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Tablets, digital (eg iPads)
- Reuse by donating 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.
Tape covers and casings (cassette/VHS tapes and paper insert removed)
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre.
Tapes (cassette and VHS)
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op shop
- Sell or give away by posting to the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, local buy/sell/swap Facebook groups, the Ziilch website or the Gumtree website
- Recycle at Green Collect (Braybrook), fees apply
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
- Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre.
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.
Note: accepted brands include 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.
Tealight candleholders
Dispose of in your household waste bin. Tealight candleholders are too small to be recovered at the recycling facility.
Televisions
- Reduce waste by purchasing high-quality items and only replacing at end of product life
- 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 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
- Give it another life by posting on Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, Ziilch or Gumtree.
- Dispose of damaged items in your household waste bin.
Tetrapaks (eg soy milk, long-life milk or juice cartons)
- Dispose in your household waste bin
- Dispose at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
Textiles
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop (see our Op shops in Boroondara page)
- Sell or give away by posting to the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, local buy/sell/swap Facebook groups, the Ziilch website or the Gumtree website
- Reuse as rags at home
- For clothing at end-of-life, recycle the items by dropping them off at select clothing retailers, such as H&M Group and Zara, or recyclers such as Upparel
- Recycle via RCYCL, a local Melbourne business that takes your unwanted clothes and textiles that are too soiled, stained or torn to donate. RCYCL shred these and turn them into yarn to be made into items like rugs, felt and carpet underlay.
- Dispose of in your household waste bin.
Thermometers
Recycle by dropping off at Ecocycle 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 (eg 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)
- Sell or give away by posting to the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, local buy/sell/swap Facebook groups, the Ziilch website or the Gumtree website
- 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.
Toner cartridges
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle through the Cartridges 4 planet Ark program.
Tools
- Sell or give away by posting to the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, local buy/sell/swap Facebook groups, the Ziilch website or the Gumtree website
- Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
- Dispose of by booking a hard waste collection.
Toothbrushes and other oral care
- Recycle with Terracycle
- Recycle via Kew East Community Recycling on Facebook, a local community group that accepts difficult-to-recycle materials
- Dispose in your household waste bin.
Toothpaste tubes
- Recycle with Terracycle
- Recycle via Kew East Community Recycling on Facebook, a local community group that accepts difficult-to-recycle materials
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Tools (electronic or battery-operated)
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Sell or give away by posting to the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, local buy/sell/swap Facebook groups, the Ziilch website or the Gumtree website
- 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 (see our Op shops in Boroondara page)
- Reuse by donating to Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network (RIMERN) and You Matter
- Reuse by donating to your local animal shelter or vet
- Recycle by dropping of at select textile retailers, such as Sheridan
- Recycle via RCYCL, a local Melbourne business that takes your unwanted clothes and textiles that are too soiled, stained or torn to donate. RCYCL shred these and turn them into yarn to be made into items like rugs, felt and carpet underlay.
- Dispose in your household waste bin.
Toys (plastic, no batteries)
- Avoid waste by borrowing toys from a toy library
- Donate to your local charity/op-shop
- Sell or give away by posting to the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, local buy/sell/swap Facebook groups, the Ziilch website or the Gumtree website
- Recycle via Kew East Community Recycling on Facebook, a local community group that accepts difficult-to-recycle materials.
- Dispose of in your household waste bin.
Toys (electronic or battery-operated)
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Sell or give away by posting to the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, local buy/sell/swap Facebook groups, the Ziilch website or the Gumtree website
- 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
- Sell or give away by posting to the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group, Facebook Marketplace, local buy/sell/swap Facebook groups, the Ziilch website or the Gumtree website
- Dispose of in your household waste bin.
Twigs
Tyres (bicycle)
- Reuse by fixing with a puncture repair kit or getting fixed at your local bike shop
- Recycle via Recycle bike tyres partners.
Note: It is illegal to put tyres in any household waste bins, street bins or landfill.
Tyres (car and motorbike)
Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply).