Waste & Resource Recovery Facilities
There are a number of nearby waste and resource recovery facilities available to help Wollondilly residents and businesses dispose of household items like tyres, scrap metal, garden organics and electronic waste. Please keep in mind that facilities accept different types of items and certain services may charge a fee.
Bowral Waste Centre
8 Kiama Street, Bowral
Accepted items:
- Dry waste
- Garden organics
- Concrete, brick and tiles
- Scrap metal
- Mattresses
- Tyres
- Polystyrene
- Asbestos
Cleanaway Kemps Creek
1725 Elizabeth Drive, Kemps Creek
Accepted items:
- Dry waste
- Food waste
- Dead animals
- Garden organics
- Concrete, brick and tiles
- Scrap metal
- Mattresses
- Tyres
- Paper and cardboard
- Electronics
- Motor oil
- Polystyrene
- Recyclables
- White goods
- Bagged asbestos dust only
Remondis Picton
67 Wonga Road, Picton
Accepted items:
- Dry waste
- Food waste
- Garden organics
- Concrete, brick and tiles
- Scrap metal
- Mattresses
- Tyres
- Paper and cardboard
- Electronics
- Polystyrene
- Recyclables
Veolia Spring Farm
20 Barrow Road, Spring Farm
Accepted items:
- Dry waste
- Food waste
- Dead animals
- Garden organics
- Concrete, brick and tiles
- Scrap metal
- Gas bottles
- Mattresses
- Tyres
- Paper and cardboard
- Electronics
- Motor oil
- Polystyrene
- Recyclables
- Batteries (car & household)
Wollongong Waste & Resource Recovery Park
Lot 502 Reddalls Road, Kembla Grange
Accepted items:
- Dry waste
- Food waste
- Dead animals
- Garden organics
- Concrete, brick and tiles
- Scrap metal
- Mattresses
- Tyres
- Paper and cardboard
- Electronics
- Motor oil
- Polystyrene
- Recyclables
Benedict Recycling Smeaton Grange
52 Anderson Road, Smeaton Grange
Accepted items:
- Asphalt
- Mixed Building & Demolition Waste
- General Solid Waste Recyclable (subject to test reports supplied and approved)
- Rubble – Soil/Clay Based
- Concrete & Brick
- VENM (Certified)
- ENM (subject to test reports supplied and approved)
- Untreated Timber
- Vegetation
- Gyprock
- Non-recyclable Waste (Polystyrene, plastics, insulation, foam packaging, carpet/underlay, vegetation, astro turf, kopper logs, MDF, glass, horsehair plaster, heavy clay with rubbish)
- Cardboard
cOMMUNITY RECYCLING CENTREs
Community Recycling Centres make it easy for residents to safely dispose of household problem waste, such as paint, oils, batteries and gas bottles. Although there isn’t a centre located in Wollondilly, there are nearby facilities available.
What items are accepted at Community Recycling Centres
- Paint
- Gas bottles
- Fire extinguishers
- Flourescent globes
- Motor oil
- Other oils
- Household batteries
- Car batteries
- Aerosols
- Smoke detectors
What items aren't accepted at Community Recycling Centres?
- Pool chemicals
- Garden chemicals
- Household chemicals
- Fuels
- Poisons
WHAT HAPPENS TO ITEMS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN DROPPED OFF?
- Paints are mixed with other waste solvents and used as an alternative to fuel in cement kilns. The metal containers are recycled.
- Lead acid batteries are sent to recyclers where the lead, acid and plastic are recovered and recycled.
- Fluorescent tubes and globes contain mercury. Recyclers crush the tubes to separate the phosphor powder from the glass. They feed the powder through receiving containers, where it is filtered to capture fugitive mercury emissions. The mercury is then separated by distillation and sold for a range of industrial uses. The metals are also recycled.
- Gas bottles have residual gas captured for reuse. Undamaged bottles are retested, restamped and entered into the hire industry. Damaged bottles are punctured and recycled as scrap metal.
- Used oils are processed to become a lubricant or used for waste to energy.
Wollondilly Shire Council acknowledges the Dharawal and Gundungurra peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land, honouring their enduring cultural and spiritual connection to Country and recognising their ongoing contribution to the Shire.
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