Aluminium and Steel Cans

Empty Aluminium and Steel cans are recyclable and can be placed directly into your yellow lidded recycling bin. Aluminium can be recycled infinitely without any loss of quality. More importantly recycling aluminium saves 95% of the energy it would take to make a can from scratch while recycling steel cans save 75% of the energy. So ensure that you always place aluminium and steel cans into the recycling bin and remember if you are out and about and there are no public recycling bins, collect your cans and take them home to recycle.

Car Parts

Car and auto parts should never be placed in any domestic (kerbside) bins. Cars are composed of many useful parts that can reused. Buying and selling second hand car parts reduces the need for new parts to be manufactured and prevents unwanted car bodies from becoming obsolete and valuable resources going to waste. Car parts can be disposed of at the Lithgow Solid Waste Facility. For more information on the facility including opening hours visit our landfills information page. Many scrap metal merchants and mechanics will also take car parts. For more information on other locations where car parts can be disposed of visit http://businessrecycling.com.au/.

Cardboard

Cardboard can be placed directly into the yellow lidded recycling bin. It is best to ensure that it is collapsed down so that it does not take up excessive room and cannot be caught in machinery at the recycling facility.

Waxed Cardboard

  Waxed cardboard boxes are often used for transporting fresh produce. Because of the wax coating they are unsuitable for recycling through the yellow bin system. Waxed cardboard should be placed in the red general waste bin. Alternatively if you have a compost bin at home it can also be composted.

Greeting Cards

Gift cards made of paper or cardboard materials can be disposed of in the yellow lidded recycle bin.

Carpet and Underlay Products

Carpet, underlay and other building materials should never be placed in any domestic (kerbside) bins. Carpet and underlay products can be disposed of at the Lithgow Solid Waste Facility. For more information on the facility including opening hours visit our landfills information page.   For more information on any of the drop off points visit our facilities page.

Printer Cartidges

Printer cartridges should not be placed into any of your domestic (kerbside) bins. Printer cartridges contain a variety of chemicals which can cause contamination if sent to landfill. They also contain valuable materials such as metals, plastics and inks that can be recovered for reuse. Household quantities of cartridges can be retuned as part of the 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' program. To find your closest drop of point visit http://cartridges.planetark.org/.

Cassette and VHS Tapes

Cassette and VHS tapes should be disposed of in your red general waste bin. While these types of tapes contain a plastic casing, placing them in the recycling bin can cause issues at the Materials Recovery Facility as the tape inside can become wrapped around machinery.

Cellophane

Cellophane should be placed directly into your red lidded waste bin. Soft plastics such as cellophane can often have a plastic identification code on them which closely resembles the recycling symbol; however they cannot be recycled through the yellow lidded bin in this area regardless of the symbol. This is because recycling soft plastics require specialised equipment that is not available in this region. Placing soft plastics such as plastic bags and wrap into the recycling bin can also cause issues in the Materials Recovery Facility as they wrap around machinery and cause blockages.

Ceramic Products

Ceramic products are not recyclable and need to be placed into your red lidded general waste bin. Alternatively if ceramic products are not broken they can be donated to local charities.

Cereal Box Linings

The plastic lining inside cereal boxes should be placed directly into your red lidded general waste bin. Placing soft plastics such as plastic bags and wrap into the recycling bin can also cause issues in the Materials Recovery Facility as they wrap around machinery and cause blockages.

Cereal Boxes

Cardboard cereal boxes can be placed directly into the yellow lidded recycling bin. It is best to ensure that they are collapsed down so that they do not take up excessive room and cannot be caught in machinery at the recycling facility.

Hazardous Chemicals and Storage Containers

Chemicals and chemical drums are considered hazardous waste and can cause danger if they are placed in any of the domestic (kerbside) bins. Lithgow Council holds an annual Chemical Collection Program, for more information on this program including collection dates contact Council. National program drumMUSTER also has collection sites throughout Australia. For more information visit www.drummuster.com.au

Cigarette Butts

Cigarette butts contain hazardous chemicals such as cadmium, arsenic and lead so they need to be disposed of correctly. Cigarette butts should be placed in the red general waste bin. Butts should never be littered as they contain dangerous chemicals which can cause damage to the local environment.

Cling Wrap

Cling Wrap should be placed directly into your red lidded general waste bin. Placing soft plastics such as plastic bags and wrap into the recycling bin can also cause issues in the Materials Recovery Facility as they wrap around machinery and cause blockages.

Damaged Clothing and Shoes

Damaged clothing and shoes can be disposed of in the red general waste bin.

Clothing and Shoes

Clothing and shoes which are still in wearable condition can be donated to local charities.

Electronic Waste

Computers and E-waste should not be placed in domestic (kerbside) bins. Computers and other electronic waste is Australia’s fastest growing form of waste. Computers, televisions, mobile phones and other forms of e-waste contain both toxic/hazardous materials as well as non-renewable resources such as tin, gold, nickel, zinc and copper. It is therefore important that they are disposed of correctly so that valuable resources are not lost. Under the national television and computer recycling scheme every company that makes or imports computers into Australia is required to pay for the end of life recycling of these products. As part of this scheme you can drop off computers at the Lithgow Solid Waste Facility, for more information on the facility visit our landfills information page.  

Crockery

All crockery products should be placed in the red lidded general waste bin. Crockery products are not recyclable. However unbroken crockery products can be donated to local charities or taken to the tip shop for resale.

Metal Cutlery & Utensils

Metal cutlery products should be placed in the red lidded general waste bin. Metal cutlery products are not recyclable as they have the possibility of causing damage to the recycling equipment at the Materials Recovery Facility. However undamaged cutlery products can be donated to local charities or taken to the tip shop for resale.

Plastic Cutlery

Plastic cutlery products should be placed in the red lidded general waste bin. Plastic cutlery is not recyclable as they are oddly shaped and often too small to recover with current technologies.