| Type of material |
How to Dispose |
| Aerosol cans (empty) |
Place in your Yellow Recycling Bin. (Remove the plastic nozzel and discard in the red lid garbage bin) |
| Asbestos |
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)(see Asbestos) |
| Batteries (car) |
Household Chemical CleanOut
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)(Car batteries/extinguishers - accepted free) |
| Batteries (household) |
Battery World |
| Batteries (rechargeable) |
Battery World |
| Bricks and pavers |
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)
Kurnell Landfill Company - Captain Cook Drive, Kurnell - Phone (02) 9668 8539 |
| Building materials |
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)
Kurnell Landfill Company - Captain Cook Drive, Kurnell - Phone (02) 9668 8539
See also: Plasterboard and gyprock |
| Cardboard & Paper (excess) |
VISY Recycling
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA) |
| CDs/floppy disks/ DVDs/tapes/videos |
Planet Ark - Recycling Near You |
| Chemicals |
Council runs regular "Chemical Clean Out" events to collect Acids, alkalis, poisons, fuels, household cleaners, hobby chemicals, pesticides, herbicides etc.
|
| Coat hangers |
Cannot be recycled as they catch on moving conveyor belts - Re-use or charity shops. |
| Comingled recyclables and cardboard (includ. aluminium cans) |
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA) |
| Computer & IT equipment |
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)
Planet Ark - Recycling Near You
|
| Corks |
The Body Shop - Westfield Miranda
Girl Guides
Ikea Homebush |
| Fire extinguisher |
Household Chemical CleanOut
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)(Car batteries/extinguishers - accepted free)
|
| Flares |
Local Police/ Maritime Authority (Sutherland Service Centre) - Phone (02) 9545 4422 |
| Fluorescent bulbs |
Household Chemical CleanOut
Community centres - local centres listed Sharps Disposal
Sutherland Shire Council Administration Building |
| Fluorescent tubes |
Household Chemical CleanOut |
Fridge (working second fridge only) and Upright Freezers
(if built before 1996 and 200L or more in size) |
Fridge Buy Back |
| Fridge |
Kurnell Landfill - 330 Captain Cook Drive Kurnell Phone: (02) 9668 8539- FREE RECYCLING |
| Furniture |
Local charity shops |
| Gas bottles |
Household Chemical CleanOut
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (Charge applies) |
| Glasses (sight and reading) |
Any OPSM, Laubman & Pank or Budget Eyewear stores
Planet Ark - Recycling Near You
Australian Lion Foundations |
| Insulation material |
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)(Charges may apply - call beforehand and bag appropriately) |
| Mattresses |
Please note there are no on call collection services for mattresses that have not been placed out for the council twice yearly cleanup |
| Medicines (expired or unwanted) |
Return Unwanted Medicines |
| Milk crates |
Dairy Farmers Retrieval Hotline - 1800 883 534 (NSW) |
| Mobile phones |
Mobile Muster
Battery World |
| Motor oil (sump oil) |
Household Chemical CleanOut
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (up to 20 litres per visit for free) |
| Paint |
Household Chemical CleanOut
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (charges apply according to container size, not the amount of paint contained)
Note: If paint tin is completely empty and dry place in the yellow lid recycling bin |
| Plasterboard and gyprock |
ReGyp ( located in the Kurnell Landfill - Captain Cook Drive, Kurnell) |
| Plastic bags |
Major food retailers (Coles/Franklins/Woolworths/Flemings) |
| Polystyrene |
IS Recycling Pty Ltd - 4 Jumal Place, Smithfield - Phone (02) 97562974 |
| Printer cartridges |
Australia Post |
| Sawdust (bagged) |
Red lid rubbish bin - Note: double bag to prevent dust in staff's eyes |
| Sharps (diabetic needles) |
See Sharps Disposal |
| Shopping trolleys |
Call Trolley Tractors on 1800 641 497 or call the nearest retailer for collection of abandoned trolleys |
| Smoke alarms |
Household Chemical CleanOut
|
| Tyres |
Take back to tyre centres
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)(accepts 5 tyres per day - may charge) |
| Whitegoods |
Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA)(free if separated from other waste) |
| X-rays |
Sutherland Hospital: X-Ray/Medical Imaging Centre - The Kingsway, Caringbah - Phone (02) 9540 7644 |