A-Z waste and recycling index

Use this A-Z recycling and waste guide to help you make the best decision when clearing out common items from the kitchen, garage and everywhere else in your home.

Many items can be recycled into new products, saving valuable resources, energy, and landfill space. A cost may be associated with some disposal or recycling services – contact the provider first to check. 

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For further information you can contact us to speak with a member of the Waste and Resource Recovery team.

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Baby wipes

- Dispose in your garbage bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)
- Never flush wipes of any kind down the toilet – they cause major sewer blockages.
- Avoid waste by using reusable cloth wipes that can be laundered

Baking paper

- Dispose in your landfill bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)
- Avoid waste by using non-stick pans instead

Balloons

- Dispose in your landfill bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)
- Avoid waste by using non-stick pans instead

Band-aids

Dispose in your landfill bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

Barbeques

- Reuse by selling, swapping, or giving away. Try eBay, Gumtree or local Buy Swap Sell pages.
- Recycle at a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees may apply)
- Gas bottles not accepted at Transfer Stations – see Elgas SWAP’n’GO

Batteries (household, NBN and car batteries)

Never put batteries in a household bin - they can cause truck fires.

Drop off household batteries for free recycling at:
- Lerderderg Library in Main Street, Bacchus Marsh
- Ballan Council Office, 15 Stead Street Ballan
- Darley Council Office, 182 Halletts Way Darley

Recycle household, NBN & car batteries at a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station.

Beauty products

- Donate empty beauty packaging at any Moorabool Shire Office or Transfer Station through our One Stop Drop Program
- Donate empty beauty packaging at participating Priceline, Sephora & Mecca Stores
- Create your own natural beauty products at home! Learn how to make your own soap or lipbalms

Bed base & bed head

- Contact Bacchus Marsh Rotary: Western Emergency Relief Network (WERN) to confirm if this item is accepted for donation
- Reuse by selling, swapping, or giving away. Try eBay, Gumtree or local Buy Swap Sell pages.
- Dispose of at a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

Bedding

- Reuse by selling or donating to your local op-shop/charity
- Contact your local vet or animal shelter – find out if bedding is accepted
- Recycle by sending to Upparel
- Recycle by donating to Southern Cross Recycling
- Dispose in your garbage bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

Berry punnets

- Save and donate at any Moorabool Shire Council Office or Transfer Station to be recycled through our One Stop Drop program
- Bring your own reusable bread bags to the bakery to avoid using plastic bread bags and tags

Berry punnets (plastic)

- Reuse as a pot to raise seedlings
- If numbered 1, 2 or 5 - recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station
- If numbered 3,4,6,7 dispose in your garbage bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

Binders/folders (with metal rings)

- Reuse/recycle via GreenCollect
- Donate at Moorabool Shire Council Office or Transfer Station through our One Stop Program

Biscuit trays (plastic tray inside packet of biscuits)

- If numbered 1, 2 or 5 - recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station
- If numbered 3,4,6,7 dispose in your garbage bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

Blister pack

Drop off for free recycling at:
- UFS Pharmacy - Bacchus Marsh - 25-27 Grant Street, Bacchus Marsh
- UFS Pharmacy - Bacchus March Village - 66/160-192 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh
- UFS Pharmacy – Ballan - 129 Inglis Street, Ballan
- Any Moorabool Shire Council Transfer Station to be recycled through our One Stop Drop program

Bones (from meat and seafood)

- Recycle in your Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Dispose in your garbage bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

Books

- Avoid waste by borrowing books from one of Moorabool’s Libraries
- Reuse by swapping, giving away or donating to your local charity/op-shop
- Recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (no cost). Remove plastic or laminated covers first

Bottle caps (plastic)

- Save and donate at any Moorabool Shire Council office or transfer station

Bottles (glass)

- Return eligible containers for a 10c refund through the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme
- Recycle in your yellow-lid bin or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer station for a fee

Bottles (plastic)

- Return eligible containers for a 10c refund through the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme
- If numbered 1, 2 or 5 - recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station. Remove bottle lids and place in garbage bin (red lid)
- If numbered 3,4,6,7 dispose in your garbage bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

Boxes (cardboard)

- Recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station
- Large boxes are best taken to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station – don’t squash them into a bin as they can get stuck.
- Reuse by offering to someone who might be moving to a new house

Branches (large, over 10cm in diameter and 55cm long)

- Use for firewood or garden projects
- Recycle at a Moorabool Transfer Station (fees apply)

Branches (small, up to 10cm in diameter and 55cm long)

- Recycle in your optional green waste bin (urban areas) (lime green lid)
- Cut up smaller / mulch and place in your compost bin
- Recycle at a Moorabool Transfer Station (fees apply)

Bread bags (plastic)

- Reuse for waste bags or as a dog poo bag
- Dispose in your garbage bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

Bricks, rubble, rocks, concrete and building materials

- Reuse by selling, swapping, or giving away. Try eBay, Gumtree or local Buy Swap Sell pages.
- Dispose by hiring a skip.

These materials are not accepted in any Council bin or at any Transfer Station. This includes contaminated soil and asbestos. Contact Vic EPA for these waste streams

Brochures/Glossy paper

Recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station

Bubble wrap

- Reuse to wrap fragile objects or presents
- Dispose in your garbage bin (red lid) or take to a Moorabool Shire Transfer Station (fees apply)

A-Z Waste Index