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Also known as Band-Aids, Elastoplast and Sticky Plasters.
Compostable strips can be disposed of in home composting or worm farms.
If the best option doesn’t work for you, this is also accepted in General Waste.
Avoid receiving advertising material by placing a 'No Junk Mail' sticker on your letter box.
If you do get advertising material, separate paper from plastic covering before placing in your recycling bin.
Soft plastic coverings must be placed in your general waste bin.
Make sure it is empty first!
To be eligible for the recycling, the aluminium must be free of food and liquid.
If in small amounts, scrunch it together until it is the size of a tennis ball to prevent it from falling through the gaps at the sorting facility.
Anything with a plug, battery or cord is E-waste.
Please refer to Asbestos in Victoria for up-to-date asbestos information.
Even suspected asbestos should be disposed of as asbestos.
Asbestos can be disposed of at Bairnsdale Landfill. Deliveries require 24 hours' notice. You will need to phone the landfill on 03 5152 6535 to make an appointment.
Before you arrive at the landfill, asbestos:
Landfill staff are not able to assist you with unloading, if you have trouble lifting you may want to bring someone to help you unload.
If asbestos waste is incorrectly wrapped or in unmanageable parcels it will not be accepted.
Bairnsdale: 200 Johnstons Road, Forge Creek
Best practise is to use cloth wipes that can be laundered and re-used.
Otherwise disposable wipes go in the general waste. This also applies to any wipes that say they are 'flushable' or 'compostable'.
Please do not flush wipes down the toilet as they will clog the system.
All sites accept bailing twine in general waste.
Balloons are very harmful to wildlife and our environment.
It is recommended to avoid balloons and use flowers or bubbles as an alternative.
Barbeques in good condition can be taken to the tip shop at the Bairnsdale landfill. Barbeques that are not in a good condition, can be taken to our landfill and transfer stations.
Accepted at:
All landfill and transfer stations.
Recycled through your vehicle service provider.
NOT accepted by East Gippsland Shire Council landfill or Waste Transfer Stations.
Items with an embedded (built-in) battery cannot go in your kerbside bins as there is a risk of fire.
Please never bin your batteries!
For more community battery disposal locations visit the B-cycle website.
E-waste can be dropped at the following landfill and transfer stations:
Household batteries can also be taken to participating Aldi stores and Woolworths Supermarkets
Lithium batteries cannot go in your kerbside bins as there is a risk of fire.
Please never bin your batteries!
For more community battery disposal locations visit the B-cycle website.
E-waste can be dropped at the following landfill and transfer stations:
Good condition bicycles can be taken to the tip shop at the Bairnsdale landfill.
This item is accepted at Landfill and all Transfer Stations.
If in good condition, donate to an opp shop or Animal Aid shelter.
This item is accepted for textile recycling at Bairnsdale Landfill https://www.upcycle4better.com/
All landfill and transfer stations.
If in good condition, they can be taken to an opp shop. If not in good condition but not soiled, can be placed in the recycling.
Needs to be collected in a tin can with the lid squeezed shut to go in the recycling.
Glass bottles may be eligible for a 10c refund via CDS
Lids can be loosely screwed on when placed in household recycling.
May be eligible for a 10c refund via CDS
Alternatively plastic bottles with plastic codes 1,2 and 5 are accepted in the household recycling recycling bin.
Lids can be loosely screwed on.
Accepted in your Green waste bin up to 75mm in diameter and 750mm in length.
Accepted at transfer stations if under 300mm in diameter.
If in good condition, donate.
This item is also accepted for recycling at Bairnsdale Landfill: https://www.upcycle4better.com/
If the best option doesn’t work for you, this is also accepted in General Waste.
This item is accepted as General Waste.
Building and construction waste is accepted at:
For information on asbestos disposal, visit www.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/building-and-development/asbestos
All landfill and transfer stations.
Can also be sent to Gram Destruction.
Anything with a plug, battery or cord is E-waste.
Note: The Victorian Government banned all e-waste from landfill as of 1 July 2019.
May be eligible for a 10c refund via CDS
Metal parts are accepted in steel recycling.
All landfill and transfer stations
Accepted at all sites as general waste.
All landfill and transfer stations.
This item is accepted at the following landfill and transfer stations:
This is accepted in General Waste.
This is accepted in General Waste.
Clean Fill can only be disposed of at Bairnsdale Landfill.
If the container still has product in it, take to Detox Your Home.
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Empty containers may be recyclable if it has codes 1, 2 and 5.
This is accepted in General Waste.
If in good condition donate to an opp shop.
This item is accepted for recycling at Bairnsdale Landfill https://www.upcycle4better.com/
Avoid disposable cups by bringing your own.
The lid may be recyclable if it has a number 1, 2 or 5 in a chasing arrows symbol.
Avoid disposable coffee pods by purchasing compatible reusable alternatives.
Accepted for free at:
Low level contaminated soil category C accepted at Bairnsdale. See the EPA website for more information on contaminated soils
Bairnsdale Landfill
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Alternatively, you can send DVDs to Gram Destruction.
Good condition doors can be taken to the tip shop at the Bairnsdale Landfill.
Otherwise take to your nearest Transfer Station or Landfill.
Accepted at all sites depending on the material type.
E-waste is accepted at:
Chem Clear take any unused agricultural chemicals.
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Alternatively, call the CFA on 1300 36 36 61 to find which local brigade accepts unwanted or used extinguishers.
Any unwanted flares can be disposed of at:
· East Gippsland Water Police: Slip Rd, Paynesville – 5156 7462
· Lakes Entrance Fishermen’s Gear Store: 20 Carpenter St, Lakes Entrance – 5155 1112
· Worksafe Traralgon: 1800 136 089
· Safe Transport Victoria: 1800 223 022
It is best practise to compost or wormfarm your food scraps at home. Refer to Home Composting Guide.
If the best option doesn’t work for you, this is also accepted in General Waste.
If still working, donate or sell. Otherwise, free to dispose at transfer stations.
Accepted as scrap metal at:
If in working condition, donate or sell.
Otherwise, it can be taken to a transfer station or landfill and will be disposed of depending on the material type.
For locations of landfills and transfer stations, click on the button below.
Green waste is accepted at:
Gas bottles are accepted at:
If intact, donate or sell. If broken, take to a transfer station or landfill.
For locations of landfill and transfer station, please click on the button below.
Donate or recycle via Specsavers 23 Bailey Street Bairnsdale. Visit https://lionsclubs.org.au/our-impact/recycle-for-sight-australia/
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Green waste is accepted at:
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LED and Fluorescent light globes disposed for free at Bairnsdale.
Bairnsdale Landfill
You have multiple options for disposing of mattresses. Options are:
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Recycle through participating pharmacies https://terracycle.com/en-AU
Return unwanted medicines project. Most pharmacies should accept your unwanted medicines for free through this program.
If the best option doesn’t work for you, this is also accepted in General Waste.
Note: The Victorian Government banned all e-waste from landfill as of 1 July 2019.
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If in good condition, donate or sell. Otherwise take to a landfill or transfer station.
For landfill and transfer station locations, please click the below button.
It is also accepted at some landfills, see below for more information.
Dispose large amounts of paper and cardboard for free at Landfill and Transfer Stations