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Tablets (for example iPads)

• 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

Tea bags (100% natural fibres/paper)

• Reduce waste by using loose-leaf tea and a refillable 'tea swag'
• Recycle in your home compost bin or worm farm, compost bin, worm farm, Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
• Recycle in your FOGO bin

Accepted brands: Clipper, T2, Natures Cuppa, Pukka, Tielka, Eloments, Love Tea, Zoetic Infusions, Lipton Quality Black and Intense traditional tea bags only - not whole Lipton range.

Tea bags (all other brands)

• Reduce waste by using loose-leaf tea and a refillable 'tea swag'
• Dispose of in your household waste bin

Note: Most tea bags cannot go in your FOGO bin as they often contain plastic and synthetic materials.

Tea (loose leaf)

• Recycle in your home compost bin or worm farm, compost bin, worm farm, Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
• Recycle in your FOGO bin

Televisions

• Reduce waste by purchasing high-quality items and only replacing at end of product life 
• Reuse by selling online, swapping or giving away
• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
• Recycle by booking a hard waste collection

Terracotta pots and items

• Reuse to grow seeds or re-pot new plants
• Reuse by donating to community gardens or nurseries
• Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
• Dispose of damaged items in your household waste bin

Tetrapaks (for example, soy milk, long-life milk or juice cartons)

• Recycle in your recycling bin
• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
• Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre

Textiles

• Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
• Reuse as rags at home
• Recycle by dropping off at select clothing retailers, such as H&M Group-external site, Zara-external site or Upparel-external site
• Dispose of in your household waste bin

Thermometers

• Recycle by dropping off at Ecocycle-external site in Cambellfield or Ringwood

Thermostats

• 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

Thorny offcuts (e.g. rose bushes)

• Recycle in your FOGO bin by cutting branches to fit in the bin with the lid closed
• Recycle by booking a bundled green waste collection (tie branches in bundles of up to 30 cm in diameter and 1.5 m in length)
• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)

Tiles

• Reuse for craft projects (example, tile mosaics)
• Reuse by selling or giving away
• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)

Timber and fencing

• Reuse for other handy projects (example, building timber furniture) or give away
• Reuse as firewood (untreated wood only)
• Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
• Dispose of timber (up to 12 pieces, neatly stacked, up to 1.5 metres long) by booking a hard waste collection

Note: fencing and renovation materials are not accepted as part of the hard waste collection.

Tissues

• Avoid waste by using cloth hankies
• Recycle by adding to your compost bin
• Recycle in your FOGO bin

Toilet paper rolls

• Recycle in your recycling bin
• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
• Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
• Recycle by tearing into small pieces and add to your home compost bin
• Recycle in your FOGO bin 

Toner cartridges

• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
• Recycle through the Cartridges 4 planet Ark program-external site

Tools

• Reuse by selling, swapping, giving away or donating to your local charity or op-shop
• Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
• Dispose of by booking a hard waste collection

Toothpaste tubes

• Recycle with Terracycle-external site
• Dispose of in your household waste bin

Tools (electronic or battery-operated)

• 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
• Recycle by booking a hard waste collection

Towels

• Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop, animal shelter or vet
• Recycle by dropping off at select textile retailers, such as Sheridan-external site
• Recycle by donating to Southern Cross Recycling-external site

Toys (plastic, no batteries)

• Avoid waste by borrowing toys from a toy library
• Reuse by selling, swapping, giving away or donating to your local charity/op-shop
• Dispose of in your household waste bin

Toys (electronic or battery-operated)

• 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
• Recycle by booking a hard waste collection (if large)

Tree prunings

• Recycle by mulching and adding to your compost bin
• Recycle in your FOGO bin
• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
• Book a bundled green waste collection

Tree roots (small - can be lifted by a single person)

• Recycle in your FOGO bin
• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
• Recycle by booking a bundled green waste collection

Tupperware

• Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
• Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre

Twigs

• Recycle in your FOGO bin 

Tyres (bicycle)

• Reuse by fixing with a puncture repair kit or getting fixed at your local bike shop
• Dispose of in your household waste bin 

Tyres (car and motorbike)

• Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)