Your bins

Your green lid organics bin is collected fortnightly and will move to a weekly collection in February 2025.

Organic waste makes up a large proportion of our household waste. When added to landfill it is broken down in an anaerobic environment (that's an environment without oxygen) and creates methane, one of our worst greenhouse gases! These gases contribute to global warming, therefore the need to reduce these gases is essential. And what better way to divert it from landfill than to recycle it into a valuable product.

Each household has a small kitchen basket and an ongoing year's supply of compostable bin liners. If you are not within the residential zones but would like to turn your organic waste in to compost you can always have your own compost bin , worm farm or chooks. We also have the option for residents who don't have an organics kerbside service to drop their household food and garden waste into our organic bins at our nine Resource Recovery Centres. If you would like a kitchen caddy please get in contact with us.

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The charge for the organics service is $147.00. All other charges can be found here. 

Recycling your waste keeps items out of landfill, prevents pollution and reduces greenhouse gasses by taking away the need for extracting, refining and processing raw materials. By improving our recycling habits, we can help keep the environment clean and preserve our natural resources.

Please note that we do not provide a hard rubbish collection pick up. However, furniture and goods of a reasonable condition (determined by staff) and can be resold. These items can be dropped off at any of our Resource Recovery Centres free of charge.

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The charge for the 240lt recycling service is $135.00. All other rates charges can be found here.

Glass is a valuable material that can be recycled again and again, providing a sustainable packaging options for products. By changing the way you sort your waste at home, we can do more with our recyclables. Glass in our mixed recycling bin is contaminating other recyclable materials, such as plastic and cardboard, make them either unrecyclable or a lower quality product. By having a cleaner recycling stream, we are able to recycle more and keep these valuable materials out of landfill. 

 What can go into your glass bin?

Glass bottles and jars from food and drinks, including:

• Soft drink, juice, water and milk bottles - keep lids on
• Beer, wine and spirit bottles - keep lids on
• Sauce, condiments and oil bottles and jars - keep lids on

Glass bottles and jars from medicine and toiletries, including:

• Medicine bottles - keep lids on
• Vitamin and supplement bottles and jars - keep lids on
• Bottles and jars from toiletry and cosmetic items such lotions, gels and creams - keep lids on

What can't go into your glass bin?

• Loose lids and caps from bottles and jars
• Corks, pumps, sprays and droppers
• Bottles and jars with non-glass items inside such as cigarette butts, food or liquids
• Glass kitchenware, such as drinking glasses, crockery and ceramics, glass storage containers and glass cookware
• Glass household items, such as vases, mirrors, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
• Plastic bags or plastic packaging.

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The need to reduce what goes into our landfill bins is dire. Cobram landfill will reach full capacity by 2037 and following that, we will have no landfill. Avoid buying items with lots of packaging as this wastes valuable resources. Choose and invest in reusable items like keep cups, cloth bags and a reusable water bottle. Look at ways to repurpose discarded items, especially one's that can't be recycled. Consider repairing rather than replacing. Make sure you separate all recyclable items from your rubbish and put them in your recycling bin with the yellow lid.

Please note that we do not provide a hard rubbish collection pick up. However, furniture and goods of a reasonable condition (determined by staff) and can be resold. These items can be dropped off at any of our Resource Recovery Centres free of charge.

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The charge for 120lt kerbside landfill is $267.50 per bin. All other charges can be found here.