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Item |
Disposal Method |
| A |
Aerosol cans (empty) |
Recycle bin |
| Aluminium cans |
Recycle bin |
| Asbestos |
Contact
Environment and Health Department * |
| B |
Batteries (car) |
Recycling centre at Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Stations * |
| Batteries (mobile phone) |
Return to mobile phone store for recycling |
| Batteries (dry cell) |
Garbage bin |
| Bike |
Recycling centre at Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Station |
| Bricks |
Transfer station or landfill * |
| Building Waste |
Transfer station or landfill * |
| C |
Cardboard |
Recycle bin |
| Carpet |
Transfer station or landfill * |
| Chemicals and cleaning products |
North Queensland Resource Recovery ^ |
| Ceramics/Porcelain |
Garbage bin |
| Clothing |
Charity organisations or clothing bins |
| Computers |
Transfer station or landfill * |
| Concrete |
Recycle bin |
| Cooking oil |
Recycling centre at Ayr/Home Hill transfer station or an Authorised
Collection Agency # * |
| Chemical containers |
DrumMUSTER program ~ |
| D |
Detergent cartons |
Transfer station or refuse bin |
| E |
Electrical Appliances |
Recycling centre at Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Station * |
| F |
Furniture |
Recycling centre at Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Station |
| Fridges/freezers |
Recycling centre at Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Station * |
| Food Scraps |
Compost bin/worm farm |
| G |
Glass bottles and jars |
Recycle bin |
| Gas cylinders |
Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Station
* |
| Garden clippings |
Compost bin |
| H |
Household goods |
Ayr and Home Hill Transfer station * |
| Herbicides |
North Queensland Resource Recovery^ |
| I |
Ice cream containers |
Recycle bin |
| J |
Juice cartons/bottles |
Recycle bin |
| K |
Kittly litter |
Garbage bin |
| L |
Lawn mowers |
Recycling centre at Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Station* |
| Light bulbs |
Garbage bin |
| M |
Milk cartons/bottles |
Recycle bin |
| Mattresses |
Recycling centre at Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Station* |
| Magazines |
Recycle bin |
| Marine flares |
Recycling centre at Ayr and Home Hill Transfer Station* |
| N |
Nappies |
Garbage bin |
| Newspapers |
Recycle bin |
| O |
Oil filters |
Recycling centre at Ayr/Home Hill transfer station or an Authorised
Collection Agency # |
| Ovenware and pyrex |
Garbage bin |
| P |
Paint tins (empty and dry) |
Transfer station or return to supplier |
| Paper |
Recycle bin |
| Pesticides |
North Queensland Resource Recovery ^ |
| Petroleum products (oil) |
Recycling centre at Ayr/Home Hill transfer station or an Authorised Collection Agency # |
| Plastic Bags |
Plastic bag recycling bins at Coles/Woolies Supermarket. |
| Plastic bottles/containers (Plastic codes 1-7) |
Recycle bin |
| Polystyrene boxes and packaging |
Transfer station or landfill |
| Q |
|
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| R |
|
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| S |
Scrap metal |
Recycling centre at Ayr/Home Hill transfer station or an Authorised
Collection Agency # |
| Scrap rubber |
Recycling centre at transfer station or landfill * |
| Shampoo bottles |
Recycle bin |
| Smoke detectors |
Contact Environment
and Health Department |
| Softdrink drink bottles (no lids please) |
Recycle bin |
| Steel cans |
Recycle bin |
| Syringes |
Contact Environment
and Health Department |
| T |
Televisions |
Recycling centre at Ayr/Home Hill transfer station or an Authorised
Collection Agency |
| Tyres |
Recycling centre at Ayr/Home Hill transfer station or an Authorised
Collection Agency # * |
| Tyre tubes |
Recycling centre at Ayr/Home Hill transfer station or an Authorised
Collection Agency # * |
| U |
|
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| V |
|
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| W |
White goods |
Recycling centre at Ayr/Home Hill transfer station or an Authorised
Collection Agency * |
| Window glass |
Garbage bin |
| Wood |
Green waste section of a Transfer Station |
| X |
X-rays |
Garbage bin |
| Y |
Yellow pages |
Recycle bin |
| Z |
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* A fee is charged for the disposal of these
items therefore please refer to Council's Fees
and Charges. These items can only be disposed of at staffed
sites.
~ Council
holds a drumMUSTER collection on the first Wednesday of every month
at the Ayr Transfer Station. Please contact the Environment and Health
Department to make an appointment.
^ Council
may hold an annual chemical/hazardous waste program. Check local papers
for details.
# Please
contact the Environment
and Health Department.
Salvagable goods are available for sale at staffed sites.
Staffed sites: Ayr Transfer Station, Home Hill Transfer Station, Giru Transfer
Station, Clare Transfer Station, Kirknie Landfill.