What happens with yellow bin materials?

Once collected from the kerbside, your yellow bin materials are taken to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), wh...

Always in the yellow bin: aluminium foil

Aluminium foil can be recycled by scrunching it up into a ball the size of a tennis ball and placing it into you...

10 common yellow bin contaminants

Placing landfill and organic waste items in your yellow recycling bin can contaminate the valuable recycling mat...

Always in the yellow bin: metal cans and lids

Cans, like the ones peas and corn come in, can be rinsed and placed in your recycling bin.To recycle the metal l...

Always in the yellow bin: (mostly) clean plastic food containers

Plastic food containers and bottles, like ice cream tubs, yoghurt pots, butter and margarine tubs, sauce bottles...

Always in the yellow bin: plastic trays and pots

Plastic pots and trays that new seedlings and trees come in can be recycled by emptying out the soil, giving the...

Remember to recycle this festive season

This festive season (and always), be mindful of what materials you’re throwing away – it’s likely a lot of ...

What happens to the materials <br/>that go in your yellow bin for recycling?

Once received at the Materials Recycling Facility, (MRF) recyclables are pushed with a front end loader from the...

Recycle your old electronic items at a recycling centre.

If you get a new TV, phone, tablet or another electrical gadget be sure to re-gift or recycle your old one by ta...

No broken glass, crockery or light globes in the yellow lid recycle bin!

Broken glass, crockery and light globes cannot be recycled through the yellow lid recycle bin. Broken glass...

Don't let contamination make your recyclables go to waste!

Although South Australians are the best recyclers in the nation, we can still do better by reducing our contami...

Please make your recycling bin a NO FOAM ZONE!

Expanded polystyrene foam (aka Styrofoam) includes meat trays, coffee cups and foam packaging and is...