REDUCE »REUSE RECYCLE DISPOSE - Manly Council

DISPOSAL OPTIONS FOR COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Contact details can be found at the bottom of the document

Think before you throw out…

Can the item be repaired?
Will the retailer or manufacturer take the item back?
Can you give it to charity, friends – or sell it?
Could you give it away on www.freecycle.org or www.reuseitnetwork.org - websites promoting free
community exchange of unwanted items?

Consider the Waste Hierarchy which lists ways to reduce and manage your waste and to stop
resources from ending up in landfill: REDUCE » REUSE » RECYCLE » DISPOSE

For Waste and Recycling Facility contact details and further particulars please go to the end of
the document.

If you are throwing whitegoods and metal items out in your General Clean Up Collection please
separate them from your pile for recycling.

Manly Council accepts excess recycling – place in an appropriate container on collection day (eg.
not plastic bags).

Plastic containers marked 1 to 5 and (numbers can usually be found on bottom of the
container) can be placed in your yellow recycling bin.

Excess cardboard can be placed in a neat pile next to your paper bin on collection day.

Unwanted items Disposal option

A Please call Council’s ranger 9976 1633
Chemical Clean Out
Abandoned vehicles Yellow mixed recycling bin
Acids & alkalis
Aerosol cans (empty) Council Clean up
Air conditioners Kimbriki
Yellow mixed recycling bin
Aluminium cans Scrap Metal Recyclers
Contact the Police Assistance Line on 131 444 for information and
Ammunition collection and disposal of bullets, grenades and safety fuses
Kimbriki
Asbestos/fibro (wrapped and Belrose (must make a booking one day prior to disposal)
sealed) Kimbriki
Asphalt
Chemical Clean Out
B General Clean Up
Kimbriki
Baits
Barbeque

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Batteries (car)
Chemical Clean Out
Batteries (dry cell) Belrose
Batteries (phone) Kimbriki
Call your local car battery retailer or service station to see
Bike Tyres whether they accept car batteries to recycle
Bikes Battery World (5 Mitchell Road, Brookvale)
Books IKEA (Homebush)
Chemical Clean Out
Bottle tops
Bottles Recycling receptacle at Manly Library or Manly Environment
Boxes (cardboard) Centre
Kimbriki
Bricks & pavers Mobile Muster
Building material
C Active Mobiles: 1/17 Sydney Road, Manly
Car batteries ANZ Bank Balgowlah, 344 Sydney Road, Balgowlah
ANZ Bank Manly - 59 The Corso, Manly
Car body Telstra Shop – Manly - 40 Sydney Road, Manly
Car tyres Vodafone – Manly – Shop 104 The Corso, Manly
Cardboard unwaxed Drop off at Reverse Garbage, Hut 8, 142 Addison Road,
Marrickville
Garbage

Charity
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Charity
Give them to libraries/community groups
Give them to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Blue paper bin if they are too damaged to read
Garbage bin

Yellow mixed recycling bin
Kimbriki
Belrose (separated into colours)
Blue paper recycling bin (If the cardboard will not fit into the blue
bin, please fold and stack it next to your blue bin when placed
out for collection)
Kimbriki
Belrose
Kimbriki
Belrose
Kimbriki
Belrose

Chemical Clean Out
Belrose
Kimbriki
Call your local car battery retailer or service station to see
whether they accept car batteries to recycle
Kimbriki
Kimbriki (maximum five)
Belrose (maximum five)
Blue paper recycling bin

