The garbage dumped in the yellow canisters are clean paper and cardboard (newspapers, magazines, junk mail, envelopes, egg cartons, cardboard boxes - unfolded); juice and milk cartons; glass bottles and jars; aluminum/steel cans and lids; aerosol cans (empty); aluminum foil sheets, trays (cleaned and rolled up to the size of a fist); all hard plastic containers (drink bottles, shampoo and detergent bottles, ice cream and yogurt containers plastic plant pots)
The following items are not allowed in any kind of garbage can:
Batteries; any small electrical appliances (e.g., kettles, toasters, portable fans); lightweight globes; all liquid wastes (including mechanical oils and cooking oils); construction waste (e.g., bricks, concrete, soil, rocks); hot ashes; chemicals and poisons; liquid paints; medical waste (e.g. pills, x-rays, syringes); ammunition or explosives; vehicle parts; gas tanks, high pressure cylinders; bulk garden waste.
Any brand of AA, AAA, C, D and 9V batteries (rechargeable and non-rechargeable) can be recycled, simply place the used batteries in the store's special garbage can.
You can also visit recyclingnearyou.com.au to find a recycling point near your home.
Donations of unworn old clothes must be washed, packaged and taken to a designated location.
And things like unwanted pots, pans, appliances and so on are simply placed at the curb in front of your home, where a community member will come regularly to haul them away for recycling.
Each household has a second opportunity each year to make an appointment online for large homes, large items longer than the required length, paint canisters, etc. by the community to schedule a time for door-to-door recycling.
Throwing the wrong garbage can face fines ranging from A$50 to A$500.
For example, throwing non-recyclable garbage in the recycling bin can result in a fine of A$350.
Putting 'non-collectable' waste such as explosives, sewage or gas cylinders in the garbage can, or putting waste in a neighbor's garbage can without permission, can also result in a fine of A$350.
Residents are required to leave their garbage cans at the curb at the edge of the street and wait for the garbage truck to come and empty them.
The six biggest littering mistakes:
1, Plastic bags, fruit and veg bags, chip bags, clothes and even dirty diapers are not to be thrown in the recycling bins;
2, Don't bag recyclables;
3, There's still liquid left in the bottles and cans;
4, Egg cartons are not squashed;
5, Pizza boxes still have leftovers;
6, aluminum foil products directly thrown.