Separate your eligible bottles and cans to collect 10c refund under Container Deposit Scheme at participating collection depots
Scrunch foil into a tennis ball size
Scrunch aluminium lids inside aluminium foil to ensure they're detected for recycling.
Household batteries can also be taken to designated battery bins in supermarkets, electronic retailers and battery supply outlets.
Look for the 'home compostable' logo to compost at home.
Expired EPIRBs and flares are hazardous and should not be placed in kerbside bins. Take them to NT Water Police in East Arm during business hours for safe disposal.
Collect steel lids in a steel can and scrunch aluminium lids in aluminium foil before placing these in the recycling bin
Paper towel with only food/oil on it can go in a compost bin. If it was used with cleaning products, it should go in your red general waste bin.
A few oily spots is okay!
Plastic containers marked with numbers 1, 2 and 5 are best for recycling.
Plastic lids larger than the palm of your hand (like ice cream container lids) can go in the recycling bin
Use refills wherever possible to reduce this plastic waste. Otherwise, spray and pump heads can be recycled through paid programs like TerraCycle or Banish.
Pens and markers can be recycled at some office supply stores.
Rinse out food residue before recycling
Place steel lids in a steel can and fold the edges to ensure they're detected for recycling
Remove plastic lid
Tyres should be taken to a licenced tyre facility for recycling in the first instance. Residents can otherwise take up to 8 tyres per year to the Shoal Bay Transfer Station.