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Radios
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Receipts (paper)
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
Records (vinyl)
- Reuse by selling online, giving away or donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Remotes
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Reusable bags (plastic)
- 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.
Rice and pasta
- Recycle in your Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Rubber bands
- Reuse in home or craft projects
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Salad and dressing
- Recycle in your Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Sanitary products
- Avoid waste by using reusable options eg. cups, period pants and washable pads
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Satellite navigation systems (GPS)
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Sawdust
- Dispose of in your household waste bin contained in bags
Seafood (fish, prawns, etc.) (no oyster shells or cooked bones)
- Recycle in your Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Note: cooked bones and oyster shells need to be disposed of in your household waste bin
Shelving units (metal frame)
- Reuse by selling, swapping, or giving away
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
- Recycle by booking a hard waste collection
Shoes
- Reduce waste by using conditioner/weather protectant to increase the life of your shoes
- Reuse by selling online, giving away or donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Shredded paper
- Recycle by adding to your compost bin
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Smoke alarms
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Soft/flexible 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.
Solar panels and energy storage systems
- Recycle by contacting Envirostream-external site on 1800 727 274
- Recycle by contacting Photovoltaic Recycling Solutions-external site at [email protected]
Spoiled/off food
- Recycle in your Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Sporting goods
- Reuse by donating to your local school, charity or op-shop, or Boots for all-external site
- Dispose of by booking a hard waste collection
Steel (e.g. food cans)
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
Steel wool
- Reuse until cannot be used anymore
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Sticks/twigs
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Stone fruit seed/stone
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Straw (hay)
- Recycle by adding to your compost bin
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
Straws (plastic, disposable)
- Avoid waste by carrying a metal or bamboo reuseable straw and declining a plastic straw
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Swimming pool salt bags (empty)
- Recycle at Coles or Woolworths via the REDcycle flexible/soft plastics recycling program-external site
Note: These are not accepted in your recycling bin.
Syringes
- Put safely in a sharps box. Sharps boxes are offered free to residents and can be collected from the Council's Camberwell office
Note: never put syringes in any council bins.