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What CAN go into your kerbside recycling bin... What CAN’T go into your kerbside recycling bin...

PAPER & CARDBOARDOffice paper, cardboard, letters and envelopes, junk mail, telephone books, liquid paperboard (such as milk and custard containers), newspaper, magazines, pamphlets and paper bags.

Whilst many of these items can be recycled through appropriate channels, they cannot be put in your recycling bin as they can damage collection trucks and recycling equipment and can cause harm to people who sort your recycling.

How to IMPROVE your recycling...Please do not place recyclables into plastic bags. All items should be empty and clean

METALAluminium, steel and tin-plated steel cans, aluminium foil (clean), paint tins (empty) and aerosol cans.

PLASTIC CONTAINERSplease empty, rinse and remove caps.

GLASSBottles and jars.

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for more info ph 1800 330 246 or visit www.midwaste.org.au

Waste Disposal Guide

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An Acid & Alkalisn Aerosol cans (empty)n Aluminium cansn Aluminium foiln Antibioticsn Appliances - householdn Asbestos - wrappedBn Bath tubsn Bathroom sinksn Batteries - householdn Bike framesn Bottles - glass & plasticn Boxes - cardboardn Branches - treen Bricks & paversn Building materialsCn Car batteriesn Car bodiesn Car tyres - max 5n Cardboard unwaxedn Carpet & underlayn Catridges - printern Cellophanen n Ceramics & crockeryn Chemicals - householdn Christmas trees - liven Cigarette butts

n Clothingn Coat hangersn Cooking oiln Corks - cork & plasticn Cleaners - householdn Computersn Construction wasteDn Demolition wasten Disposable nappiesn Doorsn Drums - metal emptyEn Egg cartonsn Electrical (e-waste)n Engine oil - max 20Ln Envelopes - paperFn Fencing timbern Fibro - wrappedn Fire extinguishesn Fishing lines & rodsn Flaresn Fuels - petrol & dieseln Furniture - timber &

metalGn Garden hosesn Gas bottlesn Gladwrap

n Glass jars & bottlesn Glass - broken wrappedn Grass clippingsn Guttering - metalHn Hazardous wastesn Herbicidesn Hobby chemicalsn Hot water systemsIn Insulation batts wrappedKn Kitchen cupboards,

sinksLn Lattice timbern Laundry tubs - metaln n Lawn mowersn Lead acid batteriesn Light globes - all typesn LinoleumMn Magazines - all typesn Masoniten Mattressesn n Medicinesn Metal bed framesn Metal chairsn Metal roofingn Mobile phones

Nn Newspapers - all typesOn Office furnituren Oil motor - max 20LPn Paintsn Pallets timbern Paper - cleann Paper towels soiledn Perspexn Pesticidesn Pool chemicalsn Pine treatedn Pizza boxes cleann n Pizza boxes with

foodn Plastic Containersn Plastic bags - all typesn Plastic bottle topsn n Polystyrene

packagingRn Radio’sn Razorsn Refrigeratorsn Roof tilesSn Sand & soiln Smoke alarms

n Solventsn Steel cansn Steel - othern Stovesn SyringesTn Takeaway containersn Telephone booksn Televisionsn Tiles - bathroomn Timbern Tin cansn Toner catridgesn Toilets - ceramicn Toilet paper rollsn Toys & booksn Tyres carn Tree stumps & logsVn Vegetable food scrapsn Vegetation wasten Vehicle batteriesWn Washing machinesn Weedsn Whitegoodsn Window framesn n Window glass

wrappedXn X-rays

for more info ph 1800 330 246 or visit www.midwaste.org.au

Keyn Transfer station/Waste

Management Centre (charges may apply)

n Yellow lidded recycling binn Red lidded waste binn Green lidded organics binn Check with your local

charity storen Other, contact your local

Council

Kempsey and Port Macquarie-Hastings