Drop off household items for recycling

• Including blankets (no doonas), sheets, towels, handbags, shoes, hats and working, good quality toys.
• All items must be clean and in great condition for second-hand sale.
• Only drop off items you would give to a friend.
• No carpets, rugs, curtains, doonas, pillows, underwear, socks, jewellery, accessories, board games, broken or unclean toys.

Electrical items and batteries

If your item has a plug, a power cord or a battery we can recycle it.

• household appliances: vacuum cleaners, microwaves, toasters, mixers, blenders, kettles, heaters, coffee machines, irons, pedestal fans
• entertainment and home office equipment: televisions, laptops, computers, computer accessories such as keyboards, printers, photocopiers, fax machines, scanners, servers, projectors, stereos, gaming consoles, DVD players, DVDs, CDs, VHS, cassettes, video recorders
• phones: mobiles and landlines
• cords, chargers and headphones
• power tools: drills, circular saws, power boards, electric lawnmowers, electric trimmers, electric leaf blowers. No gas or petrol powered items
• vapes and e-cigarettes: make sure they're empty of any liquid
• batteries (no car batteries).

Don’t forget to delete your data before dropping your device off. The recycling process doesn't include data wiping.

Light bulbs, including energy saving or fluorescent globes/tubes

Wrap them in newspaper and bring them in a bag or box so they don’t break.

• Polystyrene/styrofoam from furniture or delivery packaging. We also accept polystyrene food containers, or food grade polystyrene, provided it’s clean. Remove all tape and glue and bring smaller pieces in a box or bag. No polystyrene peanuts, bean bag filling or foam wrap.
• Soft plastics, including clean plastic packaging, films and wraps – bring them tied up in a plastic bag. A soft plastic is a plastic that can be easily scrunched into a ball, like bread bags or chocolate wrappers. No foam wrapping, plastic strapping or food residue.
• Large cardboard – bring it flattened.
• X-ray, MRI and CT scans/films – take them out of envelopes. Paper scans and envelopes can go in your yellow lid recycling bin at home.

Household gas cylinders

Including nitrogen, SodaStream and LPG bottles.

Paint – water and oil-based

We can’t accept any paint at this next Recycle It Saturday. If you have paint to recycle, hold on to it for now. We hope to accept paint again at our drop-off events later in the year.

Commercial, business or construction waste

Hazardous waste like chemicals and pesticides

These items can be recycled at a Household Chemical CleanOut event.

Car batteries, smoke alarms, fire extinguishers

These items can be recycled at a Household Chemical CleanOut event.

Whitegoods, mattresses, furniture

These items can be collected in our free weekly pick-up service.