Your waste and recycling guide

Best option for disposal:

Clothes dryers are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

Otherwise:

Clothes dryers are one of the household waste items residents are able to have picked up from their property.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page. 

Best option for disposal:

Dishwashers are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

Otherwise:

Dishwashers are one of the household waste items residents may be able to have picked up from their property.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page.

Best option for disposal:

Freezers are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

Otherwise:

Freezers are one of the household waste items residents may be able to have picked up from their property.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page.

Best option for disposal:

Large household appliances like fridges and freezers, washing machines, clothes dryers and dishwashers and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

It is against the law in Victoria to put e-waste in your kerbside bin. 

Otherwise:

Residents may be eligible to have bulky household waste items picked up from their property as part of their rates payment.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page.

Best option for disposal:

Microwave ovens are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

It is against the law in Victoria to put e-waste in your kerbside bin. 

Otherwise:

Residents may be eligible to have bulky household waste items picked up from their property as part of their rates payment.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page.

Best option for disposal:

Ovens are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

It is against the law in Victoria to put e-waste in your kerbside bin. 

Otherwise:

Residents may be eligible to have bulky household waste items picked up from their property as part of their rates payment.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page.

Best option for disposal:

Refrigerators are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

Otherwise:

Refrigerators are one of the household waste items residents may be able to have picked up from their property.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page.

Best option for disposal:

Stoves are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

It is against the law in Victoria to put e-waste in your kerbside bin. 

Otherwise:

Alternatively, many residents are now able to have unwanted bulky household items picked up from their property.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page.

Best option for disposal:

If the timber has been grown in your garden and you know for sure it has had no chemical treatments it can be placed in small pieces in your green lid garden organics bin.

Do not place large or heavy pieces in your bin, otherwise it may not be emptied. 

Otherwise:

Any timber that has been treated should be placed in your red lid garbage bin in small pieces. Do not place large or heavy pieces in your bin, otherwise it may not be emptied. Alternatively, treated wood can dropped off for a fee at Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre.

Any timber purchased for building purposes may have been treated with some sort of chemical, even if it says it is 'natural' or 'untreated'. Help us keep or green waste facility healthy by leaving any timber of this type out of your green bin. 

Best option for disposal:

Washing machines are classified as e-waste and can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

Otherwise:

Alternatively, residents may be eligible to have unwanted bulky household items picked up from their property.

For more details on booking and what items can be included visit the hard waste page.