What goes in which bin - Waste, Recycling, Food and Organics

Moree Plains Shire Council have adopted a Contamination Policy that outlines the process with repeat offenders that contaminate their co-mingled recycling and food and organic waste bins.

The ways that bins may be found to have been contaminated are:
• random bin inspections conducted by Councils staff and/ or Contractor
• Visible at the Kerbside prior to emptying
• Visible by the camera located in the garbage trucks hopper

Should the bin be found to be contaminated after the bin has been emptied, details will be recorded of the contaminant/s and premise address on a daily record sheet and a contamination notification sticker will be applied to the appropriate bin along with a letter being sent to the property, informing the resident of what contamination was found and also outline what is acceptable and not acceptable to go into the bin in future. If contamination is found prior to the bin being emptied, the bin will not be collected until the issue has been rectified and the resident has contacted the Waste Hotline.

Should multiple occurrences of contamination occur at the same property, the bin will be removed by a Council Regulatory Enforcement Officer or waste collection contractor and a letter will be sent on behalf of Councils Waste Contractor advising of the service withdrawal for 3 months, contamination history at the property and the dates the previous incidents occurred. In order for the bins to be reinstated after the 3 months, a pledge must be signed agreeing not to contaminate the bin again and additional monitoring and bin inspections will be undertaken. Should the bin/s need to be removed a second time due to contamination there will be no reinstatement of the bin available unless there is a change of ownership/tenant and a Prevention Notice/Infringement Notice may be issued by Councils Regulatory Enforcement Officer.

Items that are accepted in the recycling and green waste bins can be found below or you can download the Moree Councils Waste Services App on your smart phone.

General Waste	Recycling	Organics, Food and Green Waste	Take to Landfill
Bubble wrap	Aerosol cans (empty)	Bones: from leftover food	Batteries - dry cell
Cake trays (foam)	Aluminium cans	Branches and leaves	Batteries - vehicle
Carbon paper	Aluminium foil (Clean)	Coffee Grindings	Books
Cassette tapes	Books	Fruit scraps	Car Parts
CD’s	Bottles	Garden waste	Car Windows
Cellophane	Beer bottles	Food scraps	Clothing baskets
Ceramics	Bottle tops	Grass clippings	Computers
Cereal box inserts	Cardboard	Kitchen towelling	Cooking Oil
Chip packets	Cardboard egg cartons	Kitty litter	DVD players
Cling Wrap film	Cereal boxes	Leaves	E-Waste
Clothing baskets	Computer paper	Manure/animal droppings	Electrical appliances
Clothing/shoes	Drink cans	Meat scraps	Fluorescent tubes
Cups and saucers	Cutlery (plastic)	Tea bags	Gas Bottles
Disposable nappies	Foil (clean)	Plant cuttings	Green waste (excess)
Eye glasses	Envelopes	Vacuum cleaner dust	Kitchen appliances
Foam boxes	Food cans	Tissues	Light bulbs
Foam meat trays	Ice cream containers/lids	Vegetable scraps	Mirror glass
Foam underlay	Jars (glass)	Weeds	Mobile Phones
Glass (other)	Jar lids		Motor oil
Laminated paper	Juice cartons		Paint tins
Matchboxes	Junk mail (remove plastic wrap)		Print Ink Cartridges
Mirror Glass	Laundry detergent boxes		Scrap metal
Pens & pencils	Magazines		Treated pine
Photos	Medicine bottles		Tyres
Picture frames	Milk cartons		Videos
Placemats	Milk containers (plastic)		Video cassette recorder
Plastic bags	Newspapers		Window glass
Plastic strapping	Office Paper		Wood/Timber (no nails, untreated)
Plastic wrappers	Paper towel roll
Plate glass	Pet food tins (clean)
Polystyrene	Phone books
Pyrex (ovenware)	Pizza boxes (clean)
Shoes	Plastic containers (all kinds)
Sporting goods	Plastic meat/fruit trays
Styrofoam	Shampoo bottles
Take-away coffee cups	Soft drink bottles
Take-away foam containers	Soft drink cans
Toothpaste tubes	Spirit bottles
Toys	Steel cans
Videos	Tetrapaks (juice containers)
Vinyl (eg. school bags)	Tin cans
Waxed cardboard	Toilet paper rolls
Waxed paper	Toothpaste tubes (empty)
Wine casks (foil)	Wine bottles
	Wrapping paper
	Yoghurt containers