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Glass recycling

Recycling in Ballarat changed in 2019 and our recycling company is unable to take glass to recycle. To keep recycling glass, we have a local contractor who can recycle glass for us.To recycle your glass, you will need to keep glass out of the yellow-lidded kerbside recycling bins and take your glass recycling to a Pass on Glass site in Ballarat.Please remove the lids and, if possible, labels off all glass bottles and jars before taking them to a ...

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Recycling partners

We would like to thank our Pass on Glass partners: Alfred Square Coltman Plaza Stockland Wendouree Miners Rest General Store “We at Alfred Square understand the value of recycling and are excited to jump on board with the Pass on Glass initiative through providing an alternative and convenient recycling option for the community. Being a central location in the heart of Ballarat, we understand the importance of providing...

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What can I recycle?

We want to get our contamination rate of recycling bins down to zero and reduce how much waste is going to landfill.

Ballarat Waste and Recycling app

The free Ballarat Waste and Recycling app puts local waste and recycling information right at your fingertips.

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Using the app

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Download the Ballarat Waste app: using your smartphone via the Apple App Store or Google Play

You can then:

Set your address
Set a time for your kerbside bin reminder
Review your calendar for kerbside collections including household waste, green waste and mixed recycling
Find recycling drop off locations nearby
Review the A-Z of waste to discover what items go in each bin
Access Ballarat Transfer Station's opening hours, fees and a list of what can be taken to the Transfer Station for free.

You can also log a missed or damaged bin, receive news and alerts, and discover more information.

Contact us

We are committed to ongoing improvements, If you experience any issues with the app please:

Email: info@ballarat.vic.gov.au and reference the Ballarat Waste app
Call: City of Ballarat Customer Service on 5320 5500

Why has Australia had a recycling crisis

Why has Australia had a recycling crisis?

For many years, much of Victoria's recycling material, including glass, has been collected, bailed up and shipped overseas for processing. This is no longer an option. Australia is now competing with other countries to access smaller and shrinking markets – particularly for glass. The need to find a sustainable new approach to recycling became more urgent after the collapse of SKM which collected recyclables for more than 30 Vic...

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Don’t dump your DIY junk

Don’t put DIY project waste in your yellow recycling bin. Contamination in our recycling bins is usually around 16% but is now at 20% to 25%, with a lot of this including DIY project waste.

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Ballarat Soft Plastics Collection Pilot Program

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Expanding the recycled water network in Ballarat

The City of Ballarat has welcomed the announcement that the Victorian Government will provide $1 million towards expanding Ballarat’s recycled water network. The Victorian Government announced the upgrade as part of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning’s (DELWP) Integrated Water Management Fund. The project will upgrade capacity of the Class A recycled water plant at the Ballarat North Water Reclamation Plant ...

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Ballarat embraces soft plastics recycling

More than 2,700 households are already diverting ‘scrunchable’ soft plastics from landfill, and recycling them, after the recent launch of the City of Ballarat’s new kerbside collection pilot program.The 12-month kerbside soft plastics pilot enables residents to recycle their soft plastics in a City of Ballarat-supplied orange bag that can now be placed in residents’ yellow-lid recycling bin.The soft plastics that residents recycle will be includ...

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Changes to Bin Collection in Ballarat are coming

Waste collection in Victoria is changing.