Recycling Coffee Cups includes:
Disposable coffee cups
Single-use coffee cups
Takeaway coffee cup
Liquid paperboard cups
Biodegradable coffee cups
Compostable coffee cups
1497 Pittwater Road & Gondola Street, Narrabeen
2.3km
1234 Pittwater Road, Narrabeen
2.4km
940 Pittwater Road & Hawkesbury Avenue, Dee Why
4.3km
24 Barrenjoey Road (Corner Darley Street East), Mona Vale
5.2km
28 Dale Street, Brookvale
5.5km
Cnr Condamine St & Pittwater Rd. Dock E and E1 access via ramp off Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale
6.1km
307-311 Barrenjoey Road (Corner Seaview Avenue), Newport
7.6km
197-215 Condamine St, Balgowlah
8.9km
110-112 The Corso, Manly
9.4km
159 Mona Vale Road (Corner Putarri Avenue), St Ives
11.0km
162A Spit Road, Mosman
11.9km
Corner Pacific Highway & Boundary Street, Roseville
12.0km
238 Pacific Highway, Lindfield
12.0km
494 Pacific Hwy, Killara
12.2km
Westfield Shopping Centre; Cnr Anderson, Albert & Spring Streets, Sydney
12.3km
45 Spit Road, Mosman
12.5km
Shop 1 92 Hampden Road, Artarmon
13.4km
1408 Pacific Highway (Corner Duff Street), Turramurra
13.8km
477 Pacific Highway, Artarmon
14.0km
1579 Pacific Highway (Corner Redleaf Avenue), Wahroonga
14.5km
965-969 Pacific Highway (Corner Waratah Road), Berowra
15.1km
400 Lane Cove Road, North Ryde
15.5km
13 Halifax St, Macquarie Park
15.6km
Cnr Herring & Waterloo Rds, North Ryde
16.0km
5 Cumberland Street, The Rocks
17.1km
64 Clarence Street, Sydney
18.1km
271A Victoria Road, Drummoyne
18.6km
326-328 Blaxland Road, Ryde
18.8km
465 Kent Street, Sydney
18.8km
246 Beecroft & Carlingford Roads, Epping
18.9km
287 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
19.1km
178-184 Victoria Road (Corner Moodie Street), Rozelle
19.2km
12 - 14 Goulburn Street (Corner Sussex Street), Sydney
19.3km
414 Pitt Street, Sydney
19.4km
59 Oxford Street, Paddington
19.5km
352 Bourke St, Surry Hills
19.6km
Shop 6/242 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
19.6km
Cnr Quay St & Ultimo Rd, (Shop 11, 37 Ultimo Road), Sydney
19.7km
919 Victoria Road (Corner Hermitage Road), West Ryde
19.7km
Shop 19, 2 Lee Street, Haymarket
20.0km
Suite 16, Ultimo
20.1km
412 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
20.1km
57 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
20.3km
552 Pennant Hills Road, West Pennant Hills
20.9km
198 Parramatta Road (Corner Pyrmont Bridge Road), Annandale
21.4km
231-235 Great North Road, Five Dock
21.4km
110 Anzac Parade & Goodwood Street, Kensington
22.0km
131 Anzac Parade & Todman Avenue, Kensington
22.4km
243 Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford
22.4km
22 Stanmore Road (Corner Fotheringham Street), Enmore
22.8km
25 Parramatta Road, Haberfield
22.8km
Cnr Parramatta & Shaftsbury Rds, Burwood
23.0km
340 North Rocks Road, North Rocks
23.3km
128 Barker Street, Randwick
23.3km
132 Liverpool Road, Ashfield
23.7km
95 Burwood Road, Burwood
23.9km
Novotel Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Olympic Park
24.2km
14 The Boulevarde, Strathfield
24.2km
227 Marrickville Road, Marrickville
24.4km
83 Rawson Road, Woy Woy
24.8km
45 Georges River Road, Croydon Park
25.0km
255 -257 Old Northern Road, Castle Hill
25.1km
670 New Canterbury Road (Corner Melford Street), Hurlstone Park
25.1km
Pacific Square Shopping Centre, 737 Anzac Pde, Maroubra Junction
25.5km
755 Anzac Parade, Maroubra Junction
25.6km
334-340 Georges River Road, Croydon Park
26.0km
81 Victoria Road & Macarthur Street, Parramatta
26.2km
1 Meagher Avenue (Corner Malabar Road), Maroubra
26.5km
137 Windsor Road, Northmead
26.6km
575-585 Liverpool Road, Strathfield South
26.7km
13 Parramatta Road, Clyde
26.8km
28 Princes Highway, Arncliffe
27.0km
56 Windsor Road & Northmead Avenue, Northmead
27.0km
262 Church Street, Parramatta
27.3km
154-160 Parramatta Road & Corner Bold Street, Granville
27.6km
515 Bunnerong Road, Matraville
27.6km
293 West Botany Street (Cnr Bestic Street), Rockdale
28.7km
217-219 Seven Hills Road, Baulkham Hills
29.0km
28 - 30 Avoca Drive, Kincumber
29.1km
390 Avoca Drive (Gosford), Green Point
29.2km
792-794 Canterbury Road Chapel Street, Belmore
29.2km
54 - 56 Windsor Road, Kellyville
29.3km
99 Railway Street (Corner Frederick Street), Rockdale
