The Australian Government is committed to sustainable procurement and buying goods and services which use recycled content.
Browse these categories to find examples of recycled content products commercially available in Australia. The list includes what recycled content is used in making these products.
The commercial availability of listed products varies across Australia. Products may be unavailable in some locations.
Contact us at sustainable.procurement@dcceew.gov.au to suggest additional products made with recycled content.
Using recycled content in services
Catherine Caldwell, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water provides an example of how to use recycled content in services.
We can play our part by buying goods that are made with recycled materials. But I also just want to say that this isn’t confined just to goods. There are opportunities to also apply this to services where goods are consumed in the delivery of that service. So I think probably an obvious example is cleaning services. So that’s where we can stipulate that packaging of the products is using recycled packaging, and that also we can look to incorporate goods such as paper hand towels and toilet paper that are recycled.
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Building construction and maintenance
- Aluminium profiles (recycled aluminium)
- Blast protective concrete (tyres)
- Chipboard (timber)
- Cladding (timber)
- Concrete (plastic, glass, aggregates)
- Dampcourse (plastic)
- Door and window seals (tyres)
- Earthworks (site-won materials)
- Insulation batts (glass)
- Masonry (crushed bricks)
- Plasterboard (reclaimed plasterboard)
- Portable buildings (plastic & metal)
- Rectangular hollow profiles (plastic, timber)
- Plastic profiles (plastic)
- Skylights (plastic)
- Slip sheets (plastic)
- Stair treads (timber)
- Steel reinforcement (metal)
- Structural timber (timber)
- Wall panels (glass, paper, plastic)
- Boardwalks and decking (plastic, timber)
- Bollards (plastic, timber)
- Fence posts, rails & pickets (plastic, timber)
- Fitness trails (plastic)
- Gravel pavement (aggregates)
- Noise barriers (plastic, tyres, aggregates)
- Ramps & stairs (plastic, timber)
- Retaining walls (plastic, timber, tyres, aggregates)
- Screening (plastic, timber)
- Spill bunding (tyres)
- Wheelchair ramps (tyres)
- Acoustic panels (plastic)
- Carpet underlay (underlay)
- Floor coverings & carpet (plastic)
- Flooring (timber)
- Gym flooring (tyres)
- Modular tiles (plastic)
- Furniture
- (plastic, timber)
- Partitions (plastic, timber)
- Wall coverings (plastic)
- Mounting blocks (plastic)
- Bedding sand (glass)
- Cable covers (plastic)
- Copper pipe (copper)
- Drainage aggregate (aggregates)
- Metal cabling (metal)
- Service pits (plastic)
- Water pipes (plastic)
Transport
- Asphalt (coffee cups, glass, plastic, tyres, reclaimed asphalt and aggregates, inkjet cartridges)
- Bedding sand (glass)
- Bike lane delineators (plastic and coffee cups)
- Gravel pavement (aggregates)
- Concrete (glass, aggregates)
- Crushed concrete (concrete)
- Kerb guard (tyres)
- Kerbing (tyres)
- Mini wheel stops (plastic)
- Noise barriers (plastic, tyres, aggregates)
- Road basecourse (reclaimed asphalt and aggregates)
- Road reflectors (plastic)
- Road stabilisation (in-situ pavement)
- Select fill (aggregates)
- Guardrail (metal)
- Street furniture (plastic)
- Subgrade (reclaimed asphalt)
- Traffic control devices (tyres, plastic)
- Traffic signs (metal)
- Transport shelters (plastic, aggregates)
- Water pipes (plastic)
- Wheel stops (plastic, coffee cups)
- Marine products (tyres)
- Rail crossings (tyres)
- Railway sleepers (plastic)
- Vehicle Parts (Plastic, Metals, Tyres)
Office material
- Bags (plastic)
- Bins (plastic, paper)
- Hand sanitiser station (plastic)
- Toilet paper (paper)
- Acoustic panels (plastic)
- Desk trays (plastic)
- Floor cable covers (tyres)
- Furniture (plastic, timber)
- Partitions (plastic)
- Printing cartridges (inkjet cartridges)
- Aluminium foil (aluminium)
- Bowls (plastic, metal)
- Cups (paper)
- Glassware (glass)
- Plastic casings (plastic)
- Brochures and fliers (paper)
- Coasters (plastic)
- Lanyard clips (plastic)
- Merchandise (paper, plastic)
- Trophies (plastic)
- Paper stationery (paper)
- Pens (inkjet cartridge toner, plastic)
- Printing paper (paper)
- Batteries (lithium)
- Computer equipment (paper, inkjet cartridges)
- Keyboards (plastic)
- Electronics (metal)
- Mobile phones (plastic, aluminium)
- TV and monitor screens (glass)
Landscaping
- Bollards (plastic, timber)
- Decking (plastic)
- Erosion control mat (tyres)
- Fencing (plastic, timber)
- Garden products (plastic, timber)
- Outdoor furniture (plastic, timber)
- Pedestrian bridges (plastic, timber)
- Playground equipment (metal, plastic)
- Porous turf paving blocks (plastic)
- Retaining walls (plastic, timber, tyres, aggregate)
- Screening (plastic, timber)
- Shade sails (plastic, metal)
- Synthetic turf surface (tyres)
- Water pipes (plastic)
Agriculture
- Agricultural film (plastic)
- Fencing (plastic, timber)
- Marine products (tyres)
- Water pipes (plastic)
Packaging
- Boxes (cardboard)
- Packaging (plastic, paper)
- Pallets (plastic, timber)
Clothing
- Jackets and activewear (plastic)
- Uniforms (clothing, plastic)