Aerosol cans |
Recycling bin |
Air conditioners (internal and external units) |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Aluminum cans, foil and pie trays
Scrunched into a ball |
Recycling bin |
Aluminum drinking bottles |
Recycling bin |
Asbestos
Must be covered in two layers of thick black builders' plastic or asbestos approved bags, and taped up so no airborne particles can escape |
The Tip accepts up to 25kg per customer
For amounts over 25kg please contact Veolia, Cleanaway or Southern Waste Solutions
|
Ash
Completely cooled |
FOGO bin |
Baskets (cane or plastic)
Cut into several pieces if needed |
Rubbish bin |
Bathtub |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Batteries (car) |
South Hobart Tip Shop, Battery World or The Tip |
Batteries (household)
Place tape over terminals |
Council Centre recycling unit, Battery World or The Tip |
BBQs |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Beacon (Marine EPIRBs) |
Battery World |
Bicycles (push bikes) |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Bioplastics
Certified compostable (AS4736, ASTM D6400, EN13432) |
FOGO bin |
Blister packs/pill packets
If made only from aluminum |
Recycling bin |
Blister packs/pill packets
If made from plastics or composites |
Rubbish bin |
Books
Remove book cover |
Recycling bin |
Bottles (glass and plastic) |
Recycling bin |
Bottle tops (metal) |
Recycling bin |
Bottle tops (plastic)
Screw back on bottle |
Recycling bin |
Branches |
FOGO bin or The Tip |
Bread bag clips (cardboard) |
FOGO bin |
Bread bag clips (plastic) |
Recycling bin |
Bric-a-brac |
Rubbish bin |
Bricks and pavers |
The Tip |
Broken glass (bottles and jars) |
Recycling bin |
Broken glass (window, drinking glasses and Pyrex) |
Rubbish bin |
Bubble wrap |
Rubbish bin |
Bullets and ammunition |
Hobart Police Firearms Services |
Cameras |
Council Centre recycling unit |
Car parts and car bodies |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Cardboard boxes
Flattened |
Recycling bin |
Carpet and underlay |
The Tip |
Cassette tapes |
Rubbish bin |
CDs and DVDs
Put cases in rubbish bin |
Council Centre recycling unit |
Cellophane |
Rubbish bin |
Ceramics |
Rubbish bin |
Chemicals (household, garden, pool) |
Veolia, Cleanaway, Southern Waste Solutions or ChemClear |
Christmas cards and wrapping paper |
Recycling bin |
Christmas decorations and lights |
Rubbish bin or The Tip |
Christmas trees (artificial, metal frame) |
Rubbish bin or The Tip |
Christmas trees (real/green waste) |
FOGO bin or The Tip |
Cigarette butts
Completely cooled |
Rubbish bin |
Clothing, blankets and fabrics |
Rubbish bin |
Coat hangers (metal, plastic & wood) |
Rubbish bin |
Coffee cups - disposable
Certified compostable (AS4736, ASTM D6400, EN13432) |
FOGO bin |
Coffee cups - disposable
Plastic lined |
Rubbish bin |
Coffee pods/capsules
If not recycled through a specialist recycling program |
Rubbish bin |
Concrete |
The Tip |
Cooking oil |
FOGO bin or Johnson's Oil |
Corflute signs (aka polypropylene) |
The Tip |
Cork |
Rubbish bin |
Cutlery (compostable) |
FOGO bin |
Cutlery (metal) |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Cutlery (plastic) |
Rubbish bin |
Dental floss (plastic) |
Rubbish bin |
Dentures |
Rubbish bin |
Diabetic testing strips |
Sharps bin or dispose of at any chemist |
Doors |
The Tip |
Drink cartons (milk cartons and juice poppers) |
Recycling bin |
Drink straws (plastic) |
Rubbish bin |
Drums (empty plastic or metal containers, 20L and above) |
DrumMuster or The Tip |
Dryers |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Electric blankets |
Rubbish bin or The Tip |
Electrical cables/cords |
Council Centre recycling unit or South Hobart Tip Shop |
Electronic appliances (small, such as kettles, microwaves or toasters) |
South Hobart Tip Shop, Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Envelopes
Tear plastic window out of envelope |
Recycling bin |
E-waste |
Council Centre recycling unit, South Hobart Tip Shop, Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Exercise equipment |
