Dairy food products
- Avoid through smart shopping - plan ahead, write a list and stick to it. Store food correctly, use left-overs and keep track of your food supplies
- Recycle in your Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Recycle in your FOGO bin (lime green lid)
Detergent bottles (plastic)
- Reuse by refilling from a bulk source store
- Recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid)
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
Disposable face masks (see Face masks (disposable))
Disposable gloves
- Avoid by using hand sanitiser and washing hands thoroughly instead - only as appropriate
- Dispose of in your household waste bin (dark green lid)
Disposable plates (plastic, clean)
- Avoid waste by using reusable plates
- Reuse by washing and reusing until no longer usable
- Recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid)
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
Dog poo (all pet poo)
- Recycle using a pet poo composter or green cone solar composter
- Dispose of in your household waste bin (dark green lid)
Note: this cannot go in your FOGO bin.
Doors (metal)
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
Doors (timber)
- Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
Dryer lint
- Dispose of in your household waste bin (dark green lid)
DVDs
- Reuse by donating to your local charity/op-shop
- Reuse by stringing up in your garden to deter pests or for craft projects
- Dispose of in your household waste bin (dark green lid)
DVD players
- Reuse by donating to your local charity/op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle by booking a hard waste collection
Eggs and shells
- Recycle in your home compost bin, worm farm, Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Recycle in your FOGO bin (lime green lid)
Egg cartons (cardboard only)
- Reuse by giving to people with chickens or to kids for craft projects
- Recycle by adding to your compost
- Recycle in your FOGO bin (lime green lid)
- Recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid)
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
Electric scooters (mobility)
- Reuse by selling online, swapping or donating to your local charity/op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fee applies)
Electric toothbrush
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Electrical appliances (small)
- Reduce waste by purchasing high-quality items, keeping them maintained and only replacing at end of product life
- Reuse by selling online, swapping or donating to your local charity/op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
- Recycle by booking a hard waste collection
Electrical appliances (medium and large)
- Reuse by selling online, swapping or donating to your local charity/op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply for large items)
- Recycle by booking a hard waste collection
Electrical cords and cables
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Electronic cigarettes (remove liquid cartridge)
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Envelopes (paper) (always remove clear window first and put in waste bin)
- Reuse as scrap paper
- Recycle in your recycling bin (yellow lid)
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
- Recycle in your home compost bin
- Recycle in your FOGO bin (lime green lid)
Expanded polyethylene foam packaging (bendable foam that does not snap)
- Dispose of in your household waste bin (dark green lid)