What Are The 3 Types Of Bins In Ballina

Ballina is no different to other councils where we have 3 domestic wheelie bins.

Garden & organics,
Recyclables,
Mixed waste.

Garden & Organics – the Green Bin

The green wheelie bin is collected on a weekly basis. The reason is so that all the organic material is not allowed to into the normal waste stream. The green bin contents will be converted into to a reusable product such as compost.

This in turn reduces landfill costs and helps the environment.

What Can I Put In The Green Bin?

As per Ballina Council’s requirements the organics bin can contain:

Fruit ,
vegetable scraps
Meat, fish and bones
Bread, cereal, pasta and grains
Leftover food
Tea bags and coffee grounds
Grass clippings, sticks and twigs
Weeds, leaves and flowers
Paper towels and tissues

Tips for the Green Bin: When the bin has been cleaned by Coastal Bin Busters place some newspaper in the bottom to stop grass cuttings from sticking, and try to keep the bin in the shade.

Recyclables – Yellow Bin or Yellow Lid

The yellow bin in the Ballina Shire is collected fortnightly and is for recyclable rubbish only. These are made into new products saving resources like energy and water and helps to reduce our carbon foot print.

What Can I Put In The Yellow Recycle Bin?

Glass bottles
Plastic bottles (squashed and lids reattached)
Plastic tubs and lids separately
Paper
Cardboard including boxes, egg cartons
and empty pizza boxes
Steel cans including pet food cans
Aluminium cans, clean foil and trays
Aerosol cans (empty)
Milk and juice cartons

Tips for the yellow bin: To fit more rubbish in the bin flatten cardboard boxes and crush platsic bottles and aluminium cans.

Mixed Rubbish – The Red Bin

The red bin is collected fortnightly and rotated with the yellow bin.

It sound obviouls as this is the last bin on the list but the red wheelie bin is for waste that is not organic or can be recycled. This rubbish ends up in Ballina’s landfill site.