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Cardboard waxed Garbage bin
Carpet & underlay
Carry bags (plastic) Council Clean up
Car body Kimbriki
Cartridges (printers) Reuse
Garbage bin (not in your recycling bins please)
Cat food tins Kimbriki
Chemicals Place in recycling receptacle Manly Environment Centre
China/porcelain 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' program – collects any type of toner or
Chlorine ink cartridge from a fax, photocopier or printer at these
Christmas Tree (live) participating outlets:
Cigarette butts
Cleaning products (household) AUSTRALIA POST
Shop 36 Totem Shopping Centre, Sydney Road,
Clock/watch Balgowlah; or
22 Central Avenue, Manly; and
Clothing
Harvey Norman - 176-180 Condamine Street, Balgowlah
Coat hangers Yellow mixed recycling bin
Chemical Clean Out
Coffee cup (cardboard - take Garbage bin
away) Chemical Clean Out
Coffee cup (polystyrene – take
away) Kimbriki
Coffee Machines Vegetation collection
Garbage bin
Chemical Clean Out
Belrose
Garbage bin
Repair

If still working:
Charity
Friend/relative
Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Reuse: mend & wear, use as a rag
Charity
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Garage sale
Charity
Dry cleaners may take them
Garbage bin

Cup - Yellow mixed recycling bin
Lid – Garbage bin
Garbage bin

Kimbriki
Council Clean up

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Computers Contact the computer’s manufacturer and request they take the
item back or ask for advice on how to responsibly dispose.
Concrete Trade it in for a new one
Construction and demolition Donate to a local school/community group/charity
waste Contact one of the following organizations:
Cooking Oil Computers for Schools Project (Mark Edser – 0428 250 392
or [email protected])
Corks MRI (Aus) Pty Ltd (Steve Friend – 9729 4999 or
[email protected])
D Technical Aid to the Disabled (9808 2012)
Dialysis Bag Wesley Uniting Employment (9755 0011)
Dishwasher WorkVentures Ltd (9282 6995)
Disposable nappies Dell has a recycling program that accepts all computer makes
Dog food cans and models at a cost: www.dell.com.au/recycle or 1800 465 890
Doors Sell through your local newspaper/internet/trading post
Drums (metal/empty) Visit Manly Council’s website for further responsible computer
Drills disposal options
Kimbriki
Belrose
Kimbriki
Belrose
Garbage bin (small household quantities can be collected in
bottle (under 2 litres) and placed in the garbage bin once full)

BULK
Auscol – 1800 629 476
Coastal Recycled Cooking Oils – 1800 637 374
Scanline – 9627 6600
Statewide Cooking Oil Disributors – 1300 559 069

Body Shop, Warringah Mall donated to Girl Guides Australia
War Veterans Retirement Village, Veterans Parade, Narrabeen
ph. 9982 6666
Manly Environment Centre collection container

Garbage bin (wrapped so no liquid can escape)
Council Clean up (for metal recycling)
Kimbriki
Belrose

Garbage bin
Yellow mixed recycling bin

Kimbriki
Council Clean up
Kimbriki
Belrose
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Sell to a local second-hand dealer
Council clean up
Kimbriki

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Dryer (clothes) Kimbriki
Belrose
E Council Clean up (for metal recycling)
Egg cartons
Electrical goods (e-waste) Compost bin
Blue paper recycling bin
Engine oil Contact the computer’s manufacturer and request they take the
item back or ask for advice on how to responsibly dispose.
Envelopes Repair and reuse
Expanded Plastics Charity
(eg. Polystyrene) Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
marked 6 Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Sell to a local second-hand dealer
F Council clean up
Fabric Kimbriki
Fans (electric) Kimbriki
Facsimile machine Belrose
Chemical Clean Out
Fencing Blue paper recycling bin (including window faced)
Fibro (asbestos) (wrapped) Compost bin
Fire extinguishers Belrose
Flares For large amounts of polystyrene:

Flowers EPS Recycling – 9649 6248
Australia Urethane and Styrene – 9676 8444
Fluorescent light bulbs Elka – Simon (toys) – 9774 3777
Food
Charity
Reverse Garbage
Council clean up
Kimbriki
Charity
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Council Clean up
Kimbriki
Kimbriki
Chemical Clean Out
Belrose
Chemical Clean Out
NSW Maritime – drop off at James Craig Road, Rozelle Bay
2039 (9563 8511)
Compost
Vegetation collection
Kimbriki
Chemical Clean Out
Compost/worm farm
Garbage bin

