Recycling

What items can't be placed in your kerbside recycling bin?

There are a range of items that cannot be recycled through your kerbside collection service. To ensure that your items are recycled correctly, please note the following can not be included in your kerbside waste bin. 

  • Bagged waste / bagged recycling
  • Textiles
  • eWaste
  • Polystyrene 
  • Soft plastics
  • Nappies
  • Paint
  • Green waste
  • CDs and DVDs
  • Car engines
  • Long life milk and juice cartons (foil & plastic lined) 
  • Sharps

For a detailed guide to recycling and waste, please visit our A-Z Guide to Recycling and Waste.

For information about recyclable items accepted at Launceston Waste Centres please visit this page or watch our Recycling Information clip below.

Rethink Waste

Rethink Waste Tasmania encourages communities to rethink where their waste is going, and how we can best improve our efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle goods - ultimately to avoid landfill. Rethink Waste is a statewide initiative working to significantly reduce the amount of waste ending up as landfill, and creating a sustainable way to reduce the impact of waste on the environment. 

Learn more about the Rethink Waste initiative online here.