Corangamite Shire - Kerbside Bin Guide

Your mixed recycling bin

• Your mixed recycling bin is collected fortnightly
• The standard size mixed recycling bin is 240 litres
• Glass bottle and jars no longer go in your mixed recycling bin

Your food and garden organics bin

• Your food and garden organics (FOGO) bin is collected fortnightly between January and September, and weekly between October and December

• The standard size FOGO bin is 240 litres
• Your food and garden waste is turned into compost and used to rehabilitate our landfill sites

Your new mixed recycling bin

Use this bin for:

• Plastic bottles and containers
• Paper and cardboard
• Aluminium cans and foil
• Steel tins

Your new glass recycling bin

• Your new glass recycling bin is collected monthly/every 4 weeks
• The size of the bin is 120 litres
• The glass we collect will be taken to Warrnambool for cleaning
• The cleaned glass will then go to a glass benefication plant in Melbourne for sorting and recycling back into glass bottles and jars.
• Contaminated glass will be used as a road base supplement.

Your general rubbish bin

• As part of the glass rollout, you will get a new general rubbish bin
• Your old general rubbish bin will be re-lidded with a purple lid and become your glass bin
• The standard size general rubbish bin is 120 litres
• Food scraps no longer go into this bin

Your food and garden organics bin

Use this bin for food scraps and garden clippings including:

• Fruit and vegetable scraps
• Meat, bones, seafood and eggshells
• Bread and meal leftovers
• Leaves, plants, twigs and grass

Your new glass recycling bin

Use this bin for:

• Glass bottles including beer, wine and olive oil bottles
• Glass jars including pasta sauce and condiment jars
• Lids off

Your general rubbish bin

Use this bin only for items that can’t be reused or recycled.

• Nappies and wet wipes
• Broken glassware, crockery and mirrors
• Kitty litter and animal droppings
• Old clothing, shoes or textiles that can't be repaired or donated