WASTE & RECYCLING GUIDEOur Vision
Let’s all do our bit to keep waste out of landfill. Recycling right keeps our city clean and green. The long term vision is to see
90% of the waste generated in Wyndham households diverted away from landfill through improved recycling and servicing.

90%

diversion

Bin Collection			

digital.wyndham.vic.gov.au/myWyndham/

Place your bins out before 6am on the day of collection. To find out your bin collection day
visit digital.wyndham.vic.gov.au/myWyndham/, add your address and click on the housesymbol. It is important that your recycling and green waste bins are put out on the correctday, as they are collected on alternate weeks.
Once emptied, please collect and return to your home. Note bins will not be collected on
Good Friday, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. Scheduled collection for these days will
occur the next day.
If you have any questions please call 9742 0777.

Our Vision | Bin Collection

Garbage

Weekly Service

www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/recycleright

Remember, everything you place in this bin goes to landfill, so it’s important to recycle as much as possible.

Why is my bin different
to my neighbour’s?

You might notice thatgarbage bins in yourneighbourhood haveyellow lids. These bins areolder and in the coming
years will be replaced witha red lid bin. We’re aiming
to change all garbage bins
to red lid bins by 2020.

GarbageRecycling

Fortnightly Service

www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/recycleright

Ensure items are loose so they can be sorted and recycled at the Recycling Facility. Recycling right allows natural resources
to be reused again. Empty item contents, but no need to rinse. No plastic bags.

NORecycling

Green Waste

Fortnightly Service (Optional)

This is an optional service with an annual fee. To arrange for a green waste bin call 9742 0777.
Fruit and vegetable scraps are now accepted along with your green waste.

NO

Compost Bins & Worm Farms

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Did you know you can cut your garbage in half by recycling
your food scraps at home?
Sign up to Wyndham City’s Wormlovers Program to be eligible for up to 50% discounted compostbins or worm farms. To find out more visit www.wyndham.wormlovers.com.au
Worm Farms and Compost bins provide an easy way to reduce waste sent to landfill, cutting downon greenhouse gases and returning nutrients back into the soil.

Green Waste| Compost Bins & Worm Farms

After Collection - Where does it go?
Recycling Bin

Green Waste Bin

Garbage Bin

Truck delivers recyclables
to the SKM Recycling Facility.

Truck delivers green waste to theVeolia composting facility in Sunbury.

Truck delivers garbage to the Werribee
landfill, the Refuse Disposal Facility.

The recyclables are sorted into
different material types by handand machinery.

This organic waste is sorted and thenprocessed into nutrient rich compost.

This waste is buried undergroundand does not get to be reused.

These sorted materials are thenreprocessed into new products
and packaging.

This compost is used in Council’s
local parks and gardens, and in
farms across the State.

Garbage in landfill produces
methane gas contributing to climatechange. The Refuse Disposal Facility
captures some of this gas for energy.

After Collection - Where does it go?

Hard and Green Waste Collection Service

www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/bookhardwaste

3FRE

Wyndham City offers all households 3 free
hard and green waste collection services eachfinancial year.
You need to call to book a collection day at least 3
weeks in advance. To book call 9742 0777.

ECOLLECTIONS

Hard Waste Collections help to de-clutter ourhomes, keep our streets clean of illegal dumping
and promotes re-use and recycling.

Report Litter
What should you do if you see someone litter?
Report littering or illegal dumping, by telling us
what was littered, where, when and by whom(car registration or photo if possible).
This maximises Council’s chance of being able
to fine the offender and helps reduce litterin our local area.

Hard and Green Waste Collection Service

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KEEP

WYNDHAMSOMEONE LITTER?
CLEAN SEE
CALL: 9742 0777

| Report LitterWaste & Recycling Transfer Stationwww.wyndham.vic.gov.au/otherrecyclingservices

Residents are encouraged to recycle as much of their bulk waste at the Waste & Recycling Transfer Station to avoid
it being sent to landfill. All items must be separated and placed into the appropriate bins in order to be recycled.
The Transfer Station is located after the weigh bridge at the landfill.
The Refuse Disposal Facility
470 Wests Rd, Werribee
Ph: 9742 0777.

Open: Weekdays: 8am-4pm, Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays: 8.30am-4pm
Closed: Christmas Day, New Years Day, Good Friday

FREE DROP-OFF

CHARGES APPLY ($)

We encourage you to browse the Re-Sale Shed
while at the Transfer Station. Opening Hours:
Mon to Fri 9:30am - 12:30pm, Sat & Sun 10am - 12pm.

Chemicals such as petrol, thinners and acetone
cannot be disposed of at the Transfer Station, visit
www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/detoxyourhome forsafe disposal options near you.

Rate payers also receive 1 token for
the Refuse Disposal Facility annually.

Discounts apply for separated green
waste disposal at the Transfer Station.

Waste & Recycling Transfer Station

Recycling Stations

www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/otherrecyclingservices

Wyndham City has its own Community Recycling Stations for somecommon household items including: batteries, printer cartridges, CD& DVD’s, light globes and mobile phones.

These Recycling Stations are located at various community centres,
as well as the Civic Centre. Do not place anything other than thespecified item into each of the bins.

