Is there anything Reverse Garbage Queensland does NOT take?
Unfortunately there are a number of things we cannot take including those items listed on the Department of Environment and Science regulated waste list as well as the following:
Plastics
If we can't reuse your plastics we recommend visiting Planet Ark to see what can be recycled
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- Disc boxes
- Homemade cassette and videotapes
- Used plastic and paper shopping bags
- Containers that have contained food or chemicals
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Metals
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Paper, Card & Stationery
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- Ring binders and suspension files
- Used cardboard boxes (such as fruit boxes)
- Gossip, trashy or sleazy magazines
- Used greeting cards
- Old office stationery (such as pamphlets, leaflets, fact sheets and letterheads)
- Shredded paper
- Toilet roll centres and other domestic packaging including used xmas paper and used paper bags
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Timber
Did you know you can donate some of your building material waste to the Demolition Yard?
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- Fibro
- MDF and chipboard
- Treated timber (unless treated with boron gas)
- Very dirty, dusty, rotted or eaten timbers or timber that requires much de-nailing
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Electrical
Did you know you can donate your electrical waste to Substation 33?
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- Photocopiers and fax machines
- Large household electrical appliances (such as stoves and microwaves, fridges, clothes dryers and washing machines)
- Small household electrical appliances (such as toasters, irons, coffee makers and hair dryers)
- Stereos and cassette tape players (unless vintage)
- Answering machines, TVs, VHS and DVD players
- Old light fittings (unless vintage or arty)
- Incandescent light bulbs
- Electrical goods (such as computers, printers, monitors and scanners)
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Fabric & Textiles
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- Used hats, bags, clothing and footwear
- Used sheets, doona covers, towels and pillows
- Small unusable fabric scraps or fabric that is mouldy or smelling of moth balls (naphthalene)
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Rubber & Foam
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- Stuffed toys (unless donated new)
- Polystyrene packaging (the moulded shapes that fit around items)
- Packing peanuts made from organic material
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Household Items
Did you know you can donate your larger household items to The Salvos?
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- Kitchenware (such as crockery, saucepans and plastic containers)
- Beds and mattresses
- Large items of furniture (such as lounge suites)
- Broken or damaged furniture (unless very vintage and repairable)
- Misc household cables and electrical fittings
- Misc household bric a brac and junk (mobile phones, used toys, gizmos etc)
- Bicycles
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Other
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- Pianos
- Large office desks
- Paint, varnish etc that has been opened (or is past its use by date)
- Venetian blinds (unless wooden), second-hand curtains and holland blinds
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Please contact us before you drop anything around. Your local op shop, tip shop or recycler may accept some things that we cannot.