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Below is an alphabetical list of items (both usual and unusual) and how to dispose of them safely / correctly when they are no longer wanted.
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Aerosol cans
Aerosol cans that are empty are accepted in the yellow lidded recycling bin.
Aluminium cans
According to Planet Ark, over 2 billion aluminium cans are recycled every year in Australia. For every can recycled this saves enough energy to power a television set for 3 hours! Small quantities are accepted in the yellow lidded recycling bin.
Cash for Cans community centre accepts large quantities. These centres are run by local community groups (for example Lions, Rotary, Scouts, sport groups and schools), and are located in strategic locations in metropolitan and rural areas. The cans are kept in a cage and when full the operators sell the collected cans to a central aggregation centre.
Asbestos / Fibro
| Belrose Waste Management Centre |
ph: 1300 651116 |
| Kimbriki Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility |
ph: 9486 3512 |
| Elizabeth Drive Landfill Facility |
ph: 4774 8866 |
| Enviroguard |
ph: 9834 3411 |
| Glenfield Waste Disposals |
ph: 9601 8766 |
| Kari and Gohssayn |
ph: 9826 1137 |
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Batteries
Car
Car batteries contain cadmium, lead and highly corrosive acid which are all extremely toxic. European countries recycle car batteries however in Australia this facility is not yet available. Some manufacturers do accept the batteries back for recycling. Nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries do not contain toxic materials and can therefore be disposed with your household waste. Using rechargeable batteries will mean fewer batteries going to landfill. When transporting a battery, handle it very carefully and ensure the acid does not leak. In no instance should batteries be burned. This releases dangerous fumes and can cause an explosion.
Up to five car batteries can be taken to WSN Waste Transfer Station for recycling. Your local garage or car battery retailer may also accept it.
Alkaline Batteries
Over 8,000 tonnes of batteries end up in Australian landfills yearly. A new domestic battery recycling program is now up and running for City of Ryde residents. Small batteries such as those used in cameras, torches, toys, tools and appliances can be deposited in the battery recycling container in the City of Ryde Civic Centre foyer.
Alkaline batteries are also accepted at IKEA Rhodes (Homebush Bay Drive) and Battery World in Ryde for recycling. Sita Environmental Solutions are currently trialling battery recycling in the ACT that if successful will be introduced into NSW.
Books
Old books can be donated to your local school, charity and/or friend. Perhaps you could even sell them to the second hand book store. Alternatively, Book Crossing trades books internationally. For books that are unusable and made entirely of paper can by placed in the yellow lidded recycling bin. Be sure to remove any non-paper materials including plastic coatings and metal bindings.
Bottle tops
Bottle tops (metal and plastic) can be placed in the yellow lid recycling bin - as long as they are separated from the container.
Bricks and tiles
Bricks and tiles are great items to reuse around the home. Bricks set in softer mortar can be re-used however, if they have too much cement they can be crushed and used for aggregates, fill or paving sand/gravel.
To recycle bricks and tiles - take them to the Eastern Creek or Lucas Heights facilities of WSN Environmental Solutions (1300 651 116). Other WSN Waste Transfer Stations accept bricks and tiles but do NOT recycle them.
Building materials
Some companies will recycle / reuse building material, for example:
- Dravin Building Demolition and Alterations - 55 Shepherd St, Ryde, ph: 0408 255 780 or 0414 802 384.
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Cartridges
An estimated 1.5 million toner cartridges are used annually in Australia, which leads to 1,500 tonnes of non-biodegradable waste. Australian’s throw away up to 1.2 million ink jet cartridges and 250,000 laser cartridges per month with ONLY 15% recycled!
PlanetArk and Close the Loop have launched Cartridges 4 Planet Ark. Under the program, laser cartridges are sent to the original equipment manufacturers for remanufacturing or component recovery programs. All inkjet cartridges, toner bottles and laser drums are processed to recycle component materials into new products. Cartridges are recycled into new or reused products in new applications.