Other Recycling OptionsReusable goods – Charity Shop
Drop good quality items off at your nearest charity store duringopening hours. Some charities also pick up from your home.
Plastic Bags & Flexible Plastics
Collect your soft plastics and take them to the Redcycle bin at thefront of your local Coles or Woolworths to be recycled.
Household Chemicals
Detox your Home is a free home chemical recycling service that is safe
for you and the environment. Take your chemicals to your closest free
drop off event.
To find out where, when and how to register,
go to www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/detoxmobile or call 1300 363 744.

Reduce Your Waste
The best thing you can do to reduce your waste is to avoid single use plastic,
recycle as much as possible and only buy things you need. Other tips include:• Use reusable green bags,
keep cups and water bottles• Join the nude food movement• Use reusable cloth nappies• Buy second-hand• Say no to junk mail• Avoid items with lots of packaging• Take the Buy Nothing New challenge• Use a worm farm or compost bin• Participate in regular local litter clean ups

Recycling Stations | Other Recycling Options | Reduce Your WasteA - Z Guide To Waste & Recycling
Each item has a symbol or number next to it, use this as a guide of where to dispose of it appropriately in Wyndham.

GarbageRecycling

1. Detox your Home
2. Take to a charity Store
3. Coles & Woolworths REDcycle Collection Bin
4. Community Recycling Stations

Advertising material
Aerosol cans, spray cans (empty)
Aluminium cans, trays and foil
Appliances or(free)
Baths or($)
Batteries (household) 4 or
(free)
BBQs 6 or
Beauty Containers 8 or
Biscuit trays (plastic)
Blankets 2 orBooks 2 orBottle tops
Branches or
Bread bags 3 or
Bricks, cement, rubble($)
Building materials($)

Cake Trays
Cans (steel, aluminium)
Car Batteries(free)
Car parts (small) or($)
Car Tyres($)
Cardboardor(free)
Carpet($)
Cartons (milk, etc.)
Ceramics 2 , or($)
Cereal & Biscuit boxes
Chemicals 1
Chip packets 3 orCigarette butts
Cleaning bottles (empty)
Cleaning products (ammonia based) 1
Cling Wrap 3 orClothing 2 or
Coat hangers (plastic)
Coffee Cup (paper, plastic)
Coffee grounds , orCoffee Pods 8 orComputers & Accessories or(free)Concrete($)
Cooking Oil containers
Cooking Oils 1
Crockery (broken)
Crockery 2
Deodorant cans & roll ons (empty)
Detergents, drain cleaners 1

A - Z Guide To Waste & Recycling

Green Waste

Compost Bin

Hard & Green Waste

Transfer Station

5. Brotherhood Fridges Free Collection
1300 366 283
6. Freecycle www.freecycle.org or Ziilch,
http://au.ziilch.com/

7. Wyndham Civic Centre Sharps Collection,
45 Princes Hwy, Werribee.
8. Terracycle www.terracycle.com.auor 1800 983 324

Dog pooDVDs, CDs 4

Paper Towel or
Pet food cans
Pizza boxes
Plant pots (plastic)
Plastic bags 3 or
Plastic containers (hard)
Plastic Crockery
Plastic Toys (no batteries) 2 orPolystyrene($)
Polystyrene food trays
Pots & Pans (metal, no glass lids) 2 or
Printer Cartridges (printer, toner) 4
Printers or(free)
Punnets (plastic)
Pyrex 2 or

Egg Cartons orElectrical Appliances or
Envelopes
EWaste or(free)(free)

Fertilisers 1
Fire Extinguishers 1 or($)
Foam meat trays
Foil lined trays
Food scraps or (no meat)
Fridges, freezers 5 , or($)
Fruit & Vegetable Scraps orFuels (flammable) 1

Furniture 2 , 6 ,or($)

Rubber

Garden Hose
Garden, grass, green waste , or($)
Gas Cylinders($)
Glass (broken – wrap in newspaper)
Glass bottles, jars (brown, green or clear,with lids)or(free)
Green waste , or($)
Greeting cards
Hot Water Systemsor($)

Ice cream containers
Insect spray bottles (empty)
Jars
Leaves , orLightglobes 4 or($)
(free)

Magazines
Mattresses or($)
Medicine bottles
Mirrors 2 or
Mobile Phones 4 or(free)
Motor Oil(free) up to 15L
Nappies
Newspaper
Paint strippers, thinners, turps 1
Paint Tins empty or full(free)
Paper

Scrap Metal or($)
Shampoo, conditioner bottles
Smoke Alarms
Soil, dirt($)
Sports goods 2 or 6
Syringes 7
Takeaway containers (plastic, cardboard)
Tea bags or
Timber or($)
Tin cans
Tissues
Toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes 8 orToys 2 or 6
Tupperware (plastic)TVs or(free)Tyres (including tubes)($)
Vegetable & Fruit ScrapsorWashing powder boxes
Weeds , or($)
White Goods or($)
Wrappers 3 or
Wrapping Paper
Yogurt ContainersIf you have any further questions
regarding waste disposal email:wastewise@wyndham.vic.gov.au

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