Free drop off year-round

You can drop these items off for free at our resource recovery centres.
Item Geelong Resource Recovery Centre Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre
Paint
(Paint up to 100L and paint tins)
Yes Yes
Scrap metal
(Lawn mowers, bikes, white goods, etc)
Yes Yes
TVs and small electrical appliances Yes Yes
Fluorescent lights Yes No
Large rigid plastic items (for example: Outdoor furniture) Yes Yes

Computers (Including accessories and equipment)

Yes Yes
Batteries (Car and household) Yes Yes
BBQ gas cylinders (Up to 9 kilograms) Yes Yes
Polystyrene packaging Yes No
Hot water services Yes Yes
Sorted recycling - glass, metal and paper/cardboard (Up to 0.5 cubic metres) Yes Yes
Sorted recycling - plastics (Up to 0.5 cubic metres)  No  Yes
Cardboard and paper (Up to 0.5 cubic metres, must be clean and flattened) Yes Yes
Motor oil but not the container it is in (Maximum of 30 litres in any one transaction. Take your empty container home and place in your red lid kerbside rubbish bin) Yes Yes
Cooking oil and the container it is in (maximum of 30 litres in any one transaction - needs to be supplied in containers of up to a maximum of 5 litres) Yes Yes




Page last updated: Tuesday, 27 August 2024

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