This year, all Warrnambool households will get a bigger landfill bin.

These bins are increasing from 80L to 140L and will be collected fortnightly with your Green FOGO bin.

So what goes in my landfill bin?

• Nappies
• Sanitary and incontinence products
• Polystyrene including meat trays
• Black absorbent inserts from meat trays
• Chewing gum
• String and rope
• Disposable coffee cups
• Plastic straws
• Milkshake, soft drink and ice cream cups
• Tetrapaks (currently no recycling option for these in Australia but the industry & Tetrapak are working on it)
• Toothpaste tubes & brushes
• Sushi fish, sauce and flavour sachets
• *Soft plastics
• *Food wrappers including lolly and chip wrappers
• *Plastic bags

*Soft plastics including plastic bags and wrappers can either be put into your landfill bin or taken to participating supermarkets. For details visit  – www.redcycle.net.au
 
All food waste and food scraps go into your FOGO bin for composting.