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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.
Detergent bottles (plastic)
- Reuse by refilling from a bulk source store
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre.
Diesel fuel
See 'Chemicals (Household)' on our Recycling and waste guide C page.
It is illegal to put flammable items in any household or street bins. Flammable chemicals are toxic and can explode. They can cause major fires in our collection trucks and at our waste processing facilities. Please only recycle household chemicals using the above method.
Disposable face masks
Disposable gloves
- Avoid by using hand sanitiser and washing hands thoroughly instead - only as appropriate
- Dispose of in your household waste bin.
Disposable plates (plastic, clean)
- Avoid waste by using reusable plates
- Reuse by washing and reusing until no longer usable
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- 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.
Note: this cannot go in your FOGO bin.
Doors (metal)
- Give it another life by posting on Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, Ziilch or Gumtree.
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply).
Doors (timber)
- Give it another life by posting on Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, Ziilch or Gumtree.
- Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply).
Dryer lint
Dispose of in your household waste bin.
DVDs
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Reuse by stringing up in your garden to deter pests or for craft projects
- Give away or sell by posting on Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, Ziilch or Gumtree
- Recycle at any participating Officeworks store
- Dispose of in your household waste bin.
- Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
DVD covers (remove paper insert first)
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre or Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre.
DVD players
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle by booking a hard waste collection.
E-cigarettes (remove battery)
- Recycle e-cigarette and vape components through the Return unwanted medicine (RUM) program. More information is available at Recycling near you.
Eggs and shells
- Recycle in your home compost bin, worm farm, Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Recycle in your FOGO bin.
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 recycling bin
- 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 or 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
- Donate to your local charity or op-shop
- Give it another life by posting on Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, Ziilch or Gumtree.
- 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)
- Donate to your local charity or op-shop
- Give it another life by posting on Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, Ziilch or Gumtree.
- 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.
Envelopes (paper – always remove clear window first and put in waste bin)
- Reuse as scrap paper
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
- Recycle in your home compost bin.
Expanded polyethylene foam packaging (bendable foam that does not snap)
Dispose of in your household waste bin.