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Fridges/freezers Council clean up
Kimbriki
Fuels (petrol, diesel) Belrose
Fungicides
Furniture (household) Chemical Clean Out
Chemical Clean Out
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Garden chemicals Charity
Garden clippings/ green waste Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Garden hose & tools Council Clean up
Kimbriki
Gas bottles/cylinders
Glad wrap Chemical Clean Out
Glass bottles and jars Vegetation collection
Glass broken (wrapped) Compost bin
Glass (drinking – wrapped) Kimbriki
Grass clippings Belrose
Charity
Green waste Kimbriki
Garbage bin
Greeting cards Belrose
Chemical Clean Out
Guttering – metal
H Garbage bin
Hazardous waste Remove lids and place in yellow mixed recycling bin
Heating Appliances Garbage bin
Herbicides and Pesticides Garbage bin
Hobby chemicals
Hot plates Vegetation collection
Hot water systems Compost Bin
Household cleaners Kimbriki
Compost bin
Vegetation collection
Kimbriki
Cut in half and reuse
Planet Ark recycling box in supermarkets
Blue paper recycling bin
Kimbriki

Chemical Clean Out
Council clean up
Kimbriki

Chemical Clean Out
Chemical Clean Out

Kimbriki
Council Clean up
Council clean up
Kimbriki
Chemical Clean Out

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Hydrogen (balloon) cylinder
Associated Scrap Metal, Brookvale – 9905 8240
I Brookvale Metal Recyclers – 9905 6435
Ice cream containers North Shore Scrap Metal Recyclers – 9955 3337

Insulation batts (wrapped) Give to schools, community and youth centres or reuse at home
Irons Yellow mixed recycling bin if marked with a 5 or R in the
recycling triangle symbol
K Garbage bin if marked 6 & 7 or unmarked
Kitchen cupboard/sinks Kimbriki
Kitty litter Council clean up
L Kimbriki
Lattice
Laundry tubs Kimbriki
Lawn mowers Garbage bin
Leaves
Kimbriki
Light globes Kimbriki
Linoleum
Logs Kimbriki
M Council clean up
Magazines Vegetation collection in a cardboard box or hessian bag
Compost bin
Margarine tubs Kimbriki
Garbage bin (wrapped)
Masonite Kimbriki
Mattresses Council clean up
Kimbriki
Meat trays
Medicines Charity
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate or local doctor / dental
surgery, retirement home
Blue paper recycling bin
Yellow mixed recycling bin if marked with a 5 or R in the
recycling triangle symbol
Garbage bin if numbed 6 & 7 or not marked

Kimbriki
Charity
Council clean up
Kimbriki
Belrose

Garbage bin
Returned Unwanted Medicines (RUM)
www.returnmed.com.au or 1300 650 835
Pharmacy also accept old and unwanted medicines

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Metal Kimbriki
Metal bed frames/bases Belrose
Metal chairs Kimbriki
Belrose
Metal roofing Council clean-up
Milk and juice cartons (liquid Charity
paperboard) Council Clean up
Milk crates Kimbriki
Mirrors Belrose
Mobile phones/batteries Council clean up (if small quantity)
Kimbriki
Motor oil Belrose
Motor vehicles/motor bikes
Yellow mixed recycling bin
Musical instrument
Council clean up
N Belrose
Nappies Charity
Needles and syringes Garbage bin (wrapped)
Drop it in the recycling receptacle at Manly Environment Centre
or Manly Library
Harvey Norman, 176-190 Condamine St, Balgowlah recycle
phones
Kimbriki
Log onto www.phonerecycling.com.au or phone 1300 730 070
for further recycling outlets
Contact Clean Up Australia on 1800 024 890 for reply paid
envelope to donate it
Kimbriki
Belrose
Chemical Clean Out
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Trade it in
Sell your car through newspaper/internet/trading post
Scrap metal merchant in yellow pages
Kimbriki
Charity
Local second hand office furniture retailer
Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Council Clean up

