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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about our commercial waste management and recycling services.

KS Environmental offers Melbourne businesses a wide range of waste and recycling services including: food organics, paper/cardboard, commingled recycling (paper, plastic, glass and metals), e-waste, printer toners, batteries and fluorescent globes. We can also offer bulk collections for many other waste streams including timber, green waste, polystyrene etc.

We offer a diverse range of equipment designed to suit your business needs. Bins offered include wheelie bins, hook lift bins, front lift bins and cages and compactors. We can also custom make equipment onsite.

We have in-house engineering that can create a custom size bin for you.

We have a secure customer portal that you can login to and access your services, request a pickup online, view your bookings including weights and download of invoices.

We provide a wide range of sizes. Contact us today to find out more.

Contamination is essentially any item found in a recycling bin that shouldn't be there. For example general waste in any type of recycling bin. Contaminating a recycling load can result in the whole load being rejected at the recycling facility.

KS Environmental does not offer commercial collections for soft plastics.

Metropolitan Melbourne.

No, we only service commercial or industrial customers in the Melbourne metro area.

Yes, we have an after hour message service that is checked by driver team leaders overnight and actioned by operations staff first thing in the morning.

Yes, nearly all our bins have the option of being lockable.

Yes, we have drivers working on the weekends, however our office staff work only Monday to Friday.

We offer a bin washing service, contact your Account Manager or email us to find out more.

Contact us as soon as you can and we will swap your bin out for a clean bin.

Contact us as soon as you can and we will swap your bin out for a new bin.

After the KS Environmental trucks tip your bins the recyclables are taken to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) where mechanical and manual sorting processes separate materials. From here materials are compacted/baled/packaged and transported to remanufacturers.

Acceptable Items

  • Aluminium/steel cans
  • Glass bottles
  • Plastic bottles
  • Paper/cardboard
  • Plastic tubs, jars and bottles with codes 1, 2 and 5

Not Acceptable

  • Food
  • Plastic bags
  • Cling wrap
  • Crockery
  • Soft plastic (e.g. confectionery wrappers/chip packets)
  • Polystyrene
  • Waxed cardboard
  • General waste

Acceptable Items

  • Fruit & vegetables
  • Plate scrapings
  • Rice & pasta
  • Breads & cake
  • Coffee grounds
  • Flowers
  • Eggs/egg shells

Not Acceptable

  • Plastics
  • Alfoil
  • Straws
  • Food handler gloves
  • Glass
  • Cooking oil
  • Metals
  • Chux cloths
  • Paper towels/serviettes
  • General waste

Disposing of items that are not part of the applicable waste stream into the bins will cause contamination and may mean the whole load is rejected at the MRF (and will be diverted to landfill).

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