Which Bin Do I Use?

Bin It Right

Batteries, including items containing hidden (embedded) batteries, are a fire hazard and don’t belong in any bin.

See our Batteries page for more information on how to dispose of batteries responsibly.

Needles are a health risk for the people that hand-sort the recycling you put into your yellow-lid recycling bin.

Put needles into a designated sharps container and return to your local council or designated sharps disposal location (e.g. a Chemist store).

Visit Needle and syringe program | SA Health for safe disposal options near you.

The City of Salisbury Council provides a free sharps disposal service to Salisbury Council residents. Visit Sharps disposal and clean needle programs • City of Salisbury for details.

Gas bottles and butane gas canisters can explode under pressure- making them a safety and fire hazard and don’t belong in any bin.

Take gas bottles (under 9kg) to a NAWMA Resource Recovery Centre for free and safe disposal.

Nappies are a health risk for the people that hand-sort the recycling you put into your yellow-lid recycling bin.

Nappies should ONLY be put into the red-lid landfill bin.

Is your red-lid bin too small? Request an upgrade or additional bin.

A variety of other items that cannot be placed into the kerbside bins can be recycled or disposed of at either of NAWMA’s Resource Recovery Centres.

Some items that cannot be recycled at NAWMA’s facilities can be recycled via other programs, find details here.