Fax machines »» How to register
White goods such as fridges,
and phones freezers and washing »» How to safely store and
machines and dryers transport your items

For a full list of where to take other items, visit Council’s website and search ‘other disposal options’.
GREEN LIVING: TIPS

Try these tips to reduce your waste and

impact on the environment.
Join the Green Living in Casey Facebook
group to learn and share knowledge
about environmental issues,
particularly tips to reduce waste,
and connect with members of
the local community.

RETHINK what REFUSE REDUCE your waste by

you buy and what single-use items or buying what you need,
you throw away. things you might buying in bulk and storing
not need. food properly.

REUSE what you REPAIR goods instead RECYCLE properly by RECONNECT to your
have and buy items of throwing them away. sorting your waste into local community and
that can be used Learn by asking family, the correct bin. Close the environment. Spend
again and again. borrowing materials and the loop by purchasing time in nature and
watching videos. recycled products to share food, resources
increase demand. and talents with others.

GREEN LIVING: REBATES

Compost rebate Cloth nappy and reusable

Composting your food scraps is beneficial to your garden sanitary product rebate
as it produces a free, natural fertiliser. It also means that
you send less waste to landfill. Cloth nappies and reusable sanitary products are
healthier for the environment.
Council offers one-off rebates on
To encourage their use, Council offers
the purchase of compost bins,
Casey residents one-off rebates on
worm farms or bio-fermenters.
cloth nappies, including swim nappies,
The rebate is open to
reusable wipes and wet bags, and
residents of Casey, with
reusable sanitary products, including
one rebate available for
sanitary pads, sanitary cups and leak-
each household.
proof underwear.
Rebates are as follows: Each household can receive
»» Compost bin one rebate per category.
$30 rebate
»» Bio-fermenter Rebates are as follows:
$40 rebate »» Cloth nappies 50% of a
»» Worm farm purchase up to $150
$50 rebate »» Reusable sanitary products
50% of a purchase up to $100

To apply, visit Council’s website and search ‘reduce your waste’. Then, complete the form, upload a photo of the receipt
and proof of residence in Casey. Separate applications are required for each rebate. Terms and conditions apply.
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COLLECTION AREA ONE CALENDAR 1

Use the map in this guide to find the colour of your collection day.
Your recycling and food and garden waste are collected fortnightly. General waste is collected weekly.

Recycling week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Food and garden waste week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AUGUST 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 OCTOBER 2020 NOVEMBER 2020

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COLLECTION AREA TWO CALENDAR 2

Use the map in this guide to find the colour of your collection day.
Your recycling and food and garden waste are collected fortnightly. General waste is collected weekly.

Recycling week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Food and garden waste week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AUGUST 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 OCTOBER 2020 NOVEMBER 2020

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If you live in one of these
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Contact City of Casey Customer Service
03 9705 5200 Centres Recycle Centres
NRS: 133 677 (for the deaf, Narre Warren and Transfer Stations
hearing or speech impaired) Bunjil Place
Patrick Northeast Drive Fees may apply. Contact Transfer
[email protected] Stations for further information and
opening hours.
casey.vic.gov.au Cranbourne
Cranbourne Park Hampton Park Recycling Centre and
facebook.com/CityOfCasey Shopping Centre Transfer Station
@CityOfCasey 274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 03 9554 4502
PO Box 1000 Future Recycling
Narre Warren VIC 3805 30-32 Exchange Drive, Pakenham
Phone: 13 RECYCLING (13 732 925 464)
[email protected]
Frankston Regional Recycling and
Recovery Centre
20 Harold Road, Skye
Phone: 1300 322 322
Lysterfield Transfer Station
Printed using vegetable dyes and on 100% recycled paper.
840 Wellington Road, Lysterfield
Remove magnet before recycling guide in blue recycling bin or
Phone: 03 9753 5411
placing in home compost system.