Garbage bin
Returned Unwanted Medicines (RUM)
www.returnmed.com.au or 1300 650 835
Place in a proper sharps container and deposit at any public
hospital. Sharps containers can be purchased from pharmacies,
Diabetes Australia ph. 1300 136 588 or
www.diabetesnsw.com.au
Needle Clean Up Hotline 1800 633 353
RUSH - Responsive User Services in Health on 9977 2666 or
drop off at 24 hour collection site - 14 Pittwater Road, Manly or
outside Mona Vale Hospital.

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Newspapers Blue paper recycling bin

O

Office furniture Charity
Oil – cooking Local second hand office furniture retailer
Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Kimbriki
Garbage bin (collect in bottle and place in garbage bin once full)

Oil – motor BULK
Sump oil Auscol – 1800 629 476
Coastal Recycled Cooking Oils – 1800 637 374
Ovenware/Pyrex Scanline – 9627 6600
Statewide Cooking Oil Disributors – 1300 559 069

Kimbriki

Belrose
Artarmon Waste Management Centre – 1300 651 116

Garbage bin

P

Paint related products (thinners, Chemical Clean Out
strippers, varnish etc.)
Paint tins (empty and dry) Yellow mixed recycling bin
Paint tins (full) Belrose
Chemical Clean Out
Pallets Back to supplier
Kimbriki
Paper Belrose
Blue paper recycling bin
Paper towel (roll) Kimbriki
Paper towel (soiled) Belrose

Perspex Blue paper recycling bin
Pesticides & herbicides Compost bin (place in garbage bin if was soiled by oil)
(fungicides, baits/poisons, wood Garbage bin
preservatives)
Pet food cans Kimbriki
Chemical Clean Out
Pet products
Petrol Yellow mixed recycling bin (preferable clean but we do not reject
Phone books dirty cans)
Pine – treated Garbage bin
Pizza boxes – clean Chemical Clean Out
Pizza boxes – with food Blue paper recycling bin
Kimbriki
Plant cuttings Blue paper recycling bin

Compost
Garbage bin
Compost
Vegetation collection
Kimbriki

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Plant pots – plastic Garbage bin
marked 5 The nursery may take pots back
Plants
Give to a friend/neighbour/charity (Easy Care Gardens (part of
Plasterboard Northern Beaches Neighbourhood Services – 9982 3044) may
Plastic bags use the plants in voluntary work)
Tradeaplant (www.tradeaplant.com.au,
Plastic bottles and containers [email protected] – 9904 4000)
marked R and 1 to 5 Vegetation collection (please remove soil first)
Kimbriki
Reuse
Recycle bags at the receptacles at supporting supermarkets
DO NOT PUT YOUR RECYCLING OR VEGETATION IN
PLASTIC BAGS PLEASE!
Yellow mixed recycling bin

Plastic bottles and containers Garbage bin
marked 6 and 7
Garbage bin
or unmarked Yellow mixed recycling bin
Plastic wrapping (unmarked)
Plastic wrapping and plastic
bags marked 4 and 5

Plates (ceramic) Charity
Plates (paper) Garbage bin
Plates (plastic)
Poisons Compost bin
Polystyrene Garbage bin
marked 6
Garbage bin
Pool chemicals
Porcelain/pottery Chemical Clean Out
Pots, pans
Printer machines Kimbriki
Belrose
For large amounts of polystyrene:

EPS Recycling – 9649 6248
Australia Urethane and Styrene – 9676 8444
Elka – Simon (toys) – 9774 3777
Council Clean up (wrapped so it doesn’t blow away please)
Garbage bin

