Waste signage

City of Melbourne has a range of free signage and stickers to help residents best manage their garbage, recycling, food and garden organics, and e-waste.

A box of recycling being put in a waste disposal chute

Materials to download

See below for range of posters and signs to download as PDFs and print yourself.

Item preview	Description and materials to download
Image	Garbage chute poster with words 'take recyclables to recycling area' Download PDF (2.8 MB)
Image	Garbage chute poster with words ‘take recyclables to recycling room’ Download PDF (3.3 MB)
Image	Poster or sign for above bins or garbage chute Download PDF (2.4 MB)
Image	Food and garden organics bin area wall sign (to go above the lime green lid bin) Download PDF (2.6 MB)
Image	Communal area poster, can be used on bin room door, mail room, lift notices and communal noticeboards Download PDF (774 KB)
Image	Poster for chute diverter system with recycling button on left. Suits 'elephant's foot' diverter systems Download PDF (2.1 MB)
Image	Poster for chute diverter system with recycling button on right. Suits Wastetech diverter systems Download PDF (2.1 MB)
Image	'No plastic bags' sticker for recycling bin lids or fronts Download PDF (802 KB)
Image	Recycle right sticker or poster Download PDF (1.5 KB)
Image	Recycle Right sticker or poster for building with separate cardboard bin Download PDF (1.6 MB)
Image	Sign or poster for buildings with mixed recycling (includes cardboard), in English and Mandarin Download PDF (11.9 MB)
Image	Signs or posters for buildings with separate cardboard bin, in English and Mandarin Download PDF (12.8 MB)
Image	'Remember to recycle' poster available in different languages Download PDF for each language: Chinese (PDF 2.1 MB) Korean (PDF 245 KB) Arabic (PDF 311 KB) Somali (PDF 289 KB) Spanish (PDF 2.1 MB) Tigrinya (PDF 2 MB) Vietnamese (PDF 270 KB) Japanese (PDF 2 MB) Thai (PDF 253 KB) English (PDF 252 KB)
Image	Sign or poster for cardboard bin – no polystyrene (Please note: We are no longer supplying dedicated blue cardboard bins, but will continue servicing existing bins) Download PDF (358 KB)
Image	Sign for cardboard bin – flatten cardboard (Please note: We are no longer supplying dedicated blue cardboard bins, but will continue servicing existing bins) Download PDF (2.4 MB)
Image	Charity goods sign or poster Download PDF (2.5 MB)
Image	Hard waste sign or poster Download PDF (2.4 MB)
Image	Moving out / hard waste poster in English and Chinese – for buildings with onsite building manager who arranges hard waste collection on behalf of residents. Strictly for City of Melbourne only. Download PDF (233 KB)
Image	Moving out / hard waste poster in English and Chinese – for buildings with no onsite building manager. Residents call City of Melbourne to book their own hard waste collection. Strictly for City of Melbourne only. Download PDF (944 KB)