Recycling or disposing of large or unusual items

 Business_Recyling

 

If you're a business looking to recycle, then take advantage of this new website by Planet Ark to connect you with recyclers in your area. http://businessrecycling.com.au/

batteries

  BATTERY RECYCLING
Waverley residents are welcome to drop off small batteries such as those used in cameras, torches, toys, tools and appliances at our Customer Service Centre at 55 Spring Street, Bondi Junction.
PHONE 9369 8080
    FLUORESCENT LIGHT GLOBES & TUBES
Recycle your old light globes and tubes at Chemical CheanOut. CleanOut events are mobile and you can attend one in any area. 
 Mattress recycling  

MATTRESS RECYCLING
Call our Resource Recovery Hotline on 9369 8080 to organise a FREE Your Call collection. Each Waverley household is entitled to two FREE Your Call Collections
of household items each calendar year, plus a FREE scheduled clean up collection.
There is a limit of 2 mattresses per collection and the mattresses will be collected
for recycling 24 hours after our clean up crew has visited the property. If a
property hasused the two FREE collections during a calendar year and additional collections are required, then a set fee of $55.00 per collection is payable. Credit
card payments may be made over the phone when contacting our Resource Recovery Hotline.

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RETURN AND DISPOSAL OF UNWANTED MEDICINES
Unwanted and out of date medicines can be returned to participating pharmacies.
PHONE 1300 650 835
WEB www.returnmed.com.au

Bower  

THE BOWER REUSE & REPAIR CENTRE COOPERATIVE LTD
The Bower Reuse Referral Service provides Waverley Council residents with information on a range of enterprises and organisations who may want your unwanted items. The Bower also collects, resells and sometimes repairs goods diverted from the municipal waste stream. Contact The Bower if you would like your good quality reusable items collected direct from your home.
PHONE 9568 6280
WEB www.bower.org.au

 

Cartridges_for_Planet_Ark

   

CARTRIDGES FOR PLANET ARK
You can recycle empty ink cartridges at the Customer Service Centre at 55 Spring St Bondi Junction, or at other participating retailers.
PHONE 1300 733 712
WEB http://cartridges.planetark.org/

 

Clean Out

   

CHEMICAL CLEAN OUT
Household chemicals, fluorescent light globes, pesticides and poisons can be taken to free Chemical Clean Out collection days.
PHONE 131 555
WEB www.cleanout.com.au

E-Waste  

E-WASTE
Council holds free electronic waste recycling drop-off days in June and November each year. Bring your computers, hard drives, monitors, televisions and even toasters to be recycled. The next E-Waste drop off day will be Sunday 24 November 2013. Click here for more information.
PHONE 9369 8080

Mobile_Muster   MOBILE MUSTER
Old mobiles and their batteries can be dropped off at various phone retail outlets.
PHONE 1300 730 070
WEB www.mobilemuster.com.au
PlanetArk  

 

PLANET ARK
Find information on how to recycle a huge range of products in your local area, from old photographs to cooking oil.
PHONE 1300 733 712
WEB www.recyclingnearyou.com.au

 

Reverse_Garbage   REVERSE GARBAGE
Industrial and commercial off-cuts are collected for reuse in art projects and for education purposes.
PHONE 9569 3132
WEB www.reversegarbage.org.au

 

Fridge-buyback

 

FRIDGE BUYBACK
You can receive a $35 rebate and free fridge pick up by disposing of your second fridge through Fridge Buyback.
Watch this video on how Fridge Buyback works.

   


Running a second fridge or freezer costs you an extra $300 a year and generates greenhouse gases. Arrange a free pick up through Fridge Buyback and earn $35 instead! Applies only to working second fridges and upright freezers that are 200L or more in size and built before 1996.Further conditions may apply.

PHONE: 1800 708 401
WEB: http://www.fridgebuyback.com.au

 

Picture of people riding bikes in Bondi

 

BICYCLE RECYCLING
Donate old bicycles or bicycle parts to various community organisations.

WEB http://www.bicyclerecycling.com/15.html

SIMS_Metal_Management   SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT
Scrap metal such as pipes and plumbing fixtures can be dropped off at St Peters to be recycled into new products.
PHONE 9516 2244
WEB http://simsmm.com/au/
VISY   VISY RECYCLING
Paper, cardboard and recyclable containers can be taken to various VISY recycling drop-off locations.
PHONE 1300 368 479
WEB www.visy.com.au
WSN_Environmental_Solutions  

WSN ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
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tems including building materials, tyres, gas cylinders and paint can be dropped off at WSN facilities.
PHONE 1300 651 116
WEB www.wasteservice.nsw.gov.au

WSN_Environmental_Solutions   OZ RECYCLE
Oz Recycle is a community site where you can give away unwanted items or find new ones for free.
Reuse is even better for the environment than recycling, so visit Oz Recycle to get rid of clutter or to make someone else's trash your treasure!
 WEB http://www.ozrecycle.com/