Drop off used cartridges in the specially marked boxes at participating Australia Post and Harvey Norman outlets or in the foyer at the City of Ryde Civic Centre.
For a full list of collection outlets go to the Recycling Near You website.
Car tyres
See Tyres.
Cards
All paper and cardboard cards can be recycled in the yellow lid recycling bin.
Between Christmas, New Year and Australia Day Festive Recycling operates a card recycling service. Take your unwanted Christmas, Birthday and other greeting cards and envelopes into any Australia Post outlet, pick up a free reply paid envelope, place your cards inside and drop the parcel into your nearest street post box. With a million free envelopes provided by Australia Post for this year’s campaign it’s easy to score an advantage for the environment. Your recycled greeting cards will be made into new packaging and recycled paper products, saving energy, water and trees in the process. It’s the best way to give the environment a Happy New Year.
Chemicals
Agriculture and veterinary
ChemClear provides a safe and easy collection and disposal service.
Household
City of Ryde hosts a Household Chemical Collection event. City of Ryde residents can go to any of the CleanOut drop off sites - unless it states otherwise on the pamphlets.
Other
Clean Way Solvents Pty Ltd will accept and dispose of:
- Solvents
- Inks
- Paints
- Oils
- Resins
- Waters
- Developers and fixers
- Unused chemicals
- Pumpouts of drums, tanks, I.B.C pits
- Old stock
- Security product destruction
The company accepts as little as a 20 litre drum. For further information call (02) 9820 5144.
Clothes
No longer wanted clothes, in reasonable condition, can be donated to charity. Before donating please contact the charity first to ensure they can accept them.
| St Vincent de Paul |
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287 Victoria Ave Chatswood |
ph: 9419 4236 |
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210 Victoria Rd Gladesville |
ph: 9879 7029 |
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191-197 Cox's Rd North Ryde |
ph: 9887 3356 |
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8 Church St Top Ryde |
ph: 9809 7224 |
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47 Ryedale Rd West Ryde |
ph: 9809 2757 |
| Salvation Army Store |
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41 Beecroft Rd Epping |
ph: 9869 4961 |
These are numerous companies that recycle worn, damaged or un-sellable clothing. These items are usual sourced from charities; please contact your local charity to see they participate.
Computers
Council operates a FREE computer collection service through WSN Environmental Solutions. To organise a pick up or for more information call City of Ryde’s Customer Service on 9952 8222.
Computers can also be reused and/or recycled by:
Corks
Corks are a renewable material with an estimated 30 tonnes collected annually for recycling.
The voluntary organisation, Guides Australia, collects used wine corks from hotels, restaurants, wineries, clubs, hospitals and individuals in all states and territories. There are also collection points in Body Shop outlets. The corks are turned into engine gaskets, cricket and hockey balls, industrial safety mats, boat decking and floors for horse floats. Money raised by the sale of wine corks is used to fund the Guides' outdoor activities and facilities.
To find the closest collection point, or to organise a pick-up, contact the Guides Association on (02) 9698 3322.
Corks can also be dropped off at IKEA Rhodes (Homebush Bay Drive).
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Drums
- Dakota Drums (182 Andrews Rd, Penrith ph: 1300 136 024)
- Sims Metal (various outlets)
Fibro
See Asbestos / Fibro
Fridge
Please see Fridge Buyback Scheme
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Garden organics
The garden vegetation green lid bin collects lawn clippings, bark, leaves, weeds, pruning cuts and branches up to 75mm in diameter and 75cm in length. Larger garden organics can be placed out with the Council Cleanup Collection.
WSN Waste Transfer Stations also accepts garden organics at a charge.
Gas cylinders
Disposal of gas cylinders is dangerous and must be handled with caution.
All WSN Waste Transfer Stations collect LPG cylinders, halon (yellow fire extinguishers), CFC (refrigerant) cylinders and fire extinguishers. Two cylinders per visit are accepted at no charge. For other cylinders please contact the cylinder distributor.
