What you can put in your green lid bin has changed with only food scraps and garden waste now accepted.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) wants all households across NSW move to having a green lid bin, also called the Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) bin.
To ensure consistency across NSW households the green lid bin can now only be used for food scraps and garden waste.
Aaron Ferrell, Team Leader Waste Services says many residents have been putting their food scraps in the green lid bin to be recycled into premium compost for years.
'We need to be aware that some things that could once go in the green bin are no longer accepted. For example, serviettes, tea bags, shredded paper and greasy pizza boxes now go into the red bin,' Mr Ferrell said.
'Christmas is a time when we see more food waste in our bins. If the dog can't eat another meat bone you can put them, prawn shells and other food scraps in your green bin.
'Keeping food waste out of landfill reduces harmful gases in the environment especially methane. The amount paid in levies to the NSW EPA depends on how much waste ends up in landfill, so recycling your food and garden waste reduces how much we need to pay.'
Christmas paper, cardboard, glass bottles and jars and aluminium cans can also be recycled in your yellow bin to help reduce what you send to landfill.
To help households manage extra recycling over Christmas an additional yellow bin collection service will happen between Monday 26 December 2022 and Friday 6 January 2023. During this time, please put your yellow bin out for collection both weeks on your usual collection day.
For the A-Z of what can go in which bin visit Which bin? An A to Z guide
