Your Local Recycling Guide

Learn the right way to recycle with Recycle Mate – your local recycling guide!

Take the guesswork out of recycling by searching over 30,000 everyday items to get clear disposal instructions and navigate our community map to find the closest recycling hubs and safe waste drop‑off locations—all designed to help you recycle smarter and reduce waste.

How to search for an item
Search bar: Enter the item name in the search bar below, and Recycle Mate will tell you if it’s suitable for your bin or requires alternative disposal.
Drop off locations: If it can’t go in any bin, Recycle Mate will suggest nearby drop-off points for recycling or safe disposal. Just click the buttons on the map to see details.

Watch the Video to Learn How Recycle Mate Works

Frequently asked questions

Recycle Mate App

Recycle Mate App is free to download and use!

The Recycle Mate App has extra features where you can snap a photo of an item to find out your best disposal option.

  • Using the Recycle Mate App photo feature, make sure the item is the only object in the frame.
  • If your photo doesn’t provide a direct match for your item, switch to typing the item into the search function for the best result.

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How can I register a local community recycling drop off location with Recycle Mate?

If you are a local organisation or business with a registered recycling scheme or community drop-off location and want to be part of Recycle Mate, email help@recyclemate.com.au.

How do I contact Recycle Mate for help?

If you would like to contact Recycle Mate for help or to provide feedback, please email help@recyclemate.com.au

How is Recycle Mate different to other recycling apps?

1. Recycle Mate covers all areas of Australia. We have catalogued the different bin systems for all local government areas across Australia and geolocated over 40,000 away from home reuse and recycling options. Recycle Mate moves with you so you can use it whether at home, when staying with friends and family or when renting a holiday home.

2. Recycle Mate is driven by what the community wants to know. Every time an item is checked or a question is asked, the feedback is used to grow the search engine. As more organisations and local councils get involved, Recycle Mate continually improves and shares that information back to the community. Every time an item is checked using through the Artificial Intelligence (AI), the AI model becomes more robust and dynamic for all users.

3. Recycle Mate is Australia’s most comprehensive recycling app. Most council A-Z recycling guides cover between 50-300 items, the Recycle Mate database includes over 5,000 items. The item database is continually growing through user feedback and updated weekly so it always provides the most up-to-date waste and recycling information.

How do I find out more information on Recycle Mate?

Recycle Mate is an initiative of the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) with funding support from the Australian Government’s Environment Restoration Fund program and the NSW Government’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Waste Less Recycle More initiative. Adaptation Environmental Support is the program delivery partner.

The opportunity for Queensland Local Governments to work with Recycle Mate was made possible with the support of the Queensland Government.

To find out more and to access resources and demonstration videos visit Recycle Mate’s website here.