Magazines

Magazines are recyclable and can be placed straight into your yellow lidded recycling bin.

Mattresses

Mattresses can be disposed of at the following locations:

Greater Taree Residents

• Buckett’s Way Landfill

Great Lakes Residents

• Tuncurry Waste Management Centre
• Bulahdelah Resource Recovery and Waste Transfer Station
• Tea Gardens Landfill and Recycling Centre
• Stroud Landfill and Recycling Centre

Gloucester Residents

• Gloucester Landfill

  For more information on any of the drop off points visit our facilities page.

Polystyrene Foam Meat Trays

Foam or Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) materials cannot be collected in the Council recycling service through the yellow lidded bin and should instead be placed in the red lidded general waste bin.

Confusion with polystyrene

Some polystyrene materials such as foam cups, trays or foam packaging are marked with the below symbol. This symbol is part of the Plastic Identification Code and simply identifies the type of plastic the product is - not if it can be recycled. People often confuse the 'plastic identification code' for the general recycling symbol (mobius loop), which involves three chasing arrows.

Plastic Meat Trays

Rigid Plastic meat trays (those which are not foam and cannot be ‘squished’) are recyclable and can be placed into your yellow lidded recycling bin. For health and safety reasons and to ensure recycling isn’t contaminated the containers need to be as clean as possible. To prevent wasting water it is best to wash up containers in old washing up water after finishing the dishes.