Community Recycling Hub

As a way to help the people of Perth live kinder lives we operate a collection hub for items that can be recycled, but not through your yellow-top bin.

You are welcome to use this community facility by:

  • Bringing only the items listed in this document and putting them in the correct bin
  • Bringing small amounts at a time (think household, not workplace or classroom quantities)
  • Checking this page before you come for what we’re currently collecting (it changes all the time!)
  • Please consider if you need to use these products in the future – avoidance is better than recycling and will save you a trip next time!

Be a Recycling Legend and only bring exactly what we ask for. If bins are contaminated by things we don’t collect:

  • The whole collection (yours and everyone else’s items) may get dumped in landfill and City Farm has to pay for that
  • A volunteer will have to sort through everything to take out the contaminants – this can take up to 5 hours for just one type of coffee pod if someone has dumped the wrong pods.. not a fun job!

Recyclers are extremely particular about what they accept and put through their machines. Don’t assume that because an item looks similar to things we collect that it can be added in. Careless use of this hub could mean thousands of items in landfill due to your contaiminating items.

Please download this PDF document and keep it on hand at home.

There are lots of picture examples of the correct items in the PDF. If you are collecting from a couple of people, perhaps you could print out these posters to put up!

 

Items we are currently collecting:

AIR FRESHENING ITEMS
YES PLEASE
Plug in air fresheners & refills
Clip-on car air fresheners & refills
Plastic outer packaging from air freshening products
Air freshener spray bottles (NOT CANS)
NO THANKS
NO AEROSOL CANS OF ANY SORT (NO deodorant, NO hairspray, NO shaving cream, NO air freshener, etc.)
No other household cleaning bottle, spray bottle, pump or trigger head
No soap bottles or pump bottles
No hair or body care bottles and packaging
No perfume, deodorant, or haircare items
METAL CAPS & RINGPULLS
YES PLEASE
Steel bottle caps (beer bottles)
Aluminium bottle tops (like wine bottle tops)
Metal jar lids
Ring pulls from drink cans or food cans (NOT THE WHOLE LID)
NO THANKS
No foil packaging from tablets
No metal lids from food cans (eg, not the top from your tinned tomatoes or pet food, only the ring pull)
No springs, paper clips, bulldog clips,
No fixings (screws, washers, allen keys)
NO PLASTIC LIDS
ONLY METAL BOTTLE CAPS, RING PULLS & LIDS
PLASTIC BREADTAGS
YES PLEASE
ONLY PLASTIC breatags
NO THANKS
No cardboard tags
No plastic clips or twist ties
No cable ties
No plastic/disposable cutlery
CDs & DVDs (disks only!)
YES PLEASE
ONLY CD/DVD DISCS
NO THANKS
No CD or DVD cases (of any material)
No cassette tapes
No VHS tapes
No floppy discs or USBs
COFFEE PODS
SEPARATED BY BRAND
YES PLEASE
L’Or capsules
Moccona capsules
Nescafe Dolce Gusto capsules
Nespresso capsules
illy capsules
KEEP YOUR PODS SEPARATED BY BRAND. EACH BRAND HAS ITS OWN DRAWER
NO THANKS
DO NOT bring in any other coffee capsule brand, even if it is the same size as the ones listed, even if it fits the same machine
NO WOOLWORTHS BRAND 'COMPATIBLE' PODS
NO COLES BRAND 'COMPATIBLE' PODS
NO LAVAZZA PODS
NO CAMPOS PODS
NO VITTORIA PODS
NO ESPRESSOTORIA PODS
NO PRIMO CAFFE PODS
- These accepted brands above fund the recycling of their own products… ie; Nespresso pay Terracycle to recycle Nespresso pods.
- If our collection drawers are mixed with other brands of pods (even if they fit your Nespresso machine) we cannot sort through them individually. YOU might be the reason that the entire drawer (14kg of pods) goes into landfill
- Please take note of the brand that you’re buying and make sure to ONLY put pods from the brands listed in the CORRECT DRAWER
Purchasing the brands that can be recycled is a great way to support companies taking the right steps towards being sustainable
CORKS
YES PLEASE
ONLY CORKS
NO THANKS
No corks with lids attached. No wire cages
CRAFT ITEMS
YES PLEASE
Craft items in good usable condition, eg:
Working pencils, pens, texters
Ribbon, wool, string
Beads, glitter, jewellery making items
Decorative Paper, scrapbooking materials, stickers, etc
