Recycling Qld – let’s get it sorted
Five materials you can recycle in your yellow lid bin
Glass
- Sauce bottles
- Jam jars
- Oil and vinegar bottles
- Juice bottles*
- Alcohol bottles*
Paper and cardboard
- Pizza boxes (free of food waste)
- Glossy magazines, brochures and catalogues
- Wrapping paper (no glitter)
- Toilet rolls
- Cereal boxes
- Egg cartons
- Milk cartons
- Juice containers including poppers*
Hard plastics
- Milk bottles
- Yoghurt and ice cream tubs
- Skin care and shampoo bottles
- Detergent and soap bottles
- Soft drink and juice bottles*
Steel
- Food tins
- Pet food tins
- Baby formula tins
Aluminium
- Aerosol deodorants (empty)
- Aerosol hair sprays (empty)
- Aerosol cooking sprays (empty)
- Insect sprays (empty)
- Foil (clean tray/foil wrap scrunched into a ball)
- Drink cans*
* Remember that eligible drink containers can be returned to Containers for Change for a 10 cent refund.
Check your local council’s website for more details.
In this guide:
- Keep it loose – don't bag your recycling
- Get your plastics sorted
- Get your metals sorted
- Make sorting your recycling simple
- Five materials you can recycle in your yellow lid bin
- Get your paper and cardboard sorted
- Get your glass sorted
- Useful links