Each local government area may have slight variations in what types of steel cans they collect. See the table below for general information about the different types of household steel cans that are readily recyclable.

For exact details of what types of steel cans you can put in your council recycling bin check out our Council Search function.

Product	Description	Recycled form	How to tell whether it is recyclable	How to prepare it for recycling
Food cans	Any cans made from steel tinplate containing food such as fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.	Recycled into more steel cans and other steel products. The tin inside the cans is also re-used	A fridge magnet will stick to it	Rinse cans, place lid inside and squash to prevent injury to those collecting and sorting.
Cooking Oil Cans	Cooking oil cans such as four litre olive oil cans	As above	As above	Remove plastic lids, completely drain contents and puncture bottom of can.
Paint Cans	Any paint can	As above	As above	Brush any leftover paint into newspaper and allow can to dry thoroughly before recycling.
Aerosol Cans	Household aerosols such as fly spray, room deodorisers etc.	As above	As above	Remove the plastic lid from aerosols. Do not puncture or squash.
Other cans	Tennis ball cans, chocolate gift tins etc	Recycled into more steel cans and any other steel products and the tin inside the cans is re-used again	As above	Place in recycling bin.