Find out how to dispose of different items responsibly in Darwin with our simple A - Z Recycling Guide.
This guide is for Darwin residents only. Recycling and disposal options may differ for commercial operators.
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A
Aerosols
Aluminium Cans
Aluminium Foil
Aluminium lids (from glass wine and soft drink bottles)
Aluminium trays
B
Batteries (household)
Beer Bottles
Blankets
Books
Bubble wrap
Building materials (reusable)
Building waste
C
Car batteries
Car Parts
Cellophane
Ceramics (reusable)
Chemicals
Cling wrap
Clothing (reusable)
Compostable packaging
Computers and accessories (reusable)
Concrete
Cooking Fat
Cotton buds
E
E-waste (residential only)
Egg cartons
Electrical equipment (reusable)
EPIRBs and flares (expired)
Eyeglasses
F
Fire Extinguisher
Fluorescent tubes
Food waste
Furniture (broken)
Furniture (reusable)
G
Garden hose
Garden waste
Gas bottles
Glass (broken)
Glass bottles
Glass jars
Glassware (reusable)
Greaseproof Paper
H
Household insulation
Household items (broken)
Household items (reuseable)
I
Ice cream containers
Ink Cartridges
K
Kitchenware (reusable)
Kitty Litter
L
Light bulbs and globes
Long life cartons (remove plastic lid)
M
Magazines
Manure/animal droppings
Margarine tubs
Meat Trays
Menstrual products
Metal lids (from bottles & jars)
Milk Bottles
Mobile Phones
N
Nappies
Newspapers
P
Paper
Paper Bags
Paper towel
Pizza boxes (clean, no food)
Plant pots (reusable)
Plastic bags
Plastic bottles
Plastic containers (hard)
Plastic lids (large)
Plastic lids (small)
Plastic spray and pump heads
Poisons
Polystyrene
Printers and scanners (reusable)
S
Shoes (reusable)
Soft drink bottles and cans
Soft plastics
Solar panels (reusable)
Solar panels and inverters (end-of-life, residential only)
Stationary
Steel cans and tins
Steel lids (from glass jars and beer bottles)
Styrofoam
T
Take away food containers (plastic)
Takeaway coffee cups & lids
Tea bags
Tetra Paks
Tiles (reusable)
Tissues
Toilet Paper Rolls
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste tubes
Toys (broken)
Toys (reusable)
TVs (reusable)
Tyres (domestic only)
V
Vacuum Cleaner Dust
W
Waxed Paper
Whitegoods
Windowpanes
Wine Bottles
Wood (reusable)
Wrapping Paper