General waste bin (red lid)

General waste bin with red lid

Your general waste bin with red lid, also known as your rubbish bin, is collected kerbside each week. 

If you want to know when your general waste bin will be collected next, simply enter your address into find my bin day.

Contents of your general waste bin go straight to landfill. This should be the last option for waste disposal. That's why we support residents to reduce the amount of waste going into your general waste and into landfill.

Currently around 60 percent of our landfill waste contains recyclable materials. You can help by only placing items in your general waste bin where it can't be recycled, reused or repaired.

Find out below what items are accepted, and what items are not accepted in your general waste bin.

Items accepted in your general waste bin

 

 

General household waste

  • vacuum cleaner dust
  • nappies
  • Soft plastics such as cling wraps, bags, chip packets etc.
  • Receipts

Glass and ceramics

  • cups
  • plates
  • pyrex
  • window glass
  • mirrors
  • incandescent light globes - wrap in newspaper, especially if broken

Food

  • From 1 July 2020 the green waste bin (green lid) service is changing. From this date, all residents will be able to put their food waste into the green bin along with their garden waste.  For more information visit our FOGO - Food and garden waste page.
  • Consider having a compost bin, worm farm or Bokashi bin and reuse your food scraps on the garden

Polystyrene

  • meat trays (foam)
  • styrofoam, films

Coffee cups and pods

  •  You can either put coffee cups, lids and coffee pods in red bin or take them to a specialty collection points such as Nespresso (for pods) and Simply Cups (coffee cups & lids)
  • Invest in a reusable coffee cup such as a KeepCup.

Find out about our coffee cup recycling trial.
  

Still not sure? Refer to our A-Z guide for your home. Anything with WB goes in your red bin!

 

Items not accepted in your general waste bin


Electronic waste 

  • Anything with a cord, battery or circuit board is banned from landfill. You can dispose of these items at the Melton Recycling Facility, free of charge. 
    For more information on safe disposal options, visit e-waste page

Recyclables

  • Use your yellow recycling bin

Green waste

  • Use your kerbside green bin or take garden materials to the Melton Recycling Facility.
  • From 1 July 2020 the green waste bin (green lid) service is changing. From this date, all residents will be able to put their food waste into the green bin along with their garden waste.  For more information visit our FOGO - Food and garden waste webpage.

Hazardous waste and chemicals

You can drop off the following items at the Melton Recycling Facility (MRF) for free all year round.

  • fluorescent light globes
  • paint
  • BBQ gas bottles
  • household and car batteries
  • engine oil only
  • smoke alarms
  • BBQ Gas bottles
  • cardboard, paper and co-mingled recyclables
  • steel/metal
  • cans
  • bottles
  • whitegoods
  • E-waste
  • old mobile phones

Find out more about hazardous waste and chemicals.
  

Still not sure? Refer to our Waste A-Z guide.

FAQs

Where do the contents of my general waste bin go?

The contents of your general waste bin go directly to landfill at the Melbourne Regional Landfill in Ravenhall.

Landfilling is the least preferred option for waste disposal in Australia, and it is therefore Council’s role to support residents in reducing the amount of waste disposed of in this way. 

How much general waste goes to landfill each year?

While our recycling efforts are on the rise, City of Melton residents are still producing approximately 35,000 tonnes of household waste each year. (Source: Melton City Council waste collection records as at 30 June 2023)

This equates to approximately 3,500 garbage trucks of waste annually which significantly increases the production of Co2 and methane gas. 

Data collected through our Bin Inspection Program indicates at least 60 per cent of our landfill waste contains recyclable materials. 

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