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Shoalhaven City Council aims to provide efficient, reliable and sustainable waste services to meet the needs of our diverse community.

What cannot be recycled through the Kerbside System?

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Window glass, mirrors, drinking glasses (eg: wine glasses and tumblers).

Why not?
These are made from toughened glass and so contaminate or interfere with the recycling process.

Light bulbs

Why not?
Light bulbs contain many other materials other than glass and separation of all these materials for recycling is not viable.

Food contaminated paper/cardboard eg: Pizza cartons

Why not?
They have food waste and oils on them and so contaminate or interfere with the recycling process.

Lids

Why not?
Some lids are recyclable and some are not, and some are often a different type of material from the container they are screwed onto eg: metal lid on glass jar, Type 2 plastic on Type 3 bottle. Recyclable material is hand sorted over a conveyor belt, and there is no time or opportunity for the sorters to separate lids from the bottles and jars.

Plastic bags

Why not?
It is not economically viable to recycle plastic bags through a co-mingled (or combined) kerbside recycling system such as ours. Plastic bags often contain material that contaminates the recycling process eg: shopping dockets. People also mistakenly put recyclables into plastic bags then put it in the recycling bin. Recyclable material is hand sorted over a conveyor belt, and there is no time or opportunity for the sorters to open and sort through bags.

Paint tins and Motor Oil cans

Why not?
Paint tins and motor oil cans are rarely clean and free of the original material contained in them. This type of residue in the containers interferes with the recycling process.

NOTE: Paints and motor oils can be taken to the waste depots, at no charge, all year round.

Our friendly staff will be happy to discuss any waste management concerns.

The Waste Management Team are continually striving to improve services and would welcome any positive suggestions or comments.
Please call the Waste Hotline  4429 3374 or email us @

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