Toothbrushes and dental products
Place these items in your general waste bin. Never in your household recycling bin.
Disposal options
- Plastic toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads, toothpaste tubes and floss containers can be recycled through specialty recycling services.
- Terracycle (search to find free drop-off points across Canberra)
- Banish Recycling and Disposal Program (fees apply)
- Lids4Kids (fees apply).
- Electric toothbrushes have batteries inside them. Remove the batteries before putting the toothbrush in your household general waste bin. If you can’t remove the batteries they can be dropped off for free in the hazardous waste area of a resource management centre:
Why?
Dental products are made from mixed materials, which can’t be sorted and separated in the household recycling facility.
Related items
This may include toothbrushes; dental floss; dental packaging; toothpaste tubes; toothpaste; electric toothbrushes; toothbrush heads; oral hygiene products.