Your Yellow Lidded Bin

Yellow Lidded Bin

Wingecarribee Shire Council offers three sizes of yellow lidded bins to help residents better manage their recycling:

Available bin sizes include: 140L, 240L and 360L, with the standard being 240L.

These bins are collected fortnightly.

The recycling service is commingled, which means all recyclable items are placed together into one bin.

Also check out the handy guide to see what should go in your yellow-lidded bin. Recycle Right

What Goes in your Yellow Lidded Bin?

Paper and Cardboard	Steel and Aluminium
Plastic Containers - lids removed	Glass Bottles and Jars - lids removed

Helpful Hints

Keep it Simple Only recycle: paper and cardboard steel and aluminium cans glass bottles and jar plastic bottles and containers
Keep out soft plastics This includes: all plastic bags including those that are: recyclable degradable compostable other soft plastics including: cling wrap chip packets bread bags
Keep out small items No items smaller than a credit card All plastic lids removed from bottles Items smaller than a credit card put in your landfill (red lid) bin
Keep it Safe Keep out: strapping hose netting wires building materials other hazardous materials
Keep it Clean Wipe or rinse any excess food and drink from: all bottles containers tins before placing them in your recycling bin. Keep out: food scraps nappies soiled paper
Keep it Loose Put each item into your yellow recycling bin separately. Don't bag Don't box Don't contain your recyclable items.

What Should Not be Placed in your Yellow Lidded Bin?

There are many items that can be recycled, just not using your Council Yellow Lidded Bin.

Have a look at out Handy Quick Reference Guide to see how to dispose of many of your unwanted waste types.

The collection vehicles are fitted with cameras to check the bin contents every time it is emptied. Residents who continually place incorrect items in the recycling bin may have their bin removed.

Last Updated: January 21st, 2020
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