Your waste and recycling guide

Best option for disposal:

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

Otherwise:

Air conditioners 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:

Broken: Air fryers 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:

Working: If the air fryer is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling it through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Broken: All amplifiers 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:

Working: If the amplifier is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling it through an online marketplace.

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Audio equipment is e-waste and should be dropped off at your local resource and recovery centre. This is a free service.

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

Otherwise:

Working: If the equipment is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling it through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Batteries 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:

Batteries can be dropped off for free at:

• ALDI, IGA and Woolworths stores accept household batteries. Many independent supermarkets do as well, but check first. 
• Any of our Customer Services Centres or the Lara Library accept household batteries.
• Bunnings stores accept household batteries, as well as larger batteries from power tools.

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Battery operated toys are classified as e-waste and cannot be placed in any kerbside collection bins. They 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:

Working: If the toys are still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept them or try selling through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Drop off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

Blenders, including stick blenders, are e-waste. In Victoria it is against the law to place e-waste in kerbside collection bins.

Otherwise:

Working: If the air fryer is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling it through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Bread Makers 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Cameras 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:

Working: If the camera is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling it through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Cassette players 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. 

Best option for disposal:

CD players 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Christmas fairy lights 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 bins. 

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:

Broken: Coffee machines 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:

Working: If the air fryer is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling it through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Computer equipment including laptop computers, printers and scanners 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:

Best option for disposal:

Desk phones 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. 

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:

DVD players 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. 

Best option for disposal:

E cigarettes (vapes) must not be placed in any of your kerbside bins.

It is against the law to place e-waste in kerbside bins in Victoria.

If the battery can be removed safely it can be taken to one of many local battery drop off points.

Hold onto both vapes that cannot have the battery removed as well as vapes that have had it removed. Check back on this page soon for updates on what to do with them. 

Otherwise:

You can receive email updates on how to safely dispose of vapes, as well as other recycling tips by subscribing to Rethink Your Rubbish. 

Best option for disposal:

E-waste is any unwanted electrical or electronic product which connects to a power plug or requires a battery. 

It is against the law in Victoria to place e-waste in any kerbside bin.

E-waste can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres. 

Otherwise:

Many residents can have large e-waste items picked up directly from their residence as part of the hard waste collection service. 

Small e-waste items can be placed in the Recycling Station located in the foyer of Wurriki Nyal Civic Precinct in central Geelong. 

Best option for disposal:

Electric blankets 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Electric fans 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:

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Electric frying pans 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:

Working: If the electric frying pan is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it, or try selling or donating it through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Electric heaters 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Electric razors 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Electric toothbrushes 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Electric toy trains 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Electrical wire and cables 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Emergency beacons must be disabled before disposal.

Check the beacon manufacturer’s instructions for disablement and disposal and follow instructions. Make sure you update your registration details.  

Otherwise:

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Food processors 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:

Working: If the food processor is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling or donating it through an online marketplace. 

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:

Gaming consoles 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Hairdryers 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Hand food mixers 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Headphones 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:

If your headphones are a phone accessory, they can also be dropped off for free at Officeworks stores. 

Small e-waste items, including small headphones, can be dropped off for free at the Wurriki Nyal Civic Precinct recycling station. 

Best option for disposal:

Ice cream makers are classified as e-waste and cannot be placed in any kerbside collection bins.

Otherwise:

They 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Kettles are classified as e-waste and cannot be placed in any kerbside collection bins.

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

Best option for disposal:

Keys made of metal only can be disposed of for free in the metal bin at Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres. 

Otherwise:

Best option for disposal:

Lamps 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:

Air conditioners 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:

Laundry irons 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Lawn mowers 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. 

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:

Mobile phones are classified as e-waste and cannot be placed in any kerbside collection bins.

All Woolworths supermarkets have mobile phone recycling bins. 

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

Otherwise:

If you are unable to use Woolworth's recycling service there are many other businesses and community centres that accept phones for recycling. Check MobileMuster for your nearest drop off outlet.

It is good practice to factory reset your phone in the settings and remove the sim card to protect your information.

Best option for disposal:

Modems 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. 

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:

Otherwise:

If you are unable to use Woolworth's recycling service, there are many other businesses and community centres that accept phones for recycling.

Check MobileMuster for your nearest drop off outlet.

You can also drop Power Banks at one of our two Resource Recovery Centres at 100 Douro Street North Geelong, or Becks Road Drysdale. 

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Printers 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:

Working: If your printer is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling it through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Radios 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. 

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:

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

Otherwise:

Working: If the rice cooker is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling or giving away through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

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

Otherwise:

Sandwich presses 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:

Scanners are classified as e-waste and 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:

Scanners 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:

Broken: Sewing machines 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:

Working: If the sewing machine is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling or donating through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Slow cookers 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:

Working: If the slow cooker is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling or give away through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

Otherwise:

Larger quantities of solar panels must be disposed of through a commercial recycler. 

Best option for disposal:

Steam mops 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. 

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:

Televisions 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. 

Best option for disposal:

Toasters 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:

Toasters 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:

Power tools 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.

Other tools that are made of mostly metal can be disposed of for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres in the metal recycling bin. 

Otherwise:

You may be able to have your tool repaired through the business you purchased it from, or a specialist repairer. 

Best option for disposal:

Treadmills and other large pieces of exercise equipment that plug into an electrical outlet 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:

Best option for disposal:

Broken: Vacuum cleaners 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:

Working: If the vacuum cleaner is still in good condition, contact your local op shop and ask whether they will accept it or try selling or giving away through an online marketplace. 

Best option for disposal:

VHS video players are classified as e-waste and cannot be placed in any kerbside collection bins.

Otherwise:

They can be dropped off for free at the Drysdale or Geelong Resource Recovery Centres.

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.