Recycling & Collection Tips
Geelong Council has various rules regarding rubbish removal and recycling. Here are 5 things you may not know.
1. Mattress Recycling
Geelong council charge a small fee if you wish to throw away your mattress. This fee covers pulling the mattress apart and recycling about 90% of the mattress parts. The foam and padding gets converted into carpet underlay, steel springs are melted down and the wood is converted into wood chips for particle board. The Geelong’s Council website states: The average mattress consists of two kilograms of wood, 12.5 kilograms of steel and 1.5 kilograms of foam. Who knew?
2. Hard Rubbish Collection
Geelong council is trialling collecting hard rubbish for free (once a year) as long as it doesn’t exceed 3 metres in length x 1 metre in height which is a tiny amount. If you have larger amounts then its best to book in one of our bins and we will cart the rubbish for you. Be careful though they do have restrictions on what they will pick up.
3. Weight – Watch Out!
Our trucks are weight restricted and the main culprits are cement, roofing tiles and carpets. If you wish to throw these out we’ll talk about this first so you’re clear on costs and bin size. Roofing tiles and cement may incur another recycling fee. Carpets are normally very heavy and may require a couple of bins.
4. Metal
Most metal items are recycled and when we drop a load off at the landfill a large magnet swoops over the rubbish and loads a huge bin that gets sent to the metal recyclers.
5. Waste In Geelong
Recycling in Geelong is being overhauled and reviewed by the council to best manage our local requirements. As part of the rubbish collection service around Geelong we are keen to find out how we can help recycle more into the future.