Friday, 22 August 2008
| 12ºC – Light Rain
| Telephone: 02 9777 1000
Here are some suggestions on how you can responsibly recycle or dispose of things around your home. Please note that only household quantities are accepted.
For more information contact the Waste Education Officer on 9777 1000.
Aerosol Cans Weekly Recycling Service
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Aluminium Cans and Foil These go in the Weekly Recycling Service. You can also take large quanitities to a Cash for Cans community centre, which are run by local community groups.
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Appliances General Clean Up Service
Many items can be fixed. Look under 'electrical appliances' in the Yellow Pages.
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Asbestos Asbestos must be removed by a registered contractor. Look under 'Asbestos Removal' in the Yellow Pages.
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Batteries (car) These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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Batteries (dry cell)
IKEA Homebush Bay Tel: (02) 9313 6400
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Batteries (phone) These can be recycled for free at Council's Help & Service Centre.
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Bikes General Clean Up Service
Consider donating it to charity or selling it.
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Books Weekly Recycling Service
Consider donating it to charity, giving it to a local school, trading it in at a second hand book shop, or giving it away.
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Building Waste Look under 'building waste' in the Yellow Pages for disposal.
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Cans Weekly Recycling Service
These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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Car Sell your car through the Internet or the Trading Post, trade it in if buying a new car, or consider donating it.
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Car Bodies Accepted at WSN Chullora, Eastern Creek, Jacks Gully and Lucus Heights. Check at the WSN website.
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Cardboard Weekly Recycling Service
Large quantities can be flattened and dropped off at Visy Recycling Centre Tel 1300 368 479 Web http://www.visy.com.au. Cardboard can also be disposed of at Artarmon Waste Transfer Station Address: Lanceley Place, Artarmon, Phone: 1300 651 116 (200kg Per Visit) Free to recycle.
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Carpet General Clean Up Service
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Chemicals Take your waste to one of the Household Chemical CleanOut drop-off centres. Visit www.cleanout.com.au to check out coming dates, or phone 131 555.
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Christmas Cards During January you can bring your cards to the Help & Service Centre and place them in the Planet Ark box. Otherwise they can go in the weekly recycling.
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Clothing Donate to a charity, give to family or friends, to reuse as old rags.
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Compact Fluorescent Lights Compact fluorescent lights (CFL’s) contain a small amount of mercury (about 5 milligrams) sealed within the glass tubing. CFL’s should not be discarded into landfill as the mercury can leak into the environment. The correct way to dispose of CFL’s is into recycling – either through a Chemical Cleanout event or through an E-waste collection. However, broken CFL’s need to be wrapped in newspaper, bagged and put into the garbage as there are currently no systems set up for disposal of these items.
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Computers Trade it in if buying a new one, give to family or friends, sell it through the newspaper/Internet or donate it to a charity. Council also runs an annual e-waste event.
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Food Waste Weekly Garbage Collection
These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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Garden Waste/Clippings Put them in the Weekly Vegetation Collection.
These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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Gas Bottles/Cylinders These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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General Household Waste General Clean Up Service
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Glass Bottles and Jars Weekly Recycling Service
Separated green, brown and clear glass accepted at the Artarmon Waste Transfer Station at Lanceley Place. Phone: 1300 651 116.
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Newspapers Weekly Recycling Service
Larger quantities of Newspaper can also be disposed of at the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Phone: 1300 651 116.
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Office Paper Weekly Recycling Service
Large quantities of Office paper can also be disposed of at Artarmon Waste Transfer Station Address: Lanceley Place, Artarmon, Phone: 1300 651 116 (200kg Per Visit) Free to recycle.
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Oil (Sump) Take your waste to the Household Chemical Clean Out. Visit to see when the next one is, or phone 131 555.
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Paint/Paint Tins (household) These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
Take your waste to the Household Chemical Clean Out. Visit to see when the next one is, or phone 131 555.
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Pallets These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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Palm Trees/Palm Tree Fronds These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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Paper Weekly Recycling Service
Larger quantities of Paper can also be disposed of at Artarmon Waste Transfer Station Address: Lanceley Place, Artarmon, Phone: 1300 651 116 (200kg Per Visit) Free to recycle.
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Phone Books Weekly Recycling Service
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Pizza Boxes (clean) Weekly Recycling Service
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Plants Put them in the Weekly Vegetation Collection.
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Plastic Bags Weekly Garbage Collection
Plastic bags are accepted at most supermarkets for recycling.
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Plastic Bottles Weekly Recycling Service
Artarmon Waste Transfer Station Address: Lanceley Place, Artarmon, Phone: 1300 651 116 Free to recycle.
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Plastic containers Plastic containers bearing the "R" symbol and the numbers 1-7 are recyclable through the Weekly Recycling Service. Even though some plastic bags have the recycling symbol and a number they are not recyclable through the kerbside system so please do not put them into the recycling bin.
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Plastics (Polystyrene) This can't be recycled, so put it in the Weekly Garbage Collection.
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Pool Chemicals Take your waste to the Household Chemical Clean Out. Visit to see when the next one is, or phone 131 555.
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Printer Cartridges You can drop off catridges at Australia Post outlets to be recycled under the Planet Ark project.
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Timber (untreated) General Clean Up Service
These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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Umbrella These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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Untreated Timber (pallets, hardwood, fences) These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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White Goods General Clean Up Service
These can be taken to the Artarmon Waste & Recycling Centre at Lanceley Place. Visit the website or phone 1300 651 116 for more information.
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