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Packaging material such as polystyrene, styrofoam and bubble wrap cannot be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin and should be placed in your red-lidded refuse bin.
Polystyrene and Styrofoam is plastic type No.6. This type of plastic can't be recycled at Council's recycling facility. Burdekin Shire Council only recycles plastic number types Nos.1 to 5. Plastic No. 6 is also found in disposable plates and cups.
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
Padded envelopes, paper/plastic composites, thermal fax paper and wax coated paper must be placed in the red-lidded refuse bin.
Liquid paint is prohibited from being placed in any of your wheelie bins and is not accepted at any of council's waste facilities because Burdekin Shire Council is not licensed to accept liquid waste.
Small amounts of paint can be solidified by adding materials such as kitty litter or sand. Once dry, scrape this out onto old newspaper.
Small tins and small amounts of dried paint can be placed in your red-lidded refuse bin. Amounts over this can be taken to any of Council's Waste Transfer Stations (excluding Clare Transfer Station). Domestic waste is free of charge if sorted. Fees apply to commercial waste.
Liquid paint can be disposed of via Paintback. Paintback is an independent not-for-profit organisation that takes unwanted or waste paint and packaging. It aims to divert waste paint and packaging from landfill. It will collect and treat waste paint through participating sites around Australia.
It is the responsible way for households and professional painters to dispose of left-over paint and packaging.
The closest participating site is Cleanaway Bohle, 77-97 Enterprise Street , Bohle (1300 390 380)
For more information on Paintback visiti the website: http://paintback.com.au/
Small empty and dry paint tins can be disposed of in your red-lidded refuse bin.
Empty and dry paint tins can be taken to any of Council's waste facilities. Domestic waste is free of charge if sorted. Fees apply to commercial waste. Please note commercial waste is prohibited at the Clare Transfer Station.
Empty and dry metal paint tins can be disposed of in Council's waste facilities scrap metal bins.
Palm fronds, small branches, leaves, 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 Stations 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.
Most paper can be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin. This includes: newspaper, junk mail, brochures, office paper, wrapping paper, used note books, unbleached paper, glossy paper, magazines, envelopes (including window envelopes), phone books, greeting cards, coloured paper, paper bags and scrap paper.
Shredded paper
Place it in your home composting unit in small quantities.
Shredded paper should not be placed into your yellow-lidded recycle bin, as the small strips of paper make the fibres too small to recycle in the traditional way. Paper and documents shredded by specialised companies are usually sent on for recycling.
Padded Envelopes
Padded envelopes, paper/plastic composites, thermal fax paper and wax coated paper must be placed in the general waste bin.
Paper (towels and tissues)
The paper fibre within tissues, including toilet tissue, tissue paper, paper towels and serviettes is too weak to be recycled. This is what makes them soft and this is why the paper has reached the end of its recyclable life. These can be placed into your red-lidded refuse bin, or composted in a worm farm or compost bin.
Pavers and bricks can be disposed of a 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.
Pizza boxes are made from cardboard and can be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin.
Make sure you remove any leftover pizza and crusts first and place these food scraps in your red-lidded refuse bin.
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.
Rigid plastic bottles and containers can be disposed of in your yellow-lidded recycle bin.
Plastic containers include but are not limited to drink bottles, laundry detergent bottles, shampoo and conditioner bottles, margarine containers, ice cream tubs etc.
Sometimes there can be a great deal of confusion when trying to determine if a piece of plastic can be recycled.
The easist way is to look for the number within the recycling symbol. In the Burdekin we recycle numbers 1 to 5.
Remember to remove the lids. See the A - Z Waste bottle lids page for further details on bottle lids.
Disposable plastic plates as well as disposable plastic cutlery and coffee cups should be placed in your red-lidded refuse bin. The majority of plastic cutlery can't be recycled as it is made out of polystyrene (Plastic type No.6). This type of plastic can't be recycled at Council's recycling facility. Burdekin Shire Council only recycles plastic number types Nos.1 to 5.
Plastic forks and knives are also an odd shape and can jam machinery the machinery at the recycling facility.
Soft plastic and plastic wrap can be disposed of in your red-lidded refuse bin.
Soft plastic and plastic wrap is not able to be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin, however you can recycle it at a number of Coles or Woolworths supermarkets. For more information visit https://www.redcycle.net.au/ or Planet Ark's Plastic bag and soft plastic page https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/bags
Polystyrene and Styrofoam cannot be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycle bin and should be placed in your red-lidded refuse bin.
Polystyrene and Styrofoam is generally used as packaging support for the storage and transport of fragile and expensive items such as electronic equipment. It is also used for meat trays and disposable coffee cups.
Polystyrene and Styrofoam is plastic type No.6. This type of plastic can't be recycled at Council's recycling facility. Burdekin Shire Council only recycles plastic number types Nos.1 to 5. Plastic No. 6 is also found in disposable plates and cups.
Broken porcelain can’t be recycled. Place this into your red-lidded refuse bin for disposal.
Intact porcelain can be taken to Council’s Ayr, Home Hill and Giru Waste Transfer Stations free of charge. They are then sold in the second hand shop. Alternatively, you can give them to a second hand/charity store.
Australian's send 34 printer cartridges to landfill every minute. We are urging Australians to deprive their garbage bins of electronic waste.
Printer cartridges are made up of a complex mix of plastics, metal, inks and toners and thus represent a significant investment in resources. When they are disposed of into landfill these resources are lost. That is why Planet Ark joined with Close the Loop and the participating manufacturers to set up the innovative Cartrides 4 Planet Ark program.
This program collects and returns cartridges for remanufacturing and recycling - therefore keeping them out of landfill. Planet Ark is successfully working with Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Konica Minolta and Kyocera to collectively take responsibility for the end life of their products. This voluntary Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program is one of the most successful of its type in the world. Help us save energy, water and resources by recycling your cartridges.
Printer and toner collection boxes are located at Council's Ayr and Home Hill Waste Transfer Stations and Council's Customer Service Centre.
Australia Post and Harvey Norman also accept printer cartridges as they are registered collection locations.
For more information visit:
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark https://planetark.org/campaigns/cartridges.cfm
Close the Loop https://www.closetheloop.com.au/