Recycling Coffee Cups includes:
Disposable coffee cups
Single-use coffee cups
Takeaway coffee cup
Liquid paperboard cups
Biodegradable coffee cups
Compostable coffee cups
412 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
0.1km
Shop 19, 2 Lee Street, Haymarket
0.4km
Shop 6/242 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
0.5km
Cnr Quay St & Ultimo Rd, (Shop 11, 37 Ultimo Road), Sydney
0.7km
414 Pitt Street, Sydney
0.8km
352 Bourke St, Surry Hills
0.9km
12 - 14 Goulburn Street (Corner Sussex Street), Sydney
1.0km
287 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
1.1km
Suite 16, Ultimo
1.1km
59 Oxford Street, Paddington
1.2km
465 Kent Street, Sydney
1.5km
57 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
1.5km
64 Clarence Street, Sydney
2.2km
110 Anzac Parade & Goodwood Street, Kensington
2.8km
131 Anzac Parade & Todman Avenue, Kensington
3.0km
198 Parramatta Road (Corner Pyrmont Bridge Road), Annandale
3.1km
5 Cumberland Street, The Rocks
3.2km
22 Stanmore Road (Corner Fotheringham Street), Enmore
3.8km
178-184 Victoria Road (Corner Moodie Street), Rozelle
4.5km
128 Barker Street, Randwick
4.7km
227 Marrickville Road, Marrickville
5.4km
25 Parramatta Road, Haberfield
6.0km
271A Victoria Road, Drummoyne
6.7km
Pacific Square Shopping Centre, 737 Anzac Pde, Maroubra Junction
6.8km
755 Anzac Parade, Maroubra Junction
6.8km
132 Liverpool Road, Ashfield
7.2km
28 Princes Highway, Arncliffe
7.4km
670 New Canterbury Road (Corner Melford Street), Hurlstone Park
7.5km
231-235 Great North Road, Five Dock
7.5km
45 Spit Road, Mosman
7.8km
1 Meagher Avenue (Corner Malabar Road), Maroubra
8.2km
162A Spit Road, Mosman
8.3km
515 Bunnerong Road, Matraville
8.5km
Shop 1 92 Hampden Road, Artarmon
8.8km
477 Pacific Highway, Artarmon
8.9km
45 Georges River Road, Croydon Park
8.9km
293 West Botany Street (Cnr Bestic Street), Rockdale
9.0km
Cnr Parramatta & Shaftsbury Rds, Burwood
9.3km
95 Burwood Road, Burwood
9.7km
99 Railway Street (Corner Frederick Street), Rockdale
9.9km
334-340 Georges River Road, Croydon Park
10.0km
Westfield Shopping Centre; Cnr Anderson, Albert & Spring Streets, Sydney
10.2km
474 Forest Road, Bexley
10.5km
14 The Boulevarde, Strathfield
10.6km
611-615 Forest Road (Corner Mimosa Street), Bexley
11.3km
Corner Pacific Highway & Boundary Street, Roseville
11.3km
197-215 Condamine St, Balgowlah
11.6km
792-794 Canterbury Road Chapel Street, Belmore
11.9km
13 Halifax St, Macquarie Park
12.3km
575-585 Liverpool Road, Strathfield South
12.3km
110-112 The Corso, Manly
12.4km
238 Pacific Highway, Lindfield
12.5km
439 Princes Highway (Corner Massey Street), Allawah
13.3km
222 King Georges Road (Corner Canarys Road), Lakemba
13.5km
400 Lane Cove Road, North Ryde
13.5km
494 Pacific Hwy, Killara
13.5km
476 Rocky Point Road & Sandringham Street, Sans Souci
13.5km
919 Victoria Road (Corner Hermitage Road), West Ryde
13.6km
326-328 Blaxland Road, Ryde
13.6km
Novotel Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Olympic Park
13.6km
822 King Georges Road & Joffre St, South Hurstville
13.8km
Cnr Condamine St & Pittwater Rd. Dock E and E1 access via ramp off Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale
14.3km
161 Penshurst Road (Corner Hannans Road), Narwee
14.4km
612 Forest Road, Penshurst
14.5km
Cnr Herring & Waterloo Rds, North Ryde
14.6km
28 Dale Street, Brookvale
14.8km
301-305 Hume Highway & Boronia Road, Greenacre
15.4km
30 Bonds Road (Corner Romilly Street), Riverwood
15.6km
180 Stacey & Stanley Streets, Bankstown
16.0km
940 Pittwater Road & Hawkesbury Avenue, Dee Why
17.1km
122 Old Town Centre Plaza, Bankstown
17.1km
246 Beecroft & Carlingford Roads, Epping
17.4km
Lot 1, 519 Hume Highway, Yagoona
17.4km
123 Parraweena Road, Taren Point
17.6km
159 Mona Vale Road (Corner Putarri Avenue), St Ives
17.7km
13 Parramatta Road, Clyde
18.0km
295 Canterbury Road & Mavis Street, Revesby
18.1km
1408 Pacific Highway (Corner Duff Street), Turramurra
18.6km
367 The Kingsway (Corner Willarong Road), Caringbah
18.6km
243 Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford
18.9km
51-53 Kingsway (Corner Gosport Street), Cronulla
18.9km
192-198 The Kingsway, Woolooware
19.1km
102 Milperra Road, Revesby
19.1km
154-160 Parramatta Road & Corner Bold Street, Granville
19.3km
48 Surrey Avenue, Georges Hall
19.7km
