Rubbish Room

Rubbish Room

Riviera Rubbish Room Rules

RED BINS

  1. General Waste:
    • Rubbish bags are not recyclable. Please put your waste into a bag and tie a tight knot.
  2. What Goes in Red Bins:
    • Fruit, used napkins, egg shells, and clothes (these items are not recyclable).
    • Broken glass: Wrap it in paper or place it inside a box before disposal.
    • Soft plastics: Even if made from recycled materials, they must go into the red bin.
    • Polystyrene (any shape): Place it inside a plastic bag to prevent it from blowing away and put it into the red bin.
  3. More Information:
    • You can also refer to the graphics displayed in the rubbish room and the guidelines from City of Sydney.
  4. Reminder:
    • By properly sorting your waste, you help keep our building clean and contribute to a sustainable environment.

YELLOW BINS

  1. Paper and Cardboard:
    • Shredded paper: Place it inside another paper bag before disposal.
    • Large cardboard boxes: Flatten them and place them behind the yellow bins.
  2. Restrictions:
    • Do not place plastic bags or soft plastics in the yellow bin.
    • Ceramics are not recyclable and should not be placed in this bin.
  3. Smaller Items:
    • Avoid placing small loose items into the yellow bin. At the recycling facility, anything smaller than a tennis ball ends up in a landfill as it cannot be recycled.
  4. More Information:
    • You can also refer to the graphics displayed in the rubbish room and the guidelines from the City of Sydney.
  5. Reminder:
    • Properly sorting your waste helps keep our building clean and contributes to a sustainable environment.
Important Note

To dispose of larger items (furniture or electronics, battery-operated items), please contact the Building Manager.


Please follow this link for more information:
https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/waste-recycling-services/recycle-household-items



6 Handy Recycling Tips


1. Don’t put recycling in plastic bags
Place your recycling loosely in the yellow lid bin – never in plastic bags. Plastic bags jam the machinery at our sorting facility, so we can’t recycle the bags or the items inside. Use a container or box to store your recycling before putting them into your bin.

2. Remove all food and liquid from containers
No need to rinse containers before putting them in the recycling bin. They just need to be empty and dry. You might like to rinse anyway, as it keeps your recycling bin extra clean and odour-free.

3. Lids and labels can stay on
Keep lids and labels on jars and bottles. The recycling process will remove these. If you have a can top that can’t reattach, place it inside and squeeze the can closed. This helps stop smaller items from getting lost in the recycling process.

4. Give plastic items the ‘scrunch test’
A soft plastic is a plastic that can be easily scrunched into a ball, like bread bags, chocolate wrappers or plastic bags. Soft plastics can’t go in your yellow lid bin. Put them in your red lid bin.

Hard plastic packaging that keeps its structure or bounces back when you try scrunching it can be recycled in your yellow lid bin.

5. Give cardboard items the ‘tear test’
Check if a cardboard item is lined with plastic by giving it a tear. If you can’t easily tear your cardboard item, or if you see a thin layer of plastic when you do, it should go in your rubbish bin. This is common for small ice cream tubs, tetra packs and coffee cups.

6. Ignore the plastics identification number
Some plastic items have a triangle symbol of 3 chasing arrows with a number from 1 to 7 inside.
This may look like a recycling symbol, but it’s not.
The number refers to the type of plastic the item is made from.
Each type of plastic can be used to make both recyclable and non-recyclable items, so don’t use the number to decide that something can go in your yellow lid bin. Instead, refer to the Australasian Recycling Label and use the tips above to help you identify if an item is recyclable or not.