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Recycling service

DON'T WASTE IT, RECYCLE IT!

Auburn City Council is dedicated to recycling as much waste as possible to ensure a sustainable environment for future generations.

Recycling Collection Service

We provide a fortnightly collection service for recycling and garden waste on the same night as your domestic waste collection.

Auburn City Council works in partnership with Visy Recycling to provide you with the most efficient collection service. 

When are the recycling bins collected? 

These bins are collected every fortnight on the alternate week of the garden organics collection.
    

 Remember!

  • Don't place recyclables in plastic bags - they won't be recycled. 
  • Use a tub or basket to transport your recyclables to ensure your recycling efforts are not wasted.
  • Placing non-recyclables in your recycling bin means that your bin is contaminated and may be rejected at the recycling plant, leading to increase of cost to Council and the community.
What can be placed in your recycling bin?
What can’t be placed in your recycling bin?
ü Aluminium and steel cans (rinsed)
ü Aluminium foil
ü Aluminium food trays
ü Empty aerosol cans
ü Glass bottles and jars (rinsed)
ü Blue glass and white frosted glass
ü Plastic soft drink bottles and milk bottles
   (including the lids)
ü Plastic shampoo and detergent bottles
ü Ice cream and take away containers
ü Juice and cream containers
ü Liquid cardboard (used in milk and juice
   cartons)
ü Newspapers, magazines and cardboard
 
û  Polystyrene/Foam products
û  Crockery and cookware
û  Nappies​
û  Syringes​
û  Cookware​
û  Paint cans​
û  Metal jar lids​
û  CDs and their cases​
û  Plastic wrapping​
û  Plastic bags​
û  Fluorescent light globes​
û  Noxious weeds
û  Food scraps​

 Recycling facts
  • Auburn Council's recycling rate is 115.15kgs per household per year. We are recovering less than 30% of the waste we produce!
  • Recycling 1 tonne of paper and cardboard saves 31,700L of water from being wasted and 13 trees from needlessly being chopped down
  • 17 trees can absorb the carbon monoxide emitted by a car during a year by locking up carbon in wood and releasing oxygen back into the atmosphere
  • Recycling 1 aluminium can save enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours
  • Producing 20 aluminium cans from recycled material uses the same power as making one from raw materials
  • Recycling 1 tonne of plastic saves enough energy to run a refrigerator for one month

The Waste Game

Test how much you know about recycling and reducing waste by playing the Waste Game.

 
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