Magazines

Magazines are recyclable and can be placed straight into your yellow lidded recycling bin.

Mattresses

Old mattresses contain many components such as scrap metal and wood which can be reused. Mattresses can be disposed of at any of Lithgow's landfill facilities. For more information on these facilities including opening hours visit our landfills information page. They cannot be disposed of at any of Lithgow's Transfer Stations.

Polystyrene Foam Meat Trays

Foam or Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) materials cannot be collected in the Council recycling service through the yellow lidded bin and should instead be placed in the red lidded general waste bin.

Confusion with polystyrene

Some polystyrene materials such as foam cups, trays or foam packaging are marked with the below symbol. This symbol is part of the Plastic Identification Code and simply identifies the type of plastic the product is - not if it can be recycled. People often confuse the 'plastic identification code' for the general recycling symbol (mobius loop), which involves three chasing arrows.

Plastic Meat Trays

Rigid Plastic meat trays (those which are not foam and cannot be ‘squished’) are recyclable and can be placed into your yellow lidded recycling bin. For health and safety reasons and to ensure recycling isn’t contaminated the containers need to be as clean as possible. To prevent wasting water it is best to wash up containers in old washing up water after finishing the dishes.

Mobile Phones

Mobile Phones should not be placed in domestic (kerbside) bins. 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. Mobile Phones can be dropped off as part of the Mobile Muster program at Lithgow City Council Chambers. For more information on mobile phone recycling visit http://www.mobilemuster.com.au/