Which Bin Should You Use?
Which Bin has an A-Z directory of common household items that assists you in knowing what item goes in ‘Which Bin’ and how to divert resources from landfill, transforming them into reusable and recyclable materials.
FOGO (food organics and garden organics) bin - green lid
It is grows; it goes! For compostable materials, including fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, garden clippings, shredded paper, pet waste, paper towels, pizza boxes and tissues.
Use a kitchen caddy system to collect food scraps and other compostable materials before placing them into your FOGO bin.
Council supplies every resident with a kitchen organics basket and an annual supply of 150 compostable (corn starch) bin liners for the collection of food scraps.
Liners and packaging must be Australian certified compostable to Industrial Composting Standards (AS4736) displayed with a seedling logo, or Home Compostable (AS5810). If in doubt, do not put it in the FOGO bin.
Recycling bin - yellow lid
For recyclable materials, including paper, cardboard, rigid plastic containers & bottles, cans, tins, aluminium foil, glass bottles, and milk and juice containers.
City of Prospect residents can now drop off hard-to-recycle items including globes, batteries, eyeglasses, and fluorescent tubes at our library. Just ask our friendly staff to direct you to the relevant receptacle.
How should I dispose of lids?
Waste to landfill bin - red lid
Your waste to landfill bin is for general household rubbish that cannot go in the recycling and organics bins, like soft plastics, polystyrene, and nappies.
What happens to the resources and waste materials once collected?
East Waste collects the recyclables from households (yellow bin) and delivers them to CAWRA’ Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) for sorting and processing into different commodity streams. Watch the video on how it works.
East Waste collects the food and garden organics and delivers them to Jeffries composting facility where they are processed and turned into compost. Compost and mulch help to create healthy soils. Watch the video on how it works.
Waste to landfill is transported by East Waste to Integrated Waste Services transfer station in Wingfield. It is then compacted and transported to IWS’s Northern Balefill landfill at Dublin, where it is deposited in to sealed cells with the landfill.
Landfilled material is compacted to maximise space and is covered with soil on a regular basis to minimise litter and pest issues. Methane is extracted from the cells and is used to power the self-sufficient extraction system.