Household waste bin (red lid)
This bin is for materials that cannot be recycled or composted. This includes items such as:
- food packaging (e.g. chip packets, cling wrap)
- meat waste
- nappies
- broken crockery
The bin for waste is smaller because we can now recover and recycle many items. The 140 litre bin is used in most Australian households.
Read more here: What goes in your waste bin
Recycling bin (yellow lid)
Items that can be recycled are:
- glass bottles and jars
- any rigid plastic container
- aluminium and steel cans
- paper, cardboard, cartons, etc
For further information please contact one of your Council offices or visit www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au.
Read more here: What goes in your recycling bin
Green organics bin (for township residents)
This bin can be used for anything that was living from the garden including:
- grass clippings
- weeds
- prunings
Larger items such as stumps and wood can be taken to one of our waste transfer stations (formerly landfills) where they will be chipped and mulched.
Read more here: What goes in your garden waste bin
The Which Bin SA website has information for across the state. Please search by your suburb for the waste items you have, as regional Councils such as ours have limitations on what can be accepted in each bin when compared to metropolitan Councils. The suburb search can be found here https://www.whichbin.sa.gov.au/