81 Victoria Road & Macarthur Street, Parramatta
19.8km
272-278 Woodville Road, Guildford
19.9km
542 Princes Highway, Kirrawee
20.2km
529-531 Princes Highway & Bath Road, Kirrawee
20.2km
110 Gymea Bay Road, Gymea
20.3km
1579 Pacific Highway (Corner Redleaf Avenue), Wahroonga
20.3km
1234 Pittwater Road, Narrabeen
20.3km
262 Church Street, Parramatta
20.5km
340 North Rocks Road, North Rocks
20.9km
693 Old Princes Highway, Sutherland
21.1km
552 Pennant Hills Road, West Pennant Hills
21.2km
295-297 Merrylands Road (Corner Windsor Street), Merrylands
21.3km
1497 Pittwater Road & Gondola Street, Narrabeen
21.5km
56 Windsor Road & Northmead Avenue, Northmead
22.2km
44 Hume Highway & Knight Street, Lansvale South
22.4km
137 Windsor Road, Northmead
22.6km
Corner Allison Crescent & Menai Road, Menai
22.7km
217 Wentworth Avenue (Corner Bungaree Road), Pendle Hill
24.9km
234 Hamilton Road, Fairfield West
25.0km
24 Barrenjoey Road (Corner Darley Street East), Mona Vale
25.1km
255 -257 Old Northern Road, Castle Hill
25.3km
102 Heathcote Road, Moorebank
25.4km
320 Polding Street, Fairfield
26.5km
601 Great Western Hwy, Greystanes
26.5km
3 Metella Road, Toongabbie
26.6km
217-219 Seven Hills Road, Baulkham Hills
26.8km
95 Elizabeth Drive, Liverpool
27.2km
464 Cabramatta Road West, Mount Pritchard
27.3km
307-311 Barrenjoey Road (Corner Seaview Avenue), Newport
27.5km
151 Prospect Hwy & Corner Station Road, Seven Hills
27.7km
485 - 487 Smithfield Road, Prairiewood
28.2km
124 Hoxton Park Road, Lurnea
28.5km
176 Fowler Street, Guildford
28.6km
352 Elizabeth Drive, Mount Pritchard
28.8km
56 Leabons Lane (Corner Blacktown Road), Blacktown East
29.0km
140 Edensor & Bibbys Roads, Bonnyrigg
29.1km
965-969 Pacific Highway (Corner Waratah Road), Berowra
29.4km
354 Corner Flushcombe Road, Blacktown
30.0km
54 - 56 Windsor Road, Kellyville
30.2km
180 Reservoir Road, Arndell Park
30.4km
10 Main Street, Blacktown
30.7km
2355 Camden Valley Way (Corner Beech Road), Casula
31.0km
62 Walters Road, Blacktown
31.4km
615-621 Cowpasture Road, Edensor Park
31.6km
187 Wilson Road, Green Valley
31.6km
363 Vardys Road, Kings Park
31.8km
Gate A, Ferrers Road, Eastern Creek
32.6km
175 Richmond Road, Blacktown
32.7km
1950 Camden Valley Way, Edmondson Park
33.3km
4 Lancaster Street, Ingleburn
33.5km
83 Lalor Road & Quakers Hill Parkway, Quakers Hill
33.5km
72 Cumberland Road, Ingleburn
33.8km
110 Eastern Road, Bungarribee
34.7km
815 Great Western Highway, Minchinbury
34.8km
1 Dublin Street, Glendenning
36.0km
Corner Evans & 108 Rooty Hill Roads, Rooty Hill
36.5km
Lot 1 Ben Lomond Road, Minto
36.8km
1042 Great Western Highway, Minchinbury
36.9km
291 Rooty Hill Road North, Plumpton
37.0km
Lot 6 Luxford Road, Mount Druitt
37.8km
Cnr Hyatts & Jersey Roads, Plumpton
37.9km
795 Luxford Road (Corner Buckwell Drive), Hassall Grove
38.2km
861 Richmond Road, Marsden Park
38.3km
Shop 173 Corner Carlisle Avenue & Luxford Road, Mt Druitt
38.5km
3/2133 Great Western Highway (Cnr John Hines Ave), Minchinbury
38.8km
49 Garfield Road East, Riverstone
39.4km
4 Endeavour & Bennett Roads, St Clair
39.9km
Shop 1, 135-137 Popondetta Road, Emerton
40.0km
104 Great Western Highway & Bennett Road, Colyton
40.2km
7 Raby Road, Leppington
40.4km
96 Queen & Broughton Streets, Campbelltown
41.1km
71 Blaxland Road, Campbelltown
41.6km
271 Queen Street, Campbelltown
41.9km
Corner Mamre Road & Wilson Street, St Marys
42.0km
Corner Forrester Road & Christie Street, St Marys
42.6km
200 Gilchrist Drive, Campbelltown
43.4km
577 Great Western Hwy, Werrington
43.7km
67 Woodhouse Drive, Ambarvale
43.8km
Corner Appin Road & Kellerman Drive, St Helens Park
44.5km
83 Rawson Road, Woy Woy
44.9km
Lot 122 Dunheved Road, Werrington
45.7km
142 Windsor Road (Corner Mulgrave Road), McGraths Hill
45.7km
127 Great Western Highway (Corner Morley Avenue), Kingswood
46.6km
15-19 Aspen Street, Penrith South
47.5km
12 Hawkesbury Valley Way, Windsor
47.6km
735 George Street, Bligh Park
47.8km
30 Henry Street, Penrith
48.8km
2 Birmingham Road, South Penrith
48.9km
28 - 30 Avoca Drive, Kincumber
49.2km
390 Avoca Drive (Gosford), Green Point
49.3km
31 Goodhugh Street, East Maitland
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New South Wales
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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.