Refuse Room – Rubbish, Recycling and Green Waste

The Refuse Room is located on the ground floor next to the Garage, it is lovingly looked after by the passionate volunteer led Trash Talkers working group. Waste Ninja are the private waste contractors for our building; they pick up bins weekly.

There are a variety of different waste streams with helpful information and simple directions provided on the blackboards. Please do not leave any items outside of the correct bins, tubs or boxes. Hard rubbish costs everyone to remove!

If you notice bins are full, please hold off adding more waste and reach out to the Trash Talkers on the trash-talkers discord channel.

If an item is still usable and in good condition, consider advertising it on the giveaway-items discord channel, listing it on the Hard Rubbish Rescue Merri-bek Facebook page or donating it to the Op shops on Syndey Road.

Main bins:

• General Waste - large red lidded bins - general waste
• Comingled Recycling - large yellow lidded bins - general recycling items. Please refer to the blackboards for a list of acceptable items.
• Cardboard-only-recycling - large blue lidded bins - for carboard only. Please fold before placing in bin.
• Food and Organics (FoGo) - small maroon lidded bins - for food waste (including meat), organic waste, dead flowers and garden green waste. Please do not place any plastic or compostable bags in the FoGo bins. For more information refer to the FoGo bin guide.

Other waste streams:

• 10 cent bottle collection - 2 large tubs at back of room - for most aluminium, glass and plastic bottles (NOT wine bottles and NOT milk cartons). If unsure, look for the 10c mark on the drink container. Money from this scheme is used by the community to maintain the waste room.
• Polystyrene - Large tub behind door - for clean polystyrene pieces.
• Worm farm - black unit at back of room - this is fed and maintained by a small group of residents. If you would like to get involved, please reach out on discord.
• Corks - box on shelves - corks