Cameras, video cameras/recorders and lenses
Cameras, video cameras/recorders and lenses must not be placed in your household recycling or general waste bin.
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Cardboard
Cardboard can be recycled in your recycling bin. Please flatten boxes.
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Car parts and car bodies
Car parts and bodies can be reused, repurposed, resold or recycled to avoid being wasted in landfill.
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Carpet and underlay
Carpet and underlay that are in good condition can be reused. If your unwanted carpet is no longer usable you will need to take it to a Resource Management Centre (Mitchell or Symonston) or ask your carpet fitter to dispose of it on your behalf when they are installing new carpet.
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Cars and trailers
Cars and trailers are mostly made of metal, which can be recycled. Many companies recycle vehicles for scrap metal or to resell parts.
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Cassettes, video tapes and cases
Cassette, video tapes and cases do not go in your recycling bin.
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CDs, DVDs, records
CDs, DVDs and cases do not go in the recycling bin.
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Ceramics and crockery
Ceramics and crockery should either be re-used, donated or placed into general waste bins.
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Chemicals
Household chemicals including ammonia, bleach, brake fluid, chlorine, caustic soda, coolant, drain cleaner, fertiliser, poisons and oven cleaner are hazardous. Do not dispose of in household bins.
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Children’s car seats
It is recommended that a child car seat should not be used if it is more than 10 years old, has been in a severe accident, or if the seat has cracks, other damage or frayed straps.
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Christmas trees (real/green waste)
Christmas trees are garden waste. Please do not put green waste in your rubbish or recycling bin. They are also too large to put whole into your green waste bins.
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Cigarette, cigars, e-cigs and vapes
Cigarette butts and cigars are not recyclable or classed as organic material and must not go in your household recycling or green waste bins.
Vapes and e-cigarettes are classed as hazardous waste and must not go in your household landfill, recycling or green waste bins.
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Clinical waste
Clinical waste is infectious waste from the treatment and care of people and animals. Examples include sharp objects such as hypodermic needles, scalpels and pipettes, tissue and fluid specimens.
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Clothing, blankets and fabrics
Clothing and textiles can be donated, reused or repurposed. Do not place them in your household recycling bin.
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Coat hangers
Coat hangers are made from many different materials so need to be reused or placed into the landfill bin.
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Coffee grounds
Coffee grounds should be placed in your general waste bin. However, there are more options that offer better environmental outcomes such as composting or worm farming. Coffee grounds cannot go in ACT recycling or green garden waste bins.
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Coffee packaging
Coffee packaging for beans and ground beans is not recyclable as it is made from mixed materials. To avoid this waste, bring your own jar or container to your coffee supplier.
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Coffee pods/capsules
Coffee pods/capsules cannot be recycled in your recycling bin as they are a mixed material product and are too small. Coffee pods/capsules can be disposed of in the rubbish bin, however, there are many options that offer better environmental outcomes.
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Computers and computer accessories
Computers and computer accessories can be reused or recycled. Make sure that you permanently delete all files and programs on your computer’s hard drive before recycling or giving away.
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Concrete
Concrete is a construction or demolition waste. Do not placed in your rubbish or recycling bin.
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Cooking oil
Cooking oil is hazardous if disposed of in large quantities down ACT drains. Do not put in recycling bin.
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Corflute signs
Recycle corflute signs via the drop off points at the Mugga Lane and Mitchell Resource Management Centres. Corflute must not go in your household recycling bin.
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Cork
Cork is not recyclable in your ACT household recycling bin.
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Cosmetics
Cosmetic containers and plastic tubes such as sunscreen, toothpaste, lipsticks and dental floss packaging must not go in your household recycling bin.
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Credit cards/bank cards
Plastic cards such as credit cards and plastic loyalty cards cannot be recycled in ACT recycling bins.
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Cutlery (compostable)
Cutlery made of plant-based fibres such as wood or bamboo should be placed in your general waste bin. They are not accepted in the ACT household recycling, green garden waste or FOGO bins.
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Cutlery (metal)
Metal cutlery is not household packaging so is not recyclable in ACT recycling bins.
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Cutlery (plastic)
Plastic cutlery cannot be recycled in the ACT.
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Cutlery (reusable)
Reuseable cutlery made from metal or reusable plastics (dishwasher safe and designed to be reused) are not recyclable in ACT recycling bins.
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