A to Z of waste disposal guide

Council kerbside collection

• Place in general waste bin, emptied weekly

Project Pair Up

At the Farmer's Market in Alphington, you can take your mismatched containers to be collected and matched. Matched containers are given back to the community or donated. 

Donate, sell or give away

Find your nearest op shop, visit Facebook Marketplace or websites such as Ziilch or Gumtree.

Council On Call Hard Waste Collection

• Eligible residential households are entitled to a maximum of two collections per financial year. Maximum of 2 cubic metres of acceptable items taken per booking
• To arrange collection book online now, phone 1300 88 22 33 or visit one of Council’s Customer Service Centres 

Donate, sell or give away (if in useable condition)

Find your nearest op shop, visit Facebook Marketplace or websites such as Ziilch or Gumtree.

Foamex 

Drop off polystyrene to Foamex for recycling. All polystyrene must be free of contamination, such as, sticky tape, cardboard and food particles.

• Contact Foamex on (03) 8739 5800 before attending
• Address: 7 Bessemer Road, Bayswater North

Council On Call Hard Waste Collection

• Eligible residential households are entitled to a maximum of two collections per financial year. Maximum of 2m3 of acceptable items taken per booking.
• Please ensure all polystyrene is contained in a cardboard box to reduce litter
• To arrange collection book online now, phone 1300 88 22 33 or visit one of Council's Customer Service Centre

Drop off event - Council

Council run recycling drop off events periodically throughout the year. See our electronic waste collection page for details. 

Recycling and waste centre

To dispose of this item, contact your local recycling and waste centre. We recommend you visit their website or phone ahead to check opening hours, confirm what items are accepted at the facility, and what charges may apply. View Recycling and waste centres for further information and to find a centre near you.

Council kerbside collection 

• Place in general waste bin, emptied weekly

Council Kerbside Collection

• Empty any unused cosmetics into your general waste bin
• View ‘beauty product packaging’ for information on how to dispose of the packaging.

• Place in your FOGO bin, emptied fortnightly
• Prunings and branches up to 10cm in diameter and 40cm in length can be placed in your garden organics bin.
• For further information, view the FOGO webpage

On call bundled prunings collection

• Eligible residential households are entitled to a maximum of two collections per financial year. Maximum of 2 cubic metres of acceptable items taken per booking
• To arrange collection book online now, phone 1300 88 22 33 or visit one of Council’s Customer Service Centres
• Bundle and tie prunings with natural string or twine (No synthetic or metal wire).
• Bundles are to be no more than 1500mm long and 300mm wide.
• Single tree limbs need to be smaller than 200mm wide and 1500m long (no branches attached and neatly stacked).

Recycling and waste centre

To dispose of this item, contact your local recycling and waste centre. We recommend you visit their website or phone ahead to check opening hours, confirm what items are accepted at the facility, and what charges may apply. View Recycling and waste centres for further information and to find a centre near you.

Council on call hard waste collection

• Eligible residential households are entitled to a maximum of two collections per financial year. Maximum of 2 cubic metres of acceptable items taken per booking

• Learn more or book a collection online, alternatively, phone 1300 88 22 33 or visit one of Council’s Customer Service Centres

Recycling and waste centre

To dispose of this item, contact your local recycling and waste centre. We recommend you visit their website or phone ahead to check opening hours, confirm what items are accepted at the facility, and what charges may apply. View Recycling and waste centres for further information and to find a centre near you.

Council On-Call Hard Waste Collection

• Eligible residential households are entitled to a maximum of two collections per financial year. Maximum of 2 cubic metres of acceptable items taken per booking.
• To arrange collection book online now, phone 1300 88 22 33 or visit one of Council’s Customer Service Centres.
• For more information on booking your hard rubbish collection, and what is or isn't accepted please visit On call hard rubbish and bundled prunings collection.

Skip Hire

• WM Waste Management Services, 1300 969 278
• Trailer Trash Skip Bin Hire Australia, 1300 887 274
• Kartaway, 1300 362 362
• Cheaper Bin Hire, 03 9876 1611 

Recycling and waste centre

To dispose of this item, contact your local recycling and waste centre. We recommend you visit their website or phone ahead to check opening hours, confirm what items are accepted at the facility, and what charges may apply. View Recycling and waste centres for further information and to find a centre near you.

Donate, sell or give away

If your household items are in good, useable condition, consider donating as an alternative to disposing of in a hard waste collection. Find your nearest op shop or refer to Facebook Marketplace or groups Ziilch or Gumtree.

A number of charity organisations accept household items such as furniture, white-goods and other household appliances. Please visit each organisations website to find out what items are accepted and how to arrange a drop off or collection of your donation items:

Eastern Emergency Relief Network

A voluntary organisation supporting disadvantaged families with recycled household furniture and essential basic items.

• Ph: 9874 8433 
• Email: warehouse@easternemergency.org.au

Habitat for Humanity ReStore

ReStore is Habitat for Humanity's social enterprisethat accepts and resells new and gently used items donated by businesses and the general public.

• Ph: 8720 9200

GIVIT

GIVIT is a not-for-profit donation platform that facilitates the donation of essential goods and services to people in need. Simply browse the what’s needed list on GIVIT.org.au to see if the item you are looking to move on has been requested by a GIVIT partner charity in your local area. If so, GIVIT will connect you with the requesting charity to arrange collection or delivery of the item.

Alternatively, you can list your item on the GIVIT online warehouse. GIVIT partner charities browse this warehouse and reserve items for their clients who are experiencing hardship.

Council Kerbside Collection

• Place in a plastic bag and then place it in the general waste bin, emptied weekly.

If you discover a dead cat or dog, please call Council on 1300 88 22 33 so that the animal can be removed.   

