Coat Hangers (metal)
Metal coat hangers cannot be recycled in your yellow lid bin as they interfere and get caught in the machinery at the sorting facility.
Before you throw it out
Dispose of directly.
How/where to dispose of it
Metal coat hangers can be recycled at Council’s recycling and waste depots.
Alternatively dispose of into your red lid bin.
Will it cost anything to get rid of?
No.
What happens to it after we receive it?
Metal can be recycled back into metal indefinitely.
Metal goes to the metal recyclers, located across Australia.
Contents of the red lid bin go straight to landfill.
Last updated on 20 September 2024