The Tip |
Explosives |
Hobart Police Firearms Services |
Eyeglasses/spectacles |
Recycle for Sight Program |
Firecrackers |
Hobart Police Firearms Services |
Fire extinguishers
Emptied - domestic only |
The Tip |
Flares |
Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) |
Fluorescent tubes and globes |
Council Centre recycling unit, Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Food scraps |
FOGO bin |
Fridges and freezers |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Fuels and coolant |
Tasmania Oil for domestic quantities. Veolia, Cleanaway or Southern Waste Solutions for commercial quantities |
Furniture (metal, plastic and wood) |
The Tip |
Garden and green waste |
FOGO bin or The Tip |
Garden hose |
Rubbish bin |
Garden pots |
Rubbish bin |
Gas bottles and cylinders (empty) |
SWAP'n'GO program or The Tip |
Glass panes |
The Tip |
Glasses (wine and drinking) |
Rubbish bin |
Grass/lawn clippings |
FOGO bin or The Tip |
Greeting cards (cardboard) |
Recycling bin |
Guns and firearms |
Hobart Police Firearms Services |
Guttering |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Hair (human or animal) |
FOGO bin |
Hardware |
The Tip |
Hazardous waste |
Veolia, Cleanaway, Southern Waste Solutions or ChemClear |
Herbicides |
Veolia, Cleanaway, Southern Waste Solutions or ChemClear |
Hot water systems |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Household cleaners |
Veolia, Cleanaway, Southern Waste Solutions or ChemClear |
Household cleaning product containers (plastic)
Keep lids on |
Recycling bin |
Ice cream containers |
Recycling bin |
Ink cartridges |
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark or the Council Centre recycling unit |
Insulation batts |
The Tip |
iPhones, iPods and iPads |
MobileMuster or the Council Centre recycling unit |
Juice bottles |
Recycling bin |
Junk mail |
Recycling bin |
Kitchen sink |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Kitty litter |
FOGO bin |
Laminated paper |
Rubbish bin |
Lattice (metal, plastic or wood) |
South Hobart Tip Shop or dispose at The Tip |
Lawn mowers |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Leather goods |
Rubbish bin |
Light bulbs/globes |
Council Centre recycling unit, Recycal or The Tip |
Lino flooring |
The Tip |
Long-life liquid cartons |
Rubbish bin |
Lunch boxes (hard plastic) |
Recycling bin |
Mail satchels |
Rubbish bin |
Magazines |
Recycling bin |
Makeup |
TerraCycle bins at Priceline or MECCA stores |
Manure/animal droppings |
FOGO bin |
Margarine, dairy and yoghurt tubs |
Recycling bin |
Mattresses |
The Tip or other waste facilities including Jackson Street Waste Management Centre and Mornington Park Waste Transfer Station |
MDF (medium density fiberboard) |
The Tip |
Meat scraps |
FOGO bin |
Meat trays (polystyrene foam) |
Rubbish bin |
Meat trays (hard plastic) |
Recycling bin |
Medical and clinical waste |
Veolia, Cleanaway, Southern Waste Solutions or ChemClear |
Medicine bottles (plastic or glass) |
Recycling bin |
Medicines |
Return Unwanted Medicines program |
Metal (from any source) |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Milk bottles (glass or plastic) |
Recycling bin |
Milk cartons |
Recycling bin |
Milk cartons (long-life) |
Rubbish bin |
Mirrors |
The Tip |
Mobile phones and accessories |
MobileMuster or the Council Centre recycling unit |
Napkins |
FOGO bin |
Nappies (disposable) |
Rubbish bin |
Needles or syringes |
Sharps bin or dispose at any chemist |
Newspapers |
Recycling bin |
Oil (motor)
The Tip accepts a maximum of 10 litres per visit |
The Tip or Tasmania Oil |
Organic (food/kitchen) waste |
FOGO bin |
Ovens |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Paint
Paintback accepts a maximum volume of 100 litres of eligible paint and packaging per visit. This must be secure in containers no larger than 20 litres |
Paintback Bin at The Tip |
Paint tins (empty) |
Recycling bin |
Pallets (plastic and timber) |
The Tip |
Paper |
Recycling bin |
Paper towel
