Community Recycling Centres
Your local Community Recycling Centre offers a FREE and EASY solution to safely dispose of your household problem waste items.
You may be surprised to know that many common products you use in your home, car, garage and shed can be hazardous to other people and the environment. Because of this, they can’t go into your kerbside or farm bins.
Many of these materials can be reused and recycled when they are processed correctly.
What is Household Problem Waste?
You may be surprised to know that many common products you use in your home, car, garage and shed can be hazardous to other people and the environment. Because of this, they can’t go into your kerbside or farm bins.
These include:
- Fluro globes & tubes
- Household batteries
- Car batteries
- Motor oils
- Other oils
- Paint
- Smoke detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Gas bottles
You can dispose of these items for free at a Community Recycling Centre (CRC). Please note: Only household quantities of these materials are accepted. As a guide, this is a maximum container of 20 litres or 20 kilograms for each waste type.
Never bin a battery
With the increase of electronic items containing embedded batteries, there has been an increase in reported battery-related fires which occur in garbage and recycling trucks, recycling centres and landfills.
Batteries, both loose (AA, AAA, button batteries) and Embedded Batteries (such as cordless electronic devices, smart watches and vapes) must never be placed in any at home kerbside bin.
Batteries need to be disposed of correctly at CRCs or in-store locations (such as supermarkets and hardware stores).
This project is an initiative of the NSW Environment Protection Authority under the NSW Government’s Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy, and is funded from the waste levy.
