You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.
Skip to the main content
Home

A to Z rubbish and recycling guide

Your guide to food and garden waste, recycling and rubbish in Knox.

Use this guide to find out how to recycle or dispose of items correctly.

 

Please let us know if something is missing and we will add it to the list.

Explore our comprehensive guide below or download our quick reference waste guide [PDF 290KB].

A

Aerosol cans (empty)


Aerosol cans (not empty)


Air conditioning unit


Aluminum foil

  • Roll into a ball the size of a tennis ball and put in your recycling bin


Ammonia based cleaners


Antennas


Anti-freeze


Animal droppings


Asbestos


Ash from fire-place

B

Baby wipes


Bath (ceramic or wrought iron)


Batteries (all sizes)


Barbeques


Bean bag beans


Bikes, scooters and skateboards


Biodegradable bags, cups and cutlery


Biscuits


Blankets, doonas and bedding


Blinds


Bubble wrap


Butter


Bones (raw or cooked)


Books


Bottles and tops (plastic and metal)


Boxes (cardboard)


Brake fluid


Branches


Bread


Bricks, rubber and concrete


Broken drinking glass 


Building materials

C

Cake/pastries


Cameras


Car batteries

  • Take to the Transfer Station or the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station


Cardboard (regular)


Cardboard (wax coated)


Car parts (metal)

  • Do an internet search or take small pieces (no engines) to the Transfer Station


Car wax


Carpet and carpet underlay


CDs, DVDs and VHS videos


Ceramics (broken)


Ceramics (intact)

  • Consider donating or reselling


Cereals


Cheese


Chemicals (household)


Chicken (raw/cooked)


Christmas trees (living)


Christmas trees (artificial)


Cigarette butts


Citrus


Cling film


Clothing

  • Put in your rubbish bin
  • Consider donating or reselling


Coat hangers (wire or plastic)


Coffee filter paper


Coffee grounds (loose)


Coffee pods (compostable)


Compostable bags 


Compostable containers, cups and packaging


Computers and monitors


Coolant


Copha


Corks


Corrugated iron and metal


Cooking oil

  • Dispose of up to 20L cooking oil via detox your home or the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station


Cream


Crockery and glasses


Cubby house (plastic)


Cubby house (timber)


Cups and saucers (broken)


Curtains


Curtain rods, tracks and brackets


Custard


Cutlery

  • Consider donating or reselling
D

Dairy products


Dead animals (bagged)


Deli meats (cooked/raw)


Detergent bottles


Dips


Disinfectants


Disposable nappies (bagged)


Disposable wooden cutlery


Dishwasher


Dog poo or cat poo (bagged)


Doors


Dryer or washing machine


DVD, CD and VCR players

E

Egg cartons


Eggs and eggshells


Electrical appliances


Engine oil (30L or less)

  • Take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station
F

Fencing or lattice


Fertiliser


Fire extinguisher


Filing cabinet (metal or timber)


Fish or fish and chips


Fluorescent tubes or globes

  • Do an internet search or take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station


Floor care products and waxes


Foam boxes and trays


Food cans (empty)


Food waste or scraps


Fridges and freezers


Fried food


Fuel (petrol, diesel, kerosene or other)


Furniture

G

Garden tools


Garden waste


Garlic


Gas bottles


Gates


Glass sheets


Glues (water and solvent based)


Grains

H

Hair (pet or human)


Heater (oil)


Heater (electric or gas)


Herbicides and weed killers


Herbs and spices (raw/dried)


Hot water unit


Household chemicals

I

Incontinence pads (disposable)


Insect spray or pesticides


Irons


Ironing board


Iron and scrap metal

K

Kitty litter

L

Ladder (timber or metal)


Laundry sink (metal)


Lawn mower


Light globes (halogen or incandescent)

  • Do an internet search
  • take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station
  • Take to a Planet Ark drop off point


Light globes (LED)

  • Do an internet search
  • take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station
  • Take to a Planet Ark drop off point


Light fittings


Logs/branches

M

Margarine tubs


Mannequins


Mattresses and bases


Meat or fish scraps


Meat trays (foam)


Meat tray (plastic)


Medicine bottles (empty)


Metal sheds


Mirrors


Mobile phones


Mouldy food 

N

Napkins (clean or dirty)


Nappies (disposable)


Nails and screws


Nail polish and remover


Newspapers (clean)


Newspapers (dirty)


Noodles


Nuts

O

Oil (motor) 

  • 30L or less
  • Take to the Transfer Station or the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station


Oil (cooking)

  • Dispose of via detox your home
  • Or take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station


Oil (solid eg copha or ghee)


Onion


Oyster shells


Ovens

P

Paint

  • Take to the Transfer Station 
  • Or take to the permanent detox drop off site at Monash Transfer Station


Paint stripper, thinner or turps


Paint tins or drums (dry and empty)


Pallets


Paper straws


Paper towel (clean or dirty)


Pasta (cooked or raw)


Pet food (dry or wet)


Pet food tins (empty and rinsed)


Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics


Picture frames


Pillows


Pizza boxes (clean)


Pizza boxes (dirty)


Plasterboard


Plastic bags


Plastic containers (large)


Plastic pots and plant tags (clean)


Plastic strapping and film


Plastic wrappers


Plate glass (wrapped)


Polystyrene (large pieces)


Pool chemicals


Pool pump


Pots and pans


Potting mix


Prams and pushers


Printer cartridges or toner


PVC or plastic pipe


Pyrex ovenware (broken)

R

Rat poison


Rice (cooked or raw)


Rubber

S

Scrap metal


Seeds


Shellfish (soft - not oyster shells)


Shoes


Shower screens 


Shredded paper


Silicon bakeware


Smoke alarms


Spa bath (including parts such as fittings, pipes and frames)


Sporting equipment


Sporting goods


Spreads (Vegemite, peanut butter, jam etc)


Steel cans and tins 


Steel (not including cans or tins)


Stoves


Straw or hay (clean)


Straws (paper)


Styrofoam


Syringes

T

Takeaway food containers


Takeaway coffee cups


Tea bags


Tea leaves (loose)


Televisions


Tetra packs


Textiles or linen


Tiles (ceramic, roof)


Timber


Timber (treated)


Tinned food (including pet food)


Tissues


Toasters


Toilet


Tools including power tools


Toys


Trampoline (dismantled)


Transmission fluid


Tree prunings


Tree stumps


Tyres

V

Vaccum cleaner


Vaccum cleaner dust


Vinyl flooring

W, X, Y

Washing machines


Waxed cardboard


Weeds


Weeds (noxious)


Wet wipes


Whitegoods


Window frames (metal)


Window frames (metal and timber)


Window glass (wrap)


Wood / branches (logs)


Wood preservatives and finishes (oils and varnishes)


Wooden cutlery (natural with no paint or treatments)


X-rays


Yoghurt

Need help?

Contact us and we will get back to you.

Or call our Customer Service team on 9298 8000.

Our services

Newsletter

Stay up to date with our newsletter

Subscribe
subscribe icon