A-Z disposal guide

Try the 'paper rip test':

  If the paper tears cleanly, put it in the recycling bin.

  If the paper is quite tough to tear or you can identify a laminate backing, put it in the red/waste to landfill bin.

Organic, homemade and manufactured dough is commonly full of salt, so it cannot be composted.

Put it in the red/waste to landfill bin.

 Put it in the red/waste to landfill bin.

OR

Book a hard waste collection.
The material must be cut up / rolled up and bound. No longer than 1.5m in length and rolled up to a maximum 30cm in diameter.

  Put it in the yellow/recycling bin.

Put it in the red/waste to landfill bin.

Contact a scrap metal recycler.

Reverse cycle units or ducted evaporative units

If replacing your air conditioner, request that retailers or installers remove and dispose of the old machine. Some major retailers offer “take-back services” and removal of packaging, including polystyrene

OR

Contact a scrap metal recycler.

Air conditioner pads

There are chemicals in the cooler pads that deem the cardboard not recyclable.

 Put in the red/waste to landfill bin.

OR

Contact a waste to landfill site.

Portable evaporative coolers

E-waste items CANNOT go into your household bins or to landfill.

Drain out water.

If it's in working condition consider giving it away, swapping or selling it.

OR

• drop-off at an Unplug N’Drop hub for free e-waste recycling

• Contact a scrap metal recycler.

Ducting

Contact a scrap metal recycler.

OR

Contact a waste to landfill site.

These are not recycling symbols.

They are Plastic Resin Identification Codes; and indicate the type of plastic the item is made from, NOT their recyclability.

Please search the A-Z guide for the item description (e.g. soft drink bottle) for appropriate disposal information.

Remove the inner lining/bladder.

 Put the box the yellow/recycling bin.

These CANNOT go in your household bins or to landfill.

Fuels, paints and household chemicals can be dangerous if they are not stored or disposed of safely and also please be aware that Hazardous Wastes cannot be disposed of in the general waste bin as they are harmful to human health and the environment.

You can take your unwanted paint and household chemicals to:

Adelaide Waste and Recycling Centre
181 Morphett Road
North Plympton
Ph: 08 8295 5077

Open: Monday to Friday 7am–4pm, Saturday 8am–3pm, Sunday 10am–3pm.

OR

Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre
32 Scott Creek Road
Heathfield
Ph: 08 8339 4323

Open: Monday to Friday 7.30am–4pm, weekends 9am–4pm.

If it's in reasonable condition consider giving it away or selling it.

OR

Contact a scrap metal recycler.

Plastic

   Put it in the yellow/recycling bin.

Metal

Contact a scrap metal recycler.

or

   Put it in the yellow/recycling bin.

Put it in the red/waste to landfill bin.

This CANNOT go in your household bins or to landfill.

They are classified as building material and recovered for recycling at specific locations.

If in reasonable condition consider selling or giving away to someone who can use it.

OR

Contact a waste to landfill site.

 Put it in the waste to landfill bin.

Photographic paper is typically made from combinations of paper, plastic and chemicals.

Older photographs especially have high levels of silver, mercury, and selenium that render them unsuitable for recycling. Newer photographs, which are printed using a photo printer, are coated with a very thin layer of polyethylene to control water absorption and speed drying.

Slide destruction

If you wish to destroy slides for confidentiality reasons, the safest, simplest, and cheapest way of destroying the images is to drop the slide film into boiling water. The gelatine-bearing image layers will quickly melt, slide off the film base into a black gelatinous mass which you discard into your normal household waste bin.