Glass
A majority of glass items can be recycled. Disposal of glass bottles and/or jars (including soft-drink bottles, wine or beer bottles and condiments jar) can be placed in the yellow lid recycling bin.
Glass in certain formats cannot be recycled:
- Broken windows
- Windscreen glass
- Drinking glasses
- Oven-proof or heat-treated glass (e.g. Corning Ware, Pyrex or Vision Ware)
- Light globes
- White opaque bottles
- Laboratory and medical glass
Recyclable glass does NOT include:
- China
- Ceramics
- Stones with glass bottles and jars
Thousands of bottles and jars collected for recycling can be rejected from placing the above materials in the recycling bins. To prepare glass for recycling, remove any lids or caps (these can still be recycled, but must be separated from the container) and rinse all bottles and jars. To conserve water, wash bottles and jars in used dishwater or in a bucket with other recyclables.
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Household items
SecondHand Saturday is a garage sale held within your premises which takes place before a scheduled Council Clean Up collection. SecondHand Saturday is a great way to trade those items, stacked in the garage or under the house, no longer needed. For more information see the SecondHand Saturday page.
The Bower is a reuse and repair cooperative that collects, repairs and resells goods in reasonable, re-usable condition with more information available here.
Larger items (for example, furniture) may also be collected by a charity.
- St Vincent de Paul - (02) 9560 8666
- Salvation Army - 131 640
Items including books, clothing, shoes and kitchen items can be dropped at charity boxes.
Light globes
Conventional light globes
These globes cannot be recycled in the domestic recycling system and should be placed in the general household garbage.
Energy efficient and/or fluorescent globes and tubes
Energy efficient and fluorescent globes and tubes contain small but significant amounts of mercury, a substance toxic to both people and wildlife. When disposed of in landfill, there is a risk that mercury can be released into the environment. They can be disposed of through CleanOut - a household chemical collection run by the Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC), or if there is a greater volume through a recycling company such as Lamp Recyclers or SITA Environmental Solutions.
City of Ryde is now offering residents an opportunity to recycle their fluorescent or energy efficient light globes/tubes for free. Drop off at the Customer Service Centre at Civic Centre. For more info, visit the Energy Efficient/Fluorescent Light Recycling page.
Liquid waste
Transpacific operates the Liquid Treatment Plant at Lidcombe and accepts bulky liquid wastes subject to analysis. Contact (02) 8748 0985 for further information.
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Mattresses
Mattresses in reasonable condition are accepted by Dreamsafe Recycling Pty Ltd. The company can be contacted on 1300 551 245 or alternatively visit their website. A small fee does apply.
Mattresses can be placed out for collection during your designated Council Cleanup Collection however they will not be recycled.
Medicines
All residents and visitors are encouraged to participate in the Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) Program.
Medical waste
Fourteen pharmacies in the local council area cooperate with the City of Ryde to run a Medical Waste Collection Program.
Disposing of medical waste through domestic garbage creates a health and safety hazard for many people involved in waste management. Please consider their safety when deciding how to dispose of medical waste.
Residents can drop of syringes and dialysis material for FREE to any one of the participating pharmacies, where they are disposed of safely and correctly. Before delivering your syringes to the pharmacy ensure they are in a proper plastic sharps container, (available from either Diabetes Australia/MS Society or a needle and syringe exchange outlet), or are in a rigid plastic drink container with a screw top (milk bottle, coke bottle or juice bottle).
