What's in your green organics bin?
Your green organics bin is the place to put your garden and food waste. This includes compostable material such as lawn clippings; coffee grounds and leaves.
These items GO in your green bin 
- Food waste e.g. coffee grounds, eggshells, fish, fruit and vegetable scraps, cheese, meat (raw or cooked).
- Garden waste e.g. branches, flowers, leaves, weeds, and untreated wood.
Tips:
- Place a stick under the lid in summer to prevent grass fires.
The following should NOT go in your organics bin:
- Plastic bags, wrap, strapping or plant pots.
- Fast food wrappers , bags and boxes with a plastic or wax coating. These go in your red bin.
- Ash (this can go in red bin)
- Treated wood, sawdust, wood shavings, large logs or stumps.
- Lawn clippings which have been sprayed with herbicides.
- Bricks and concrete.
- Flax, palm, cabbage tree and rhubarb leaves.
- Gravel and dirt/soil/
- Metal objects.
For more information on what goes in each bin, please see the brochure below
Last updated: 07 Jun 2024