Starting 1 July 2024, your recycling bin will be collected on the alternate week. Two bins 15-18 July.
Permanent change to recycling bin collection week
Did you know Burnie City Council has a Recycling Hub in its foyer at 80 Wilson Street Burnie?
Items accepted: 🪫 Batteries 📱 Mobile phones and accessories 📷 Small electronic items such as game consoles and digital cameras 💡 Light globes 🖨️ Printer ink cartridges ☕ Aluminium Coffee Pods 💊 Blister packs.
Including regular AA and AAA, as well as watch batteries and E-Bicycle batteries. Recycled using the Eco Cycle Program.
Did you know that you can’t dispose of batteries in your general waste bin? When dumped in landfill, batteries can leak a range of toxic substances, including lead, mercury and cadmium, into the environment.
MobileMuster is the product stewardship program of the mobile phone industry and is accredited by the federal government. It is voluntarily funded by all of the major handset manufacturers and network carriers to provide a free mobile phone recycling program in Australia to the highest environmental standard.
Remember to wipe your data from the phone.
Recycled using the Eco Cycle Program.
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and fluorescent tubes contain small amounts of mercury, which is an environmental and health hazard. For this reason alone, fluorescent lighting should not be disposed of in your household rubbish.