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What you CAN put in your organics bin

All food including kitchen scraps and leftovers and anything that grows in your garden can go into your organics bin including:

  • Council supplied compostable kitchen caddy bags - only
  • Bakery goods
  • Bark & leaves
  • Citrus & onion
  • Dairy products
  • Flowers
  • Fruit & vegetables
  • Grass clippings & pruning
  • Leftover food scraps
  • Loose leaf tea & coffee grounds
  • Meat scraps & bones
  • Palm fronds
  • Pasta & rice
  • Roots
    max. diameter 10cm
  • Seafood & shells
  • Sticks & small branches
    max. diameter 10cm / max. length 30cm
  • All Weeds

Remember!

Remove all packaging, wrapping
and fruit stickers first!

They don’t break down and cause a big problem for the final product – quality compost.

What you CAN'T put in your organics bin

  • Bamboo or compostable packaging / utensils
  • Bin liners or kitchen tidy bin liner bags
  • Bricks, cement & building materials
  • Cardboard & paper
  • Electronic waste
  • Engineered wood
    (i.e. Chipboard, Melamine, MDF)
  • Food scraps in packaging / plastic wrap
  • Household garbage
  • Oyster shells
  • Nappies
  • Oils & chemicals
  • Pet poo & pet waste
  • Plastic & biodegradable bags
  • Recyclables
  • Shade cloth & weed matting
  • Soil & rocks
  • Styrofoam / Textiles
  • Treated / painted timber
  • Vacuum cleaner dust / lint

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