Chemical Clean Out

Charity
Garbage bin

Charity
Garbage bin

Charity
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Council Clean up

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Printer cartridges
Place in receptacle at the Manly Environment Centre
Prunings 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' program – collects any type of toner or
Pyrex ink cartridge from a fax, photocopier or printer at these
participating outlets:

AUSTRALIA POST
Shop 36 Totem Shopping Centre, Sydney Road,
Balgowlah; or
22 Central Avenue, Manly; and

Harvey Norman - 176-180 Condamine Street, Balgowlah

Compost
Vegetation collection
Kimbriki
Garbage bin

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Radios Charity
Razors Council Clean up
Records – vinyl Garbage bin
Garbage bin
Refrigerators Charity
Roof tiles Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Rubber Tyres Sell them through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Garbage bin
Council Clean up
Council Clean up (to be recycled)
Kimbriki
Belrose
Kimbriki
Belrose
Kimbriki
Belrose

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Sand/soil Kimbriki
Sawdust Compost bin
Garbage bin
Saws Council Clean up
Council Clean up
Scrap metal Kimbriki
Sewing Machine Belrose
Kimbriki
Shampoo and conditioner bottles Belrose
Smoke alarm/detectors Charity
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell them through local newspaper/trading post/internet
General Clean up

Yellow mixed recycling bin
Chemical Clean Out
Garbage bin

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Soft drink bottles Yellow mixed recycling bin
Solvents Kimbriki
Sports equipment
Chemical Clean Out
Steel Charity
Steels cans Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Stoves Sell them through local newspaper/trading post/internet
Stumps General Clean up
Syringes Kimbriki
Belrose
T
Take away food containers Kimbriki
marked 5 and R Yellow mixed recycling bin

Tea bags Council Clean up (to be recycled)
Telephone books Kimbriki
Telephones and answering Kimbriki
machines Returned Unwanted Medicines (RUM)
www.returnmed.com.au or 1300 650 835
Mobile telephone Place in a proper sharps container and deposit at any public
Televisions hospital. Sharps containers can be purchased from pharmacies,
Diabetes Australia ph. 1300 136 588 or
Terracotta pots www.diabetesnsw.com.au
Tiles – roof, bathroom Needle clean up hotline 1800 633 353
Timber
Yellow mixed recycling bin

Compost/worm farm
Garbage bin
Blue paper recycling bin
Kimbriki
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell in local newspaper/trading post/internet
Council Clean up

Clean up Australia - 1800 282 329
Mobile Muster - www.mobilemuster.com.au
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell in local newspaper/trading post/internet
Council Clean up
Kimbriki
Belrose
Kimbriki
Belrose
Kimbriki
Belrose
Donate to local second hand building supplier
Kimbriki
Belrose

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Timber (untreated) Kimbriki
Tin cans Belrose
Tissues
Toasters Yellow mixed recycling bin
Toilet paper rolls Compost
Toilets Garbage bin
Tools – handyman and Council clean up
gardening Kimbriki

Toner Cartridges Blue paper recycling bin
Kimbriki
Toys and books Belrose
Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Tree logs Sell in local newspaper/trading post/internet
Tyres – bike Council Clean up
Tyres – car Kimbriki
V Belrose
Vacuum Cleaners Place in receptacle at the Manly Environment Centre
Vegetable scraps 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' program – collects any type of toner or
Vegetation ink cartridge from a fax, photocopier or printer at these
participating outlets:
Vehicle batteries Australia Post
Vehicles Officeworks
Harvey Norman
Tandy
Dick Smith Electronics
PowerHouse
Give to a Charity, doctors surgery, day centres
Peninsular Senior Citizens Toy Repair Group, pick up from
Kimbriki and local libraries, they repair toys and donate to local
charities - 9913 8182
Kimbriki
Belrose: logs: less than one metre long and 150mm in diameter
tree trunks and roots accepted
Take them to Reverse Garbage, Hut 8, 142 Addison Road,
Marrickville
Garbage bin
Kimbriki
Belrose