Council kerbside collection

• Place in mixed recycling bin, emptied fortnightly
  *Not pyrex, drinking glasses, window glass or mirrors
• Visit our recycling page for a full list of acceptable glass items

CDS - Container Deposit Scheme

• Visit CDS Victoria for a list of acceptable containers and refund locations.
• Visit our Container Deposit Scheme page for additional information.

Recycling and waste centre

Household quantities of excess recyclables can be taken to most centres.

To dispose of this item, contact your local recycling and waste centre. We recommend you visit their website or phone ahead to check opening hours, confirm what items are accepted at the facility, and what charges may apply. View Recycling and waste centres for further information and to find a centre near you.

Chemical disposal

Chemicals are unable to be disposed of in any bin. To find out how to dispose of chemicals safely, visit our Household Chemicals page.

Council kerbside collection

• Place in mixed recycling bin, emptied fortnightly
• Visit our recycling page for a full list of accepted plastic items

Council kerbside collection

• Place capsule/pod in general waste bin, emptied weekly
• If you can open the capsule/pod, place coffee grounds in FOGO bin, emptied fortnightly

Coffee capsules or pods, cannot be recycled in your blue-lidded recycling bin as the coffee inside the capsule prevents the metal from being sorted correctly. Depending on the brand, some can be returned to the manufacturer of the coffee machine.

Nespresso Capsules/Pods

• Visit the Nespresso website for a list of nearby collection sites

Nescafe Dolce-Gusto Capsules/Pods

• Visit the Dolce-Gusto website for a list of nearby collection sites

TerraCycle (aluminium only)

Set up a collection of coffee pods at your home or workplace with TerraCycle. To find out how to recycle your coffee pods visit the Terra Cycle website.

Banish recycling program

Can be recycled by sending coffee pods to the Banish recycling program.

Donate, sell or give away (if in useable condition)

Find your nearest op shop, visit Facebook Marketplace or websites such as Ziilch or Gumtree.

Toy Libraries Australia 

High quality, unbroken toys (no soft toys), can be donated to your local toy library.

Big W Toys for Joy

Some toys can be recycled by dropping off to your nearest participating Big W store. Visit the Big W website for a list of acceptable items and closest store location.

For asbestos analysis, contact :

• Worksafe Victoria on 9641 1555 for advice
• The National Association of Testing on 9329 1633 and they will refer you to someone in your area (if available).

Council kerbside collection

• Place in FOGO bin, emptied fortnightly
• Place in general waste bin, emptied weekly

• Discounted compost bin. To purchase a discounted compost bin visit our discount compost systems webpage.

E-waste disposal

E-waste – or electronic waste – refers to unwanted and discarded electrical and electronic products – essentially anything powered by batteries or an electrical cord and plug.

E-waste cannot be disposed of in any bin. There are a number of ways to dispose of your e-waste in Maroondah, including Council run e-waste recycling drop off events.  To find out how to safely dispose of your e-waste, visit our electronic waste collection page.

Donate, sell or give away (if in usable condition)

Find your nearest op shop, visit Facebook Marketplace or websites such as Ziilch or Gumtree.

Recycling and waste centre

To dispose of this item, contact your local recycling and waste centre. We recommend you visit their website or phone ahead to check opening hours, confirm what items are accepted at the facility, and what charges may apply. View Recycling and waste centres for further information and to find a centre near you.

Council kerbside collection 

• Place in general waste bin, emptied weekly

Council Kerbside Collection

• Place in mixed recycling bin, emptied fortnightly.
• Visit our recyclables collection page for a full list of accepted aluminium items

Council kerbside collection

• Place in general waste bin, emptied weekly

Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs

• Collect plastic bread tags only.
• View the Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs website for a full list of collection points.  

E-waste disposal

E-waste – or electronic waste – refers to unwanted and discarded electrical and electronic products – essentially anything powered by batteries or an electrical cord and plug.

E-waste cannot be disposed of in any bin. There are a number of ways to dispose of your e-waste in Maroondah, including Council run e-waste recycling drop off events.  To find out how to safely dispose of your e-waste, visit our electronic waste collection page.

Council Customer Service Centres

You can drop off mobile phones for recycling to Council's Customer Service Centres:

• Croydon Customer Service Centre, Civic Square, Croydon 
• Recycling station at Realm, 179 Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood

Free drop off

A number of stores and businesses offer in-store drop off for mobile phone recycling, including: 

• Most mobile phone shops, such as Optus, Telstra and Vodafone
• Officeworks stores

DV Safe Phone

DV Safe Phones collects, repairs and gives free mobile phones to domestic violence survivors. Find a drop off location to donate your old phones. 

MobileMuster

• Free drop off service for mobile phones, chargers, batteries and internet dongles. There are a number of drop off locations throughout Maroondah. Visit the Mobile Muster website for your closest location.

Council On Call Hard Waste Collection

• Eligible residential households are entitled to a maximum of two collections per financial year. Maximum of 2 cubic metres of acceptable items taken per booking
• To arrange collection book online now, phone 1300 88 22 33 or visit one of Council’s Customer Service Centres

Recycling and waste centre

To dispose of this item, contact your local recycling and waste centre. We recommend you visit their website or phone ahead to check opening hours, confirm what items are accepted at the facility, and what charges may apply. View Recycling and waste centres for further information and to find a centre near you.

Council kerbside collection

• Place in mixed recycling bin, emptied fortnightly
• Visit our recycling page for a full list of accepted paper items

Visit our environmental weeds webpage for more information on common weeds. 

Council kerbside collection

• Place in FOGO bin, emptied fortnightly
• Includes common household weeds such as agapanthus and blackberry plants 

Discounted compost bin or worm farm

To purchase a discounted compost bin, visit our discount compost systems webpage.