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Face masks (disposable)

Fast food/processed food leftovers

Fats and oils

Feathers (natural)

Fish and chips papers

Fish and seafood waste (raw or cooked fish and seafood, prawn and crab shells)

Note: Cooked bones and oyster shells need to be disposed of in your household waste bin

Flexible/soft plastics (bags and wrappings)

  • Soft plastics can no longer be recycled through REDcycle at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets. If you have space, hold on to your soft plastics until further updates become available. Alternatively, soft plastics can be disposed of in the kerbside waste bin or as waste at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre. 

Flowers

Fluorescent bulbs and tubes

Flyscreens

Foam underlay

Food scraps and waste

  • 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 compost bin or worm farm, compost bin, worm farm, Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
  • Recycle by feeding to chickens and other pets (where appropriate)
  • Recycle almost all food waste in your FOGO bin

Fridges/freezers

Fruit and vegetable waste

  • Avoid through smart shopping - plan ahead, write a list and stick to it. Store food correctly, use leftovers and keep track of your food supplies
  • Reuse vegetable skills to make a stock or soup
  • Recycle by feeding to chickens and other pets (where appropriate)
  • Recycle in your compost bin or worm farm, compost bin, worm farm, Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
  • Recycle almost all food waste in your FOGO bin

Note: remove the plastic stickers on fruit and vegetables, and dispose of them in your household waste bin

Fruit net bags (plastic)

  • Avoid waste by buying fruit loose and using your own bags
  • Reuse as a scourer for cleaning
  • Soft plastics can no longer be recycled through REDcycle at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets. If you have space, hold on to your soft plastics until further updates become available. Alternatively, soft plastics can be disposed of in the kerbside waste bin or as waste at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre. 

Frying pan (stove-top)

Frying pan (electric)

Furniture

Garden waste (green waste)

Garlic (flesh and skins)

Garden clippings

Gas bottles and canisters (empty only)

Glass (not bottles or jars)

Examples include window panes, wine glasses and picture frame glass.

Glass bottles and jars (without lids; broken is ok but try to avoid breaking)

Glasses (spectacles/sunglasses)

Glossy paper (eg. brochures, magazines - remove staples)

Gloves (rubber or vinyl)

Grass clippings

Grease-proof paper

Hair (animal or human)

Halogen downlights

  • Dispose of in your household waste bin - wrap in paper first. These are non-toxic and safe in the waste bin.

Note: these are NOT accepted in the e-waste collections or DETOX collections.

Hay

Headphones

Hearing aids

Hi-fi sets/stereos

Home security systems

Hot water units

Hose (garden hose)

  • Reuse for other handy garden-related projects (for example to cover sharp metal edges)
  • Dispose of in your household waste bin

House wiring

Household chemicals

Hygiene products

  • Avoid waste by using reusable options, for example cups, period pants and washable pads
  • Dispose of in your household waste bin
Your A to Z guide to Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO), recycling and waste