Council clean up
Kimbriki
Compost
Compost
Council Vegetation collection
Kimbriki (separate logs, stumps or palm trunks)
Belrose (separate vegetation less than one metre long and
150mm in diameter)
Belrose
Kimbriki
Chemical Clean Out
Kimbriki

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Unwanted items Disposal option
Video Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Sell in local newspaper/trading post/internet
Video recorders Council Clean up
Kimbriki
W Give it to a friend/relative/workmate/classmate
Washing machine Sell in local newspaper/trading post/internet
Council Clean up
Watches/clocks Kimbriki

Waxed cardboard Ask retailer to take your old one away
Weeds Kimbriki
Belrose
Whitegoods Council Clean up (to be recycled)
Repair
Window glass (wrapped)
If still working:
Windows Charity
Wood Friend/relative
X Sell through local newspaper/trading post/internet
X-rays
Garbage bin
Y Compost (place in black plastic bag and lay in sun till seeds have
Yoghurt containers been killed)
Vegetation collection
Kimbriki
Ask the retailer to take away your old one
Council Clean up (to be recycled)
Kimbriki
Belrose
Your local second hand building supplier may take it if still in one
piece
Council clean up
Garbage bin

Kimbriki
Kimbriki

Siltech International – drop X-rays into the office 15 Rodborough
Road, Frenchs Forest 2086, or send in post, they also have an
extensive collection service throughout NSW ph.1300 138 077 or
www.photowaste.com.au

Give to schools, community and youth centres or reuse at home
Yellow mixed recycling bin if marked 5
Garbage bin if marked 6 or 7 or unmarked

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CONTACT DETAILS

WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRES
Kimbriki Waste & Recycling Centre
Kimbriki Road, off Mona Vale Road, Terrey Hills www.kimbriki.com ph. 9486 3512
Open: 7am - 5pm, 7 days Closed: Christmas and Good Friday
Please separate recyclable material, such as, timber, vegetation, concrete, bricks, metal and whitegoods for
cheaper rates and to recyclable items from ending up in landfill.

Belrose Waste Management Centre
Crozer Road, Belrose www.wsn.com.au ph. 1300 651 116
Open: 6am – 5pm Mon – Fri; 7am – 5pm Sat; 8am – 5pm Sun.
Belrose accepts items such as timber, vegetation, construction and demolition material for landfill, these items
however will not be recycled, Kimbriki, however, will recycle these unwanted items if they are separated.

OTHER

Chemical Clean Out - Department of Environment and Climate Change
The DEC holds periodic disposal days at collection sites within the local area
www.cleanout.com.au ph. 1300 787 870

Freecycle is a free community website where members give and receive unwanted items at no charge. For free
membership, visit www.freecycle.org and follow the links to your local community to join (eg. International 
Australia  North Sydney).

ReUseIt - Alternatively, a similar site is available at www.reuseitnetwork.org, click on Australia than Sydney North
for Manly’s local site.

Planet Ark informative website gives you further recycling options: www.recyclingnearyou.com.au.

Reverse Garbage accept and pick up industrial, domestic and commercial discards, reducing the amount of waste
going to landfill, making them cheaply available to the community.
Hut 8, 142 Addison Road Marrickville 2204 www.reversegarbage.org.au ph: 9569 3132.
Construction Connect – this site gives tradesmen the opportunity to sell, buy or give away re-useable and
unwanted building materials. www.constructionconnect.com.

If you have no alternative other than throwing it out, Manly Council has an on-call collection service (user pays) if
you have a small amount of additional waste, call the Council’s Waste Services on 9907 2832 or check the local
Yellow Pages for skip providers and rubbish movers.

Please contact your local charity to see if your unwanted item is acceptable before you drop if off.

If you require further information please contact Manly Council’s Waste Minimisation Education Officers
on 9976 1654 or [email protected].

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