NO THANKS
Please do not dump broken or unusable items in this drawer. It is a collection for craft items that you’re not longer using
NO ITEMS THAT YOU DEEM 'COULD' be upcycled/used for a project – eg. do not drop off milk bottle lids or toilet rolls
USEABLE CRAFT ITEMS ONLY
DISHWASHING ITEMS & PACKAGING
YES PLEASE
Dishwashing liquid bottles and caps
Dishwashing tablet flexible packaging
NO THANKS
No shampoo, hand soap or beauty products
No other household cleaning bottles or packaging
No aerosol cans of any sort
No haircare, body care or skincare packaging
No medicine packaging
No perfume, deodorant, or haircare items
No hand soap bottles or pump bottles
FACE CARE & HAIR CARE ITEMS ARE ACCEPTED - BUT PUT THESE IN THE CORRECT DRAWERS - NOT THIS ONE
FLUORO GLOBES & TUBES
YES PLEASE
Fluoro light globes and light tubes
Please see examples of fluoro lights here
NO THANKS
NO LED globes (they look like this)
NO incandescent globes (these have a filament a look like this)
NO halogen globes (which look like this)
NO fairy lights
MOBILE PHONES
YES PLEASE
ONLY MOBILE PHONES. Any age
NO THANKS
No Tablets, iPads or Navmans
No speakers, MP3s or audio players
No headphones, chargine cables or wall plugs
No outer packaging/boxes for phones
PRINTER CARTRIDGES
YES PLEASE
Printer cartridges from SMALL, HOUSEHOLD printers ONLY
NO THANKS
No cartridges from commercial printers
No cartridges from your school or office printer
No cartridges from large photocopy machines
DENTAL PRODUCTS
YES PLEASE
Standard toothbrushes
Electric toothbrush HEADS ONLY
Toothpaste tubes and caps
Floss containers
NO THANKS
No cardboard or paper packaging
No plastic packaging
No hand, body care or lotion tubes
No sunscreen tubes
No beauty product packaging of any sort
No mouthwash packaging/bottles
RAZORS & PACKAGING
YES PLEASE
Refillable & disposable razors and blades
Rigid or soft plastic packaging FROM RAZORS OR RAZOR BLADES ONLY
NO THANKS
No paper or cardboard
No soft packaging or any sort of packaging from any other item— FROM RAZORS ONLY
No wax removal items of packaging
No hair removal items of packaging
No shaving cream bottles, cans or packaging
E-WASTE
YES PLEASE
Computer towers
Laptops and chargers
Electrical and charging cords
Computer and data cables
Computer mice and keyboards
NO THANKS
No screens/computer monitors
No kitchen or household appliances - NO KETTLES, NO TOASTERS, NO IRONS, NO SCALES
No remotes or speakers
No iPads, iPods, tables, navman devices
No lighting sets or wall lights
No TVs or screens of any type
No speakers or audio equipment
No fairy lights
No CDs, DVDs, USBs, floppy disks or VHS
HAIR CARE PACKAGING
YES PLEASE
HAIR product jars & lids
HAIR product tubes, bottles, pumps
Black or clear gloves from hair colouring packs
Shampoo & conditioner bottles
Body care packaging can be recycled IN THE OTHER LABELLED DRAWER
NO THANKS
No hand soap bottles or pumps
No body lotion or shower gel bottles or lids
No medicinal cream or lotion tubes or bottles
NO AEROSOL OR SPRAY CANS AT ALL
No shaving cream bottles, cans or packaging
No household cleaning bottles, pumps, sprays or packaging of any sort
ONLY BOTTLES, TUBES & JARS THAT HAIR CARE PRODUCTS HAVE COME OUT OF PLEASE.
(FACE) SKIN CARE PACKAGING
PLEASE REMOVE EXCESS PRODUCT - RINSE OUT, CUT TUBES & WASH, ETC
YES PLEASE
Plastic/glass pots & lids FROM SKIN CARE ITEMS
Plastic tubes/pumps/nozzles FROM SKIN CARE ITEMS
Glass bottles & droppers FROM SKIN CARE ITEMS
SKIN CARE ITEMS: serums, moisturisers, cleansers, eye creams, toners, facemasks, night cream, exfoliating masks
NO THANKS
NO MAKEUP PRODUCTS/PACKAGING OF ANY SORT
NO MAKEUP WIPES
No hand or body wash/soap/lotion bottles or pumps
No tanning products/bottles/tubes/sprays
NO SUNSCREEN PRODUCTS OF ANY SORT
No hand/foot creams
NO AEROSOL OR SPRAY CANS OF ANY SORT
No medicinal cream or lotion tubes or bottles
No shaving cream bottles, cans or packaging
NO MAKEUP BRUSHES/TOOLS/PADS
No household cleaning bottles, pumps, sprays or packaging of any sort

 

If you have large quantities of any of these items please get in touch and we can direct you to the organisation we send that item to, who may be able to accept your collection directly.

 

Got something we don’t collect? Head to Recycle Right for a comprehensive list of what can be recycled where in W.A.