29.5km
272-278 Woodville Road, Guildford
29.6km
474 Forest Road, Bexley
29.8km
295-297 Merrylands Road (Corner Windsor Street), Merrylands
29.9km
301-305 Hume Highway & Boronia Road, Greenacre
30.2km
611-615 Forest Road (Corner Mimosa Street), Bexley
30.5km
222 King Georges Road (Corner Canarys Road), Lakemba
30.6km
217 Wentworth Avenue (Corner Bungaree Road), Pendle Hill
30.8km
151 Prospect Hwy & Corner Station Road, Seven Hills
31.2km
3 Metella Road, Toongabbie
31.3km
180 Stacey & Stanley Streets, Bankstown
31.6km
Lot 1, 519 Hume Highway, Yagoona
31.8km
161 Penshurst Road (Corner Hannans Road), Narwee
32.0km
122 Old Town Centre Plaza, Bankstown
32.2km
55 Central Coast Highway, Gosford West
32.3km
Dock 1, 620 Terrigal Drive, Erina
32.7km
214 The Entrance Road, Erina
32.8km
612 Forest Road, Penshurst
32.9km
601 Great Western Hwy, Greystanes
32.9km
439 Princes Highway (Corner Massey Street), Allawah
32.9km
176 Fowler Street, Guildford
33.1km
822 King Georges Road & Joffre St, South Hurstville
33.1km
30 Bonds Road (Corner Romilly Street), Riverwood
33.2km
56 Leabons Lane (Corner Blacktown Road), Blacktown East
33.4km
476 Rocky Point Road & Sandringham Street, Sans Souci
33.4km
48 Surrey Avenue, Georges Hall
34.0km
295 Canterbury Road & Mavis Street, Revesby
34.1km
363 Vardys Road, Kings Park
34.1km
10 Main Street, Blacktown
34.4km
44 Hume Highway & Knight Street, Lansvale South
34.7km
83 Lalor Road & Quakers Hill Parkway, Quakers Hill
34.7km
102 Milperra Road, Revesby
34.7km
354 Corner Flushcombe Road, Blacktown
34.9km
175 Richmond Road, Blacktown
35.6km
62 Walters Road, Blacktown
35.7km
234 Hamilton Road, Fairfield West
35.7km
180 Reservoir Road, Arndell Park
36.0km
320 Polding Street, Fairfield
36.2km
911 Pacific Highway, Lisarow
37.5km
123 Parraweena Road, Taren Point
37.6km
49 Garfield Road East, Riverstone
38.1km
1 Dublin Street, Glendenning
38.3km
485 - 487 Smithfield Road, Prairiewood
38.4km
367 The Kingsway (Corner Willarong Road), Caringbah
38.7km
110 Eastern Road, Bungarribee
38.8km
51-53 Kingsway (Corner Gosport Street), Cronulla
39.1km
464 Cabramatta Road West, Mount Pritchard
39.1km
192-198 The Kingsway, Woolooware
39.2km
Gate A, Ferrers Road, Eastern Creek
39.2km
861 Richmond Road, Marsden Park
39.6km
102 Heathcote Road, Moorebank
39.7km
542 Princes Highway, Kirrawee
39.7km
529-531 Princes Highway & Bath Road, Kirrawee
39.8km
140 Edensor & Bibbys Roads, Bonnyrigg
40.0km
110 Gymea Bay Road, Gymea
40.0km
815 Great Western Highway, Minchinbury
40.0km
95 Elizabeth Drive, Liverpool
40.1km
291 Rooty Hill Road North, Plumpton
40.3km
693 Old Princes Highway, Sutherland
40.4km
795 Luxford Road (Corner Buckwell Drive), Hassall Grove
40.5km
Corner Evans & 108 Rooty Hill Roads, Rooty Hill
40.5km
352 Elizabeth Drive, Mount Pritchard
40.7km
Cnr Hyatts & Jersey Roads, Plumpton
40.7km
Corner Allison Crescent & Menai Road, Menai
41.1km
124 Hoxton Park Road, Lurnea
41.7km
Lot 6 Luxford Road, Mount Druitt
41.8km
1042 Great Western Highway, Minchinbury
41.8km
142 Windsor Road (Corner Mulgrave Road), McGraths Hill
42.0km
615-621 Cowpasture Road, Edensor Park
42.1km
Shop 173 Corner Carlisle Avenue & Luxford Road, Mt Druitt
42.5km
Shop 1, 135-137 Popondetta Road, Emerton
43.0km
187 Wilson Road, Green Valley
43.4km
475 The Entrance Road, Long Jetty
43.4km
3/2133 Great Western Highway (Cnr John Hines Ave), Minchinbury
43.6km
12 Hawkesbury Valley Way, Windsor
44.2km
104 Great Western Highway & Bennett Road, Colyton
44.9km
2355 Camden Valley Way (Corner Beech Road), Casula
45.1km
184-186 The Entrance Rd & Gosford Ave, Long Jetty
45.2km
4 Endeavour & Bennett Roads, St Clair
45.6km
735 George Street, Bligh Park
45.9km
Corner Forrester Road & Christie Street, St Marys
46.1km
1950 Camden Valley Way, Edmondson Park
46.9km
Corner Mamre Road & Wilson Street, St Marys
46.9km
577 Great Western Hwy, Werrington
48.1km
4 Lancaster Street, Ingleburn
48.5km
72 Cumberland Road, Ingleburn
49.2km
Lot 122 Dunheved Road, Werrington
49.2km
31 Goodhugh Street, East Maitland
Provides a pick service for paper, phonebooks and cardboard. Reasonable rates, no contracts, Bins & Frames ideal for areas with limited space. Invoice monthly.
