Waste and recycling collection

Your red lid bin is for materials such as:

• Disposable nappies and sanitary items
• Soiled or non-recyclable packaging
• Band-aids 
• Bottle tops and lids 
• Ceramics, glassware, Pyrex ovenware 
• Chip packets
• Cigarette butts 
• Unusable clothing and textiles 
• Waxed paper and cardboard 
• Used stationery (pens, pencils)
• Broken toys
• Polystyrene (inc. cups and trays)

• Batteries (car and household)
• Fire extinguishers
• Paint 
• Fluorescent tubes and globes
• Gas bottles 
• X-rays 
• Motor Oils and other oils 
• Smoke detectors 
• Kitchen and garden organics 
• Clean paper and cardboard 
• Clean recyclables (cans, containers, etc.)

We all know that the less we put in our bins the better. To avoid or reduce waste to landfill use these helpful tips:

• Buying products and fresh food with minimal or no packaging
• Reusing or recycling packaging where possible 
• Donating items to charities or holding a garage sale
• Repairing broken items 
• Avoiding disposal items

• Any food scraps (raw or cooked food)
• Loose tea
• Coffee grounds
• Fruit and vegetable peelings
• Leftovers
• Eggshells
• Bones
• Seafood scraps 

• Tissues or paper towels 
• Cling wrap or food packaging 
• Cutlery and plates
• Coffee pods
• Medicines

• Kitchen Waste (described above)
• Leaves
• Branches 
• Prunings 
• Grass Clippings

• Pizza boxes or recyclables 
• Disposable cups or containers
• Glass, plastics and metals 
• Treated timber or building materials, including sawdust
• Chemicals, fertilisers and insecticides 

• Clean paper 
• Clean cardboard 
• Milk and juice cartons 

• Empty steel, aluminium, aerosol cans
• Plastic containers and bottles 
• Glass bottles and jars
• Aluminium/steel pots and pans 
• Clean aluminium foil (scrunch up)
• Clear plastic bags and bubble wrap 
• Bag the Bag! Place clean plastic film and bags in one bag to be recycled. 

• Soiled paper and cardboard 
• Batteries and other hazardous waste 
• Electrical items
• Nappies 
• Polystyrene 
• Bottle tops and lids
• Any other soiled and dirty items

• Take lids off bottles and jars 
• Rinse and clean jars, cans, bottles and containers
• Place larger recyclables next to crates e.g. cardboard boxes

To help ensure your bin collection runs smoothly and enables our drivers to pick up, empty and replace your bins safely, it's important to:

• Put bins out before 6am on the day of collection or the night before 
• Position the bin facing the road 
• Leave at least one metre apart from recycling crates, trees, telegraph poles and other obstacle
• Return your bin to your property as soon as you can after collection 

For replacement red-lid or green-lid bins, please call the Waste Hotline on 1300 136 322.

Additional and replacement recycling crates can be collected from the Armidale Waste Management Facility, or Guyra Waste Management Transfer Station.

Please note that additional recycling crates will be provided at a fee.

Any additional red-lid or green-lid bins can be requested via the online 'Garbage Service Request Form'.
Please note that this form is to be used by agent and property owners only.
If you are a tenant, please ensure either your agent, or the property owner completes this form. 

Additional recycling crates can be purchased from the Armidale Waste Management Facility at 108 Long Swamp Road, Armidale NSW 2350.

Crate and lid: $37
Crate only: $25
Lid only: $12

The crate system has been named the best practice source separation to achieve a very low contamination rate. Low contamination in our recycling mean's a higher quality of recycled product.

Council operates a two-component recycling collection service.

• One crate should be sorted to contain clean paper and cardboard (crate with lid) and,
• One crate (without lid) to contain cans, glass and plastic bottles and other recyclable containers all rinsed and with lids removed.

A new addition to our recycling crates is plastic bags! Simply place your plastic bags (tied off into one plastic bag) and any soft plastics you can crumple with your hands in the recycling crate without the lid. 

Additional crates can be purchased by residents as required at the Armidale Waste Management Facility at 108 Long Swamp Road, Armidale NSW 2350.

Residents can leave out an unlimited number of recycling crates, as long as the recyclables are sorted correctly. Extra crates can be purchased from the Armidale Waste Management Facility.

Alternatively, other weather-proof crates or large containers purchased elsewhere can be used as long as the container for paper and cardboard is covered with a lid. This helps to avoid contamination.

Materials that cannot fit in your bins can be taken for disposal to the Armidale Waste Management Facility. The Armidale Waste Management Facility accepts bulky wastes for disposal or recycling according to Council’s standard fees and charges.

Items in good condition can also be donated to the Secondhand Goods Shop on-site at the Armidale Waste Management Facility.

Remember Penalties apply for illegal dumping in the Armidale region! More about illegal dumping HERE

Armidale Regional Council recognises that some residents may not be able to present their bins and crates at the kerbside. That's why Council offers a range of accessibility options for waste and recycling collections. Any enquiries on our accessibility options, please follow the instructions below:

• Please send us the details of your request with the subject "ATTN: Waste Services Enquiry" to council@armidale.nsw.gov.au

OR

• Please visit us at the Armidale or Guyra Customer Service Centres to discuss your accessibility options.