Find my bin day
Put your food and garden bin out by 6 am on your collection day. Collections happen on the same day each week, including public holidays. You must return the bins to your property within 24 hours after collection.
Waste calendars
You can also download our waste calendars and view waste maps and zones of Knox.
What goes in your bin
Read the lists below to find out what can and can't go into your recycling bin. You can also view our A to Z rubbish and recycling guide.
Put all recyclable items into your bin loose. Items will not be sorted if they are in plastic bags.
- Wrapping paper made from paper and has no glitter on it
- Greeting cards and envelopes with or without a window
- Magazines and newspapers
- Egg cartons if they contain any stuck, broken eggshell, put that part into the Food & Garden bin
- Pizza boxes – make sure they are completely empty and if more than two-thirds greasy, rip the box in half and put that half into your food and garden bin
- Paper and cardboard no need to take off tape or staples first
- Scrap paper
- Aluminium and steel aerosol cans only if completely empty
- Hard plastic packaging and emptied food containers e.g. any plastic that is rigid and holds its shape
- Aluminium baking trays empty, rinsed/unrinsed
- Aluminium foil empty, rinsed and scrunch into a loose ball
- Steel or aluminium cans and tins rinsed - lids can be put back into tin and top of can squished together
- Glass bottles and jars – lids off and place all loose into the recycling (empty, rinsed/unrinsed)
- Milk and juice cartons or bottles – milk and juice cartons or bottles. After bottles are empty (rinsed/unrinsed), squish the bottle where practical, then put lids back on
- Small plastic bottles – lids on, empty, rinsed and squashed
- Plastic meat trays – cardboard ones must have any light plastic film removed first
- Plastic bags – any recyclables in plastic bags will end up in landfill
- General rubbish and waste
- Batteries – Bunnings, Coles, Woolworths and Officeworks collect batteries for recycling
- Take-away coffee cups – no lids or cups
- Nappies
- Polystyrene
- Polystyrene meat trays
- Food and garden waste
- Timber, bricks, rubble, steel or building materials
- Syringes – visit our Customer Service centre for a free sharps container
- Ashes (hot or cold) – do not put them in the recycling bin
- Chemicals or hazardous waste – find out how to detox your home
- Fluids or liquids – check Knox Transfer Stations & Recycling Facilities (charges may apply)
Soft plastics
Soft plastics can't be placed in recycling bins as they may damage to machinery at the recycling facility. You can find soft plastics disposal points at selected Woolworths stores across Knox.
A soft plastic is any type of plastic that you can scrunch into a ball and doesn’t bounce back into its original shape.
Examples of common soft plastics include:
- biscuit wrappers
- plastic bags
- garbage bags
- chip packets
- salad mix packets.
E-waste
E-waste is anything that has a power cord, plug or batteries. Do not put e-waste in rubbish or recycling bins.
To find out more about e-waste visit our e-waste page.
Recycling bin lid change
From 20 July, we started changing the lids on recycling bins from blue to yellow. Find out more on our Changes to bin lid colours page.
Where your recycling goes
The material from your recycling bin is collected by a contractor and delivered to our recycling processor, 'Re.Group' in Dandenong.
The material is sorted and processed at a material recovery facility, where recycling is separated into material types.
This includes:
- paper
- cardboard
- plastic
- aluminium
- other metals and glass.
The materials are also graded based on quality.
Millions of tonnes of valuable materials are recovered. These are then purchased by manufacturers who turn them into new products.
Manage your bin service
Need help with a missed collection, bin repairs or replacements, braille bin stickers, or putting your bins out for collection? Find everything you need on our Bin services and fees page.
Need help?
Contact us and we will get back to you.
Or call our Customer Service team on 9298 8000.
