Waste Types

Waste types

WHAT CAN AND CANT’ GO IN A SKIP BIN

Information below provides some guidelines but if you are in any doubt at all, please feel free to contact Blue Bin Waste and one of our friendly representatives will be able to assist you.

GENERAL WASTE

WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN
Most general household waste, cardboard, clothes, toys, furniture, plastic, metal, light timber, appliances, light green waste etc
WHAT YOU CAN’T PUT IN
Bricks, carpet, concrete, soil, tiles, timber sleepers, food, liquid, asbestos, fibro, mattresses, gyprock, palm tree trunks/stumps, poly (coolroom material) & tyres (unless still on rim)
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Any metal, appliances, dry car parts /batteries /radiators to be loaded TOWARD THE TOP of the bin for recycling – NOT ON TOP above the rim

Mixed Building Waste

WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN
Waste from house hold or industrial renovations including mixed concrete, bricks, soil, tiles, timber, gyprock, general waste etc
WHAT YOU CAN’T PUT IN
Food, carpet, liquid, asbestos, fibro, mattresses, palm tree trunks/stumps, poly(coolroom material) and tyres (unless still on rim)
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Any metal, appliances, dry car parts/batteries/radiators to be loaded TOWARD THE TOP of the bin for recycling – NOT ON TOP above the rim.

Bricks And Concrete

WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN
Brick and Concrete ONLY. Roof and floor tiles, pebbles, rocks, slate or pavers, blocks are OK if discussed when quoted.
WHAT YOU CAN’T PUT IN
Dirt or any other waste at all.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Disposal facilities are very strict with enforcing that only concrete material are allowed in these bins.

Dirt And Clay

WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN
Dirt and Clay ONLY.
WHAT YOU CAN’T PUT IN
Anything else at all.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
NO GRASS OR CONTAMINANTS – Disposal facilities are very strict with enforcing that only dirt and clay are allowed in these bins.

Green Waste

WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN
Organic waste such as grass and tree clippings, branches, woodchips, bark and light timber.
WHAT YOU CAN’T PUT IN
Tree trunks/stumps over 150mm in diameter, palm trunks/stumps, timber sleepers, soil/dirt/ rock.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Shovelling bark out of a garden along with dirt is not considered “green waste” and may attract extra charges.

NEVER TO BE PLACED IN SKIP BIN

Putrescible waste (food waste, nappies)
Asbestos & hazardous waste
Liquids (paint, oils, chemicals)
Gas bottles, fire extinguisher