Recycle e-waste
Book an e-waste pick-up or drop it off at one of our quarterly recycling drop-off days or recycling stations.
Project Status: When you need to do this
All City of Sydney residents who need to dispose of old and unwanted electronic and electrical equipment can visit a nearby recycling station, drop off items to our quarterly recycling event or book a pick-up.
Almost all types of old and unwanted electronic and electrical equipment can be recycled. If it has a plug, power cord or battery we can recycle it free or dispose of it safely for you.
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Recycle your batteries, mobile phones and light bulbs at our recycling stations
Drop off old household batteries, all types of mobile phones (including chargers, headphones and accessories), and light bulbs to one of our recycling stations, located at our customer service centres and libraries.
What you can’t drop-off to a recycling station: No big batteries, like car batteries. No large lamps or fluorescent tubes.
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Book a power pick-up with RecycleSmart
If your electronic items are small enough to fit into a reusable shopping bag, you can book a power pick-up with RecycleSmart.
Download the free RecycleSmart app onto your phone or visit the RecycleSmart website. Fill a RecycleSmart bag or your own with non-bin items and book a power pick-up. For just $2 a bag, the RecycleSmart team will come to your doorstep and ensure your items are properly recycled.
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Recycle your e-waste free at our new Recycle It Saturday drop-off event
Drop off some of your old and unwanted household items at our quarterly recycling event, Recycle It Saturday.
Recycle It Saturday will be held quarterly at Alexandria Canal Depot, 67C Bourke Road, Alexandria NSW.
What else you can bring to Recycle It Saturday: You can recycle e-waste plus other items like clothing, polystyrene, batteries, light bulbs, paint, gas bottles, soft plastics, large cardboard and printed x-rays. -
Book a free City of Sydney pick-up
Complete our online form to make your booking – residents are entitled to free weekly pick-ups for e-waste and other large household items.
Make sure you delete your data before it’s picked up.
Before you start
Consider re-use
If your items are still in working condition, try to find a new home for your unwanted electronic goods first. You could give them away to someone who needs it. Try advertising online through Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree, Trading Post, Ebay, OzRecycle or Freecyle.
Find out more about other reuse, repair and rehoming options.
Visit Planet Ark’s Recycling Near You to find other options for recycling unwanted electronics.
Get help with household recycling
After you finish
All the e-waste collected by us is processed locally where around 95% of it is recycled. Components are stripped, then broken down into commodities and circulated back into the market for new products.
Follow the journey of e-waste from drop-off to reuse in the video below.
The journey of e-waste from drop-off to reuse
All the e-waste collected by us is processed locally where around 95% of it is recycled. Components are stripped, then broken down into commodities and circulated back into the market for new products.
Why e-waste recycling is important to us
Australians are among the highest users of electronics in the world, and e-waste is one of the fastest growing types of waste.
This isn’t only a huge waste of precious resources, but also a potential danger as the toxic metal elements found in e-waste can be damaging to the environment and to our health.
Recycling your unwanted electronics helps reduce the need to mine raw materials for new technology. The e-waste we collect is diverted from landfill and around 95% of raw materials recovered are recycled.
