Baby items
Clean and unbroken baby items can be reused or sold. These items do not go in ACT recycling bins.
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Bagasse and sugarcane pulp products
Products made from bagasse or sugarcane pulp should be placed in your general waste bin. They are not accepted in ACT household recycling, green garden waste or FOGO bins.
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Baits
Baits are hazardous waste. Do not dispose of in recycling or rubbish bins in the ACT.
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Bamboo and plant-based products
Products made from plant-based materials such as bamboo or wood pulp should be placed in your general waste bin. They are not accepted in ACT household recycling, green garden waste or FOGO bins.
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Baskets
Plastic or cane baskets are not household packaging and are not recyclable in recycling bins in the ACT.
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Batteries
Batteries and devices with built-in batteries, such as mobile phones and toys, are hazardous waste and must not go in your household bins. Batteries must be recycled through specialised battery recycling programs.
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Bicycles, e-bikes, e-scooters and electric skateboards
Bicycles and personal mobility devices can be repaired or recycled for scrap metal. They must not go in household bins. Personal mobility devices are small lightweight vehicles operating at low speeds. These include bikes, electric bikes, wheelchairs, electric scooters and electric skateboards. Many of these devices contain batteries that must be removed and disposed with hazardous waste.
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Bioplastics
Products made from bioplastics should be placed in your general waste bin. They are not accepted in ACT household recycling, green garden waste or FOGO bins.
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Bird netting
Bird netting is not household packaging so cannot be placed in the recycling bin.
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Boats
Boats (sailing) and motorised can be sold for reuse or spare parts.
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Books, comics, magazines, newspapers and pamphlets
Books, comics, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets and encyclopaedias can be donated for reuse, sold, given away or put in your household recycling bin.
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Bottles (glass and plastic)
Glass and plastic bottles such as milk, beer and juice bottles go in your recycling bin.
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Bras and underwear
Place bras and underwear that cannot be reused or recycled in your general waste bin. Never in your household recycling bin.
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Bricks and pavers
Bricks and pavers are often reusable or recyclable. Do not put them in your rubbish or recycling bin.
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Building and construction materials
Building and construction materials do not go in household bins. Building and construction materials can often be reused or recycled.
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