- The Green Bin
The green-lidded bin (greenwaste bin) now accepts a wider range of greenwaste. This material is processed through the new Biomass Facility at the Coffs Coast Resource Recovery Park, to produce compost.
The 12-litre kitchen organics bin provides an hygienic way to collect compostable food scraps and other kitchen organic wastes before emptying in the 240-litre green bin. Read more about the kitchen organics bin.
Your green bin is now collected weekly.
GREEN Bin tips or how to reduce waste:
Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce odour and spillage.
Wrap prawn shells and heads, fish bones and other putrescibles in newspaper and freeze, place in green bin on the night prior to collection.
Place prunings at the bottom of the bin to stop grass cuttings sticking. Layer garden waste with food waste.
Layer garden waste with food waste.
- All food scraps, including meat, bones and prawn shells;
- Grass clippings and leaves;
- Soiled paper or newspaper (including tissues and soiled kitchen paper towel);
- Flowers and weeds;
- Small non-treated timber offcuts;
- Prunings, twigs and small branches;
- Palm fronds (cut to ensure bin closes);
- Noxious weeds
RED: What goes in the red bin?
YELLOW: What goes in the yellow bin?
- Treated timber;
- Stumps or large branches;
- Plastic bags or garbage;
- Soil.
- The Yellow Bin:
The 240-litre yellow-lidded bin is for materials that can be recycled, and should NOT be used for general waste, greenwaste or hazardous waste. Penalties may apply, or services may be withdrawn if contamination of recycling resources is caused through your service.
Your yellow bin is collected fortnightly (see collection calendars).
YELLOW Bin tips or how to reduce waste:
Do NOT smash bottles in the recycling bin. The Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) cannot recycle broken glass.
Do NOT place ceramics, pyrex or window glass in the recycling bin. It takes just one small piece of ceramic or unsuitable glass to contaminate a load of recyclable glass.
Do NOT squash cans or plastic bottles for deposit in the recycling bin. Squashed plastic bottles and cans are not easily recovered by the MRF for recycling, and as such can contribute to landfill.
Rinse containers before placing in the yellow bin. Place items loosely in the bin so they don't become stuck.
Place items loosely in the bin so they don't become stuck.
These are the recycling symbols (figure 1.1):
- Paper and cardboard, including magazines, newspapers, milk/juice cartons, cardboard boxes and pizza boxes (squash your cardboard boxes if you need more room in your bin);
- Glass bottles and jars of all colours, except white (do not break the glass);
- Plastic bottles and containers with the recycling symbols R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, sceen in figure 1.1;
- Steel food cans and lids (e.g. jam jar lids);
- Aerosol cans (must be empty);
- Paint tins (must be empty);
- Aluminium cans and clean aluminium foil;
- Milk and juice cartons, including tetrapaks.
RED: What goes in the red bin?
GREEN: What goes in the green bin?
- Waxed paper and waxed fruit boxes, soiled tissues or soiled paper and cardboard;
- Carbon paper;
- Plastic bags and film, plastic lids which are not numbered 1-5;
- Foam trays including meat trays, boxes and cups;
- Pyrex, ceramics or pottery;
- Broken glass or bottles, plate glass, windows, mirrors, drinking glasses, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes;
- Food waste;
- Scrap metal and appliances;
- Batteries;
- Nappies, clothes and rags.
- The Red Bin:
The 240-litre red-lidded bin is for waste that cannot be recycled, reused or regenerated through composting or organics processing.
The red-lidded bin should NOT however be used for hazardous wastes, such as chemicals, medical waste and other materials as detailed in the table below.
Materials placed in the red-lidded bin are destined for landfill. It is our shared responsibility to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
Before placing waste in the red-lidded bin you should first check to see whether the materials can be recycled, reused, composted or reprocessed as organic matter.
Your red bin is now collected fortnightly (see collection calendars).
RED Bin tips or how to reduce waste:
Take your own bags or shopping basket to go shopping, instead of using plastic bags.
Buy your fruit and vegetables fresh, and keep them loose. Avoid pre-packaged fresh foods.
Buy in bulk to reduce packaging.
Select goods with minimal packaging or with packaging that can be recycled, such as steel cans and glass jars.
Avoid buying plastic products, especially disposable items such as plastic plates, cups, knives, forks etc.
Show a preference for long-life products.
Consider purchasing second-hand items.
- Plastic bags and other non-recyclable plastics;
- Foam trays, including meat trays;
- Pyrex, ceramics or pottery;
- Broken glass, plate glass, windows, mirrors, drinking glasses, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes;
- Broken toys;
- Nappies, clothes and rags;
- Plastic buckets.
YELLOW: What goes in the yellow bin?
GREEN: What goes in the green bin?
- Plastic bags and other non-recyclable plastics;
- Foam trays, including meat trays;
- Pyrex, ceramics or pottery;
- Broken glass, plate glass, windows, mirrors, drinking glasses, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes;
- Broken toys;
- Nappies, clothes and rags;
- Plastic buckets.
- The Kitchen Organics Bin:
Your 12-litre green kitchen organics bin provides an hygienic way to collect compostable food scraps and other kitchen organic wastes before tipping them into the 240-litre green bin.
Coffs Coast Waste Services has delivered the kitchen organics bins to all households on the Coffs Coast throughout February and early March 2007.
If you have not received your kitchen organics bin, please contact the Hotline on 1800 265 495.
In response to customer queries, we remind people of the following:
Keep the small bin at hand in the kitchen for easy disposal of food scraps. Empty regularly in the green bin (green bins are now collected weekly).
Place only the contents and not the whole new kitchen organics bin in the green bin.
Do NOT place the small kitchen organics bin out on the kerbside - they will not be emptied by the CCWS truck. Only the large bin will be collected.
- All food and food scraps, including meat, bones, prawn shells;
- Soiled paper or newspaper,
- Soiled tissues and kitchen paper towel;
- Flowers and weeds;
Line your kitchen bin with newspaper to keep it clean and reduce odour.
Wrap food scraps in newspaper to reduce odour and spillage.
Wrap prawn shells and heads, fish bones and other putrescibles in newspaper and place in your freezer, then transfer to your green bin on the night prior to collection.