| Chemist |
Address |
Phone |
| The Estate Pharmacy |
5 Sager Place, East Ryde |
9878 3665 |
| Eastwood Centre Chemist |
Shop 43-44, 160 Rowe St, Eatswood |
9858 4858 |
| Five Ways Pharmacy |
77 Balaclava Rd, Eastwood |
9874 4820 |
| Boronia Park Pharmacy |
97 Pittwater Rd, Gladesville |
9817 3652 |
| Trafalgar Pharmacy |
Trafalgar Place, Marsfield |
9869 1081 |
| Meadowbank Pharmacy |
4/27 Bank St, Meadowbank |
9809 4350 |
| Mal Corbett Soul Pattinson Chemist |
Macquarie Shopping Centre, North Ryde |
9887 1215 |
| Stephenson's Pharmacy` |
136 Cox's Rd, North Ryde |
9888 7086 |
| Putney Village Pharmacy |
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9809 3408 |
| Midway Pharmacy |
119a North Rd, Ryde |
9878 3550 |
| Quarry Road Pharmacy |
128a Quarry Rd, Ryde |
9809 2572 |
| Ryde Pharmacy |
107 Blaxland Rd, Ryde |
9809 3294 |
| McDonalds Pharmacy |
977 Victoria Rd, West Ryde |
9809 2424 |
| O'Tooles Pharmacy |
Gladesville Shopping Centre, Flagstaff St, Gladesville |
9817 3180 |
Milk crates
Every day, approximately 2,000 milk crates are taken out of the Dairy Farmers system. This equates to 60,000 a month, 720,000 a year or over 650 semi-trailer loads full!
Dairy Farmers is currently running a Milk Crate Recovery Program in NSW aiming to return crates back into the system, limit the number of unauthorised crates taken and reduce the number of crates Dairy Farmers are required to purchase in order to replace the ones that have been taken out.
To dispose of or report stolen crates call Dairy Farmers on 1800 883 534. Alternately, crates are acceptable at all WSN Waste Transfer Stations.
Mobile phones
You can drop off unwanted mobile phones at the Mobile Muster recycling bin in the City of Ryde Civic Centre foyer. Mobile Muster is the official mobile phone recycling program with further information available here.
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Needles
See Sharps / needles / syringes
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Oil
Motor oil
Around 500 million litres of lubricating oil is sold in Australia each year. While some engines, such as two-stroke lawn mower engines burn oil completely, others like motor vehicle engines and machinery produce large volumes of used oil that can be reclaimed and reused. Industry and the community generate at least 250 million litres of used oil in Australia every year.
Disposing of used oil the wrong way has the potential to pollute land, water and infrastructure. Consider that it takes only one litre of oil to contaminate one million litres of water and a single automotive oil change produces four to five litres of used oil.
Used oil, or 'sump oil' as it is sometimes called, should not be thrown away. Although it gets dirty, used oil can be cleaned and re-used. In fact, recycled used oil can be used as an industrial burner fuel, hydraulic oil, incorporated into other products or re-refined back into new lubricating oil.
Local motor mechanics accept oil for recycling with more information available on the NSW Government Oil Recycling webpage.
Also, oil can be dropped off at WSN Waste Transfer Stations where 20L per collection is accepted.
Cooking oil
| Auscol |
ph: 1800 629 476 |
| Coastal Recycled Cooking Oils |
ph: 1800 637 374 |
| Scanline |
ph: 9627 6600 |
| Statewide Cooking Oil Distributors |
ph: 1300 559 069 |
Sump oil (used oil)
See Motor oil above
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Paint and paint containers
Paint can be taken to WSN Waste Transfer Stations for a fee. Charges apply to container size and not the amount of paint.
Paint can be dropped off for FREE at Household Chemical CleanOut days run by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DECC) NSW. For further information, contact the CleanOut hotline on 131 555 or www.cleanout.com.au.
Paint tins
Empty, clean paint tins can be placed in the yellow lid recycling bin.
Pallets and containers
Any pallets and containers that are owned by CHEP can be removed for free by contacting CHEP Customer Service on 132437.
Paper
The following are recyclable items accepted by the yellow lid recycling bin:
- Drawings (on paper)
- Computer cards
- Invoices/forms
- Manilla folders
- Envelopes/binder dividers
- Computer printouts (no carbon)
- Photocopy paper
- Cardboard
- Writing pads
Larger quantities of paper and cardboard or oversized items including boxes can be recycled at any WSN Waste Transfer Stations. There are numerous companies that collect paper and cardboard. See the Yellow Pages for more information.
