On the subject of recycling bins I have gained the impression from several discussions that these are not used as much as they might be due to some anxiety about precisely what can and cannot be put in them.
The information is in the BCC web-site [url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE::pc=PC_2231]here[/url] or in a simplfied format
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