Aluminium Foil
Some 'foil like' products such as chip packs and medicine blister packs contain plastic and/or other mixed materials and must be disposed of into your red lid bin.
Before you throw it out
Clean foil only. Collect and squash to the minimum size of a tennis ball.
How/where to dispose of it
Recycle via the yellow lid bin.
Will it cost anything to get rid of?
No.
What happens to it after we receive it?
Aluminium can be recycled into aluminium indefinitely.
Aluminium goes to the aluminium recyclers, located both in Australia and overseas.
About your yellow lid bin
Last updated on 27 September 2024