If no harmful chemicals have been absorbed |
FOGO bin |
Pens and pencils |
Council Centre recycling unit |
Perspex |
Rubbish bin |
Pesticides |
Veolia, Cleanaway, Southern Waste Solutions or ChemClear |
Petrol |
Tasmania Oil for domestic quantities. Veolia, Cleanaway or Southern Waste Solutions for commercial quantities |
Photocopiers |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Photos and negatives |
Rubbish bin |
Pipes (polyethylene/clay) |
The Tip |
Pizza boxes |
FOGO bin |
Plants |
FOGO bin |
Plasterboard |
The Tip |
Plastic bags |
Rubbish bin |
Plastic cards (expired credit cards) |
Rubbish bin |
Plastic drink containers |
Recycling bin |
Plastic food containers
Rinse first |
Recycling bin |
Plastic storage containers
If large, break into smaller pieces |
Recycling bin |
Plastic strapping |
Rubbish bin |
Plastic toys |
Rubbish bin |
Plastic wrapping (biscuit packets/lolly bags) |
Rubbish bin |
Plate glass (windscreen/window glass) |
The Tip |
Plywood building material |
The Tip |
Poisons |
Veolia, Cleanaway, Southern Waste Solutions or ChemClear |
Polystyrene |
Rubbish bin |
Polyurethane foam packing |
Rubbish bin |
Porcelain/pottery (cup/plates/serving platters) |
Rubbish bin |
Pots and pans (saucepans/baking tins/frying pans) |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Printer cartridges |
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark or the Council Centre recycling unit |
Punnets |
Recycling bin |
Pyrex |
Rubbish bin |
Razors (disposable) |
Rubbish bin |
Receipts |
Rubbish bin |
Rocks (large garden rocks) |
The Tip |
Roof iron |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Rubber inner tubes (from bicycle/car tyres) |
Rubbish bin |
Sand/soil |
The Tip |
Sauce bottles (plastic or glass) |
Recycling bin |
Sawdust |
FOGO bin |
Scrap metal |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Seedling containers (plastic or cardboard) |
Recycling bin |
Shampoo and conditioner bottles (empty) |
Recycling bin |
Shoes |
Rubbish bin |
Shredded paper
Place inside paper bag |
Recycling bin |
Skirting boards |
The Tip |
Smoke alarms
Take battery out |
Rubbish bin |
Solar panels |
Recycal |
Steel cans (pet food/fruit and vegetables) |
Recycling bin |
Styrofoam |
Rubbish bin |
Suitcases (includes hard topped or fabric) |
The Tip |
Tea (loose leaf) |
FOGO bin |
Tea bags |
Rubbish bin |
Telephone books |
Recycling bin |
Televisions (TVs) |
South Hobart Tip Shop, Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Tetra Paks |
Rubbish bin |
Textiles |
Rubbish bin |
Thermometers |
Mornington Park Waste Transfer Station or Recycal |
Tiles (floor and roof) |
The Tip |
Timber |
The Tip |
Tin cans (pet food/fruit and vegetables) |
Recycling bin |
Tissue boxes |
Recycling bin |
Tissues |
FOGO bin |
Toilets |
The Tip |
Toilet paper rolls |
Recycling bin |
Toner cartridges |
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark or the Council Centre recycling unit |
Tools (hammers/saws/electrical tools) |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes |
Council Centre recycling unit |
Toys |
Rubbish bin |
Tree trunks/stumps
Large |
The Tip |
Tree trunks/stumps
Small |
FOGO bin |
Tupperware containers (plastic) |
Recycling bin |
Tyres |
Tyrecycle or The Tip |
Vacuum cleaner debris/dust |
Rubbish bin |
Video cassette cases |
Recycling bin |
Video cassettes |
Rubbish bin |
Video games and consoles |
South Hobart Tip Shop |
Vinyl records |
Rubbish bin |
Washing machines |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Watches |
Rubbish bin |
Waxed cardboard boxes (fruit and vege box) |
Rubbish bin |
Weeds |
FOGO bin |
Wheelbarrows |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
White goods |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Window frames (wood, aluminum) and panes |
The Tip |
Wire (electrical/copper/cable) |
Recycal or dispose at The Tip |
Wrapping paper |
Recycling bin |
X-rays |
Council Centre recycling unit, Recycal or The Tip |
Yoghurt containers |
Recycling bin |
Zip lock bags |
Rubbish bin |