Foam (polystyrene or styrofoam)

Polystyrene breaks up, can escape easily and become litter, ultimately ending up in our waterways and becoming a hazard for marine life.

Before you throw it out

Keep intact.

How/where to dispose of it

Polystyrene can be recycled for free at all Council's recycling and waste depots.

The type of polystyrene we are after is the clean white rigid sheets or boxes often found in electronic goods packaging. (not pellets or bean bag balls).

Please remove tape and labels where possible.

 white clean polystyrene box with lidclean white polystyrene carton

Soiled polystyrene or other foam types are to be disposed of into your red lid bin.

Will it cost anything to get rid of?

No.

What happens to it after we receive it?

  • Polystyrene is sent to our facility at West Nowra where it is shredded, heated and melted to be re-processed into pellets and new plastic products. 

See our polystyrene recycling machine in action.

  • The contents of the red lid bin go straight to landfill.
What is accepted for free at the depots.About your red lid binFoam (other)

Last updated on 20 September 2024

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