Plastic bags
Australians dump 4,000 recyclable plastic bags into landfill every minute, or 230,000 every hour. It takes 36,850 tonnes of plastic to produce 6.9 billion plastics bags. Plastic bags are accepted at most supermarkets for recycling. Be careful to check which plastic bags are accepted at the recycling bins as they usually only accept the supermarket style shopping bag (HDPE), not the heavier bags used by other retailers (LDPE). Ask the store about its policy on recycling and packaging.
Plastic takeaway containers
Plastic takeaway containers that are made from rigid plastic can be recycled - whether they have a plastic code from 1-7 on them or not. The container must be emptied and rinsed before being placed in the recycling bin.
Plastics
Australians consume over 1.3 million tonnes of plastic every year - greater than 71kg for every person. Manufacturing plastics from recycled materials employs 30% of the energy required to make plastic products from fossil fuels. At the City of Ryde, we accept all plastic codes from 1 to 7. All other plastics, including nylon and acrylic, cannot be recycled. For more information go to www.visy.com.au
Polystyrene (EPS)
Polystyrene can not be recycled in the City of Ryde’s kerbside recycling bin hence it must be placed in the garbage bin. Alternatively:
- Colossal Recycling (ph: 0418 634 044) accepts large quantities
- Adfoam Industries (ph: (02) 9736 2500) offers scrap removal for clean, white and dry polystyrene. They can collect up to 20 cubic metres.
- M.A.G Foam Wax (ph: (02) 9649 6248) will collect polystyrene and wax boxes.
Polystyrene products are recycled into plastic stationery items, computer disks, flower pots, coat hangers and synthetic timber substitutes.
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Sharps / needles / syringes
While injecting equipment is used by drug users, numerous people rely on needles, lances or syringes to maintain their own health or that of a family member. Injection equipment is also used by pet and livestock owners or vets. For health and safety reasons, the correct disposal of this waste type is obviously extremely important.
- Sharps must be secured in a strong puncture resistant container, such as an Australian Standard Sharps container.
- Sharps must NOT be placed in your recycling or garbage bin.
Please dispose of sharps at authorised collection points (check with the City of Ryde or a local hospital). For more information visit Community Sharps or contact the Needle Cleanup Hotline on 1800 633 353.
Smoke detectors
Although Smoke Detectors contain radioactive material they have been deemed not a health or environmental hazard (Radiation Health Committee). Smoke Alarms, once used, can be placed in the red-lidded garbage bin.
Steel cans
Recyclable steel cans include food, coffee, oil, paint and aerosol cans as well as bottle tops and jar lids (remove plastic caps).
What to do:
- Remove the lid
- Rinse the can thoroughly
- Place the lids inside the can (place metal bottle tops and metal jar lids inside as well)
- Press the can flat near the top of the can (this saves space and prevents injury to those sorting)
- Place the cans out for collection.
For more information visit the Cansmart website.
Sump oil
See Oil
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Timber
Timber is one of the most renewable and 'earth friendly' materials. More sustainable practices:
- When using timber, design using the appropriate size, grade and durability of timbers, using 'engineered' and resource efficient sections where possible.
- Utilise all off-cuts. When buildings are designed for easy material recovery timbers can then be easily reused.
- Timbers can be re-milled and recycled for other purposes. Alternatively, it can be chipped for mulch (however beware of health hazards of lead based paints).
Tyres
Approximately 20 million tyres are stockpiled in Australia, with a further 15 million disposed of per annum. Theoretically, it is possible to recover raw materials from tyres however, the high associated costs have restricted this disposal method. Of the 15 million tyres disposed of annually, a majority are reused for retreads which only delays tyre disposal. Tyre Service Centres including Bob Jane T-Mart, Goodyear, Bridgestone and Beaurepaires handle tyres due for disposal.
For more information, see the section on Waste Tyres on the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website
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White goods
The North Ryde WSN Waste Transfer Station accepts up to four white good items (e.g. fridges, stoves, washing machines) free per visit. Larger quantities may be accepted by prior arrangement.
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