New South Wales
Level 8/11 York St, Sydney NSW 2000, Sydney
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New South Wales
Coffee cups should not be put in your recycling bin at home or work. They can, however, be taken to a designated recycling point.
Simply Cups has partnered with 7-Eleven and various shopping centres, schools, and community groups to provide the public with more than 1,500 recycling drop-off locations for disposable coffee cups, including compostable cups. Use the directory on this page to find a location near you.
Simply Cups also accepts other paper cups including takeaway soft drink cups, milkshake cups, Slurpee cups, compostable cups and plant-based paper cups. Coffee cup lids and drinking straws are only accepted at participating 7-Eleven stores.
Image credit: Simply Cups.
Australians use 1.8 billion single-use, hot beverage cups every year, with many being littered. When they are sent to landfill, the cardboard fibre of the cup releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Recycling coffee cups:
Prevents harmful greenhouse gases from being released into the atmosphere
Ensures the materials are used again in new products and applications
Simply Cups recycles used coffee cups into a new raw material that can be used to make asphalt, light-weight concrete and low-carbon building materials.
Image credit: Simply Cups.
Recycling is a great way to prevent waste from going to landfill but reducing the number of disposable cups you use will have an even better environmental impact. Australians can reduce their coffee cup waste by using a reusable coffee cup or simply drinking the coffee from crockery.
You can also choose to buy coffee from cafes that are making an effort to reduce their environmental impact by searching Responsible Cafes. The cafes are given ratings based on their positive environmental actions such as composting coffee grounds and using ethically sourced coffee beans.
Coffee cups cannot be recycled via household recycling bins. However, there is a specialised recycling program for disposable coffee cups with drop-off points located around Australia. Use the directory on this page to find a location near you.
Plastic takeaway cups used for iced coffee can be recycled via your household recycling bin in most council areas in Australia. Check directly with your council to be sure.
Coffee cup lids should not be put in your recycling bin at home. They can, however, be recycled by dropping them off at one of the many recycling collection points located around Australia. Use the directory on this page to find a location near you.
No – compostable coffee cups cannot be recycled via household recycling bins. They can, however, be dropped off for recycling at one of the many recycling points around Australia. Use the directory on this page to find one near you.
Under the right circumstances, compostable cups can be composted. If you have a compost at home, make sure the cup is certified home compostable to the Australian standard before you put it in your compost. Look for the Home Compostable AS 5810 logo on the cup. If the cup features the Compostable AS 4736 logo, that means the cup can only be composted using industrial equipment and should not be put in your home compost.
If you have a FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin, check with your council to see if they accept compostable packaging including compostable coffee cups. If they do, you should still check the cup has either the compostable (industrial) or home compostable logos.
If you do not have access to a compost, composting service or recycling point, compostable coffee cups should be put in the garbage bin.
No – biodegradable coffee cups cannot be recycled via household recycling bins.
If you have a FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin, check with your council to see if they accept biodegradable packaging, like BioCups, in these bins.
No – BioCup coffee cups cannot be recycled via household recycling bins.
If you have a FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin, check with your council to see if they accept biodegradable packaging, like BioCups, in these bins.
Yes – most councils in Australia accept clear plastic takeaway drink cups in household recycling bins. Visit your council’s page on Recycling Near You for more information on what your council accepts via your recycling bin.
If you’re ever confused about what you can place in your household recycling bin, you can contact your local council for more information.
No – Styrofoam or polystyrene containers and packaging should never be put in household recycling bins. While polystyrene can technically be recycled, it requires special technology and infrastructure. Polystyrene should be put in your garbage bin.
It is estimated that Australians use and throw away 2.7 million coffee cups every day! When they are sent to landfill, the cardboard fibre of the cup releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Recycling disposable coffee cups at designated collection points will ensure the resources used to make the cup and the lid are used again. This prevents the extraction of new resources from the earth and, in turn, reduces greenhouse gas emissions.