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Plastic shopping bags can be disposed of in your red-lidded refuse bin.
Plastic bags are not able to be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin, however you can recycle your plastic shopping bags and soft plastics at a number of Coles or Woolworths supermarkets. For more information visit https://www.redcycle.net.au/ Planet Ark's Plastic Bag page https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/bags
Never place recyclables inside plastic bags when placing in your yellow-lidded recycle bin. Always place them loosely and not concealed within a plastic bag.
Lead acid batteries are prohibited from being placed in your wheelie bin. We highly discourage placing rechargable and household batteries in your wheelie bin also as when dumped in landfill, batteries can leak a range of toxic substances, including lead, mercury and cadmium, into the environment.
Lead Acid Batteries
These can be taken to the Battery recycling section of the Council's Ayr, Home Hill and Giru Waste Transfer Stations and Kirknie Landfill.
These are the batteries found under the bonnet of every car and in emergency exit lighting. The lead, acid and plastic casings can either be recycled into new batteries or used in other industrial applications.
Rechargable batteries
Thse should be disposed off in the battery recycling bin at the Ayr and Home Hill Waste Transfer Stations and the collection container in the foyer of Council's Customer Service Centre.
Rechargeable batteries including lithium, nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride. Some of these come in familiar AAA and AA sizes, or may be customised to fit cameras, mobile phones, game consoles, power tool and electric toothbrushes and shavers.
Batteries (dry cell/household)
Thse should be disposed off in the battery recycling bin at the Ayr and Home Hill Waste Transfer Stations and the collection container in the foyer of Council's Customer Service Centre.
Button cell batteries
From watches, hearing aids, calculators and many other electronic items, we recycle all types of button cell batteries.
Household cell batteries
Alkaline and zinc carbon batteries typically in sizes AAA, AA, C, and D size, or rectangular 9 and 12 volt batteries. These batteries are used in torches, radios, remote controls, smoke alarms and many other devices, and make up the largest volume of batteries entering our waste stream.
Unwanted bicycles and bicycle parts can be taken to any of Council's Ayr, Home Hill and Giru Waste Transfer Stations free of charge as they are resold in the second hand shop.
Bicycles in good working condition are popular, as are broken bikes as they are often wanted for spare parts where possible.
Unsalvageable bicycles can also be taken to all of Council's Waste Transfer Stations free of charge when sorted from other waste and disposed of in the scrap metal recycling section.
Books, including novels and textbooks can be donated to charity or taken to Council's Ayr, Home Hill and Giru Waste Transfer Station for sale in the second hand shop.
Books can also be placed into your yellow-lidded recycle bin if any plastic covers or contact film is removed beforehand. The plastic cover or film needs to be disposed of in you red-lidded refuse bin.
Bottles (plastic)
Empty plastic bottles can be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin. Squash bottles where possible to make more room in the recycling bin.
Bottles (glass)
Glass bottles and lids can be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin.
You do not need to remove labels before recycling. Separate the bottle tops. Bottle tops are asked to be removed first as they are often a different type of recyclable product than the bottle. If the lid is bigger than a credit card it can be placed in the yellow-lidded recycle bin. If the lid is smaller than a credit card it is best placed in your red-lidded refuse bin.
For more information on bottle tops. See the A-Z Waste bottle top page.
If you have excess glass bottles to recycle you can take them to the local Container for Change depots. For more information on what products are eliglble and where to take them visit https://www.containersforchange.com.au/
Bottle tops should be removed from the bottle before you place bottles in the yellow-lidded recycle bin. Bottle tops are asked to be removed first as they are often a different type of recyclable product than the bottle. If the lid is bigger than a credit card it can be placed in the yellow-lidded recycle bin. If the lid is smaller than a credit card it is best placed in your red-lidded refuse bin.
The reason for this is that your local recycling facility is an automated processing centre where materials are separated both by machines and by hand. Because of their size, these small, loose bottle caps fall through the screeners and end up being missed for recovery. And while the recycling facility is able to separate materials like glass, aluminum, steel and plastic containers, metal bottle caps are too small to be identified, so they often end up going to the landfill.
Recently Lids4Kids was launched. Lids4Kids is a nationwide project encourages the collection of plastic bottle tops. The plastic bottle tops are sent to Australian not-for-profit group Envision Hands in Victoria. The plastic is processed and then using a 3D printer turned into hand and arm mobility aids for amputee children.
For more information visit the following
Envison Hands https://envision.org.au/
Lids4Kids - North Queensland https://www.facebook.com/Lids4KidsAU/
Small branches, leaves, palm fronds and prunings from the garden can be placed into your green waste bin (lime green lid). Organics and garden waste should never go into the yellow-lidded recycle bin.
Large amounts of both domestic and commercial green waste (including large logs and tree stumps) can be taken to Council's Ayr, Home Hill and Giru Waste Transfer Station or Kirknie Landfill free of charge.
Recovered garden waste is processed into mulch which Burdekin residents can collect free of charge from Council's Transfer Stations. Mulch needs to be loaded by the person taking it, as Council does not provider a loader on site. If you require a large amount of mulch you can arrange to bring a loader on site providing the operator has all the relevant tickets and public liability insurance. Please contact Council's Waste Services Team on (07) 4783 9800 if you require large quanities of mulch.
Bricks and pavers can be disposed of at Council's Kirknie Landfill.
Domestic quantities of less than a ute load or trailer load is accepted free of charge if sorted.
Fees apply to domestic quanities of more than a ute load or trailer load and all quantities of commercial waste.
Bubble wrap can be disposed of in your red-lidded refuse bin.
Bubble wrap is not able to be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin, however you can recycle your bubble wrap and soft plastics at a number of Coles or Woolworths supermarkets. For more information visit https://www.redcycle.net.au/ or Planet Ark's Plastic Bag page https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/bags
Building waste can be disposed of at Council's Kirknie Landfill
Domestic quantities of less than a ute load or trailer load is accepted free of charge if sorted.
Fees apply to domestic quanities of more than a ute load or trailer load and all quantities of commercial waste.
Please note fees apply to Asbestos disposal. See the A-Z of Waste Asbestos page for further details.