Waste reduction resources

What goes in your bins?

Learn what goes in your:

• rubbish bin(PDF, 868KB)
• recycling bin(PDF, 453KB)
• FOGO bin(PDF, 304KB)

Want to know more about recycling?

• A to Z of Recyclables(PDF, 30KB)

What happens to waste?

Are you curious to know what happens to the rubbish you put into your bins? Download the following flyers:

• What happens to your rubbish?(PDF, 2MB)
• What happens to your recycling?(PDF, 3MB)
• What happens to your FOGO?(PDF, 565KB)
• What happens to your compostable packaging?(PDF, 568KB)

How to compost

Food waste comprises half of the rubbish in an average household rubbish bin. You can turn this waste into compost at home. Learn how with the free booklet Home Composting in Hobart.

We released this booklet as part of our efforts to achieve zero waste to landfill by 2030.

It provides strategies and techniques for composting food waste. Topics covered include:

• worm farms
• keeping chooks
• common composting problems
• building a no-dig garden.

Home Composting in Hobart(PDF, 3MB)

These three flyers also provide handy tips:

• Composting Tips(PDF, 720KB)
• Large Compost Piles(PDF, 635KB)
• Chickens(PDF, 761KB)

Produced by Good Life Permaculture, with illustrations by local artist Rachel Tribout.

The City now has a by-law that bans single-use plastics at takeaway food retailers.

The by-law is designed to reduce plastic litter and waste going to landfill.

The following resources help to assist the transition away from single-use plastics:

• Introduction(PDF, 156KB)
• Reusable cups and containers safety tips(PDF, 229KB)
• What happens to compostable packaging(PDF, 568KB)
• Single-Use Plastics By-Law FAQs(PDF, 964KB)

Visit the single-use plastic by-law page for further information.

We provide all the equipment needed to run a waste audit in Hobart schools.

A waste audit is a great learning tool for students. It's a practical starting point for schools looking to better understand their waste. Once an audit is complete, schools are able to make an informed plan and take action to reduce waste.

Use the kit alongside the Rethink Waste Schools Program. This includes information and instructions to run a waste audit at your school.

The program is available at the Rethink Waste website.

The equipment is available at no charge but you do need to book it and return it clean, dry and complete.

To book the equipment, contact us at coh@hobartcity.com.au.

The three regional Waste Management Groups have collaborated to produce Tasmanian-specific recycling information. It explains the business of recycling in the national and international context.

The materials include:

• Business of Recycling FAQs(PDF, 6MB)
• Recycling Commodities table(PDF, 190KB) - showing where Tasmanian recycling materials go for processing
• Non-kerbside Recycling Services table(PDF, 182KB) - listing other resource-recovery services available across Tasmania.

Rethink Waste Tasmania provides resources and links to help reduce, reuse and recycle. The goal of these are to decrease the amount of waste that ends up as landfill.