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Recycling
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Get recycling help from home
Quickly find out what to do with unwanted packaging and household items. We have info about more than 1,700 items online.
Streets ahead on road renewals works
How better planning and collaboration helped us streamline these essential works.
Get in the loop: Learn about Sydney’s circular economy
Rethinking how we buy and throw away.
Insects fight food waste naturally
In a NSW first, larvae turn your scraps into animal feed and fertiliser.
3 free ways to recycle empty blister packs
They’re made of valuable materials but can’t be recycled in kerbside bins. Here’s what to do with them instead.
Meet the locals who rescue items from apartment bin rooms
Our Ultimo recycling pop-up has opened 100 times, diverting over 32 tonnes of materials from landfill.
Recycled materials revolutionise urban road renewal
How reused glass and asphalt reshaped Clarence Street.
Business as usual for waste collection
Normal service resumes.
Free waste reduction webinars
Join our experts for practical tips to cut down your plastic and electronic waste from 3 to 14 July.
It’s easier than ever to recycle tricky items
Give a second life to your old clothes, batteries, mobile phones, electronics, polystyrene, x-rays and more.
Garbage truck fire a reminder to correctly dispose of batteries
There are risks of improperly disposing of batteries.
4 recycling tips for plastics
Small changes to live more sustainably.
Give tricky items a second life at our free recycling stations
They’re in 16 locations and you can drop off small electronics, batteries, mobile phones and light bulbs.
4 sustainable ways to get rid of unwanted stuff
It’s illegal to put items out on the footpath without booking a collection. You can stop them going to landfill.
High five, Sydney! We’ve recycled 1,000 tonnes of food scraps
It gets turned into compost to nourish soil in gardens and parks. And it’s all thanks to your help.
Take your recycling to the next level with a free online masterclass
Learn what the numbered triangles on plastics mean and have all your tricky questions answered.
How to sell your stuff online fast
Make money and free up space in your home.
Keeping bikes out of landfill
How Revolve ReCYCLING and Recycle It Saturday help give old bikes a new life
Under the lid: What happens to your recycling
We follow the journey of the most common items and find out what they become.
7 easy recycling tips while at home
Be the planet’s best ally during self-isolation.
5 recycling items that can stump Sydneysiders
From ripped clothes and houseplant clippings to kitchen pots and pans. These are some trickier items that residents need help with.
How to recycle your Easter chocolate wrappers
Planning to get stuck into some chocolate this Easter? Foil chocolate wrappers are 100% recyclable! Find out how to recycle your leftover packaging properly.
