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IMPORTANT UPDATE: 15 January 2025

The Community Recycling Centre is currently experiencing a higher than usual number of visitors. As a result, staff at the centre may only accept a limited number of items from visitors to ensure safety for staff and visitors to the centre. Please hold off on non-urgent drop-offs or consider dropping off your items at neighbouring recycling centres which can be found via the EPA website. 

Additionally, Council has an upcoming e-waste drop-off event on Saturday, 22 February 2025 at Cintra Park Carpark, Concord. For more information, please visit the dedicated event page.

Commercial paint collection: please be advised that due to capacity limitations, CRC staff may limit acceptance of paint from commercial operators. Please visit the Paintback website for other locations. 

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.


Community Recycling Centre

At the Community Recycling Centre (CRC) you can drive through and drop off household problem waste that cannot go in your kerbside bins. This is a free service with no bookings or appointments required. The CRC is a drive-through facility. For the safety of staff and members of the public, we are unable to accept customer walk-ins. 

Before visiting the CRC

  • Separate your items, including oil and water-based paints.
  • Remove items from their packaging.
  • Remove batteries from battery-operated items.
  • Tape over both ends of batteries.

Safety tips

When entering the CRC, lower your window, follow staff members’ instructions on where to stop and unload. Turn off your engine before unloading.

Avoid placing items on the floor. Wearing gloves while handling items is recommended.

Quantities

Only household quantities accepted. Maximum container size of 20kg or 20L per item. 

Paint

Please note: businesses are not eligible to use Community Recycling Centres and should contact a waste disposal service directly for their commercial waste, with the exception of paint disposal. Up to 100L of paint in 20L containers can be dropped off by residents or businesses at our centre, as we are a Paintback site

Location and opening hours

The City of Canada Bay Community Recycling Centre for problem household waste is located at 15-17 Regatta Road, Five Dock, adjacent to the Council depot entrance. The opening hours are:

  • Tuesday to Friday: 8am–3pm
  • Saturday: 7am–4pm
  • Closed on public holidays

 

Aerial shot of Community Recycling Centre

For more information call the City of Canada Bay on 9911 6555 or visit the NSW EPA's Community Recycling Centre website.

This project was supported by the NSW Environmental Trust as part of the NSW EPA’s Waste Less, Recycle More initiative funded from the waste levy.

Items accepted

You can drop off the following problem wastes for free:

  • Oil and water-based paint
  • Motor, cooking and other oils
  • Car and household batteries
  • Gas bottles
  • Fluoro globes and tubes
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Smoke detectors
  • Limited quantities of flattened cardboard (subject to storage capacity)

Please note, only household quantities of problem waste and up to 100L of total paint containers (in 20L containers) will be accepted and maximum individual container size of 20L or 20kg. Please transport your materials carefully. Dangerous goods and items other than those listed will not be accepted.

National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme:

Televisions, computers and their associated items including personal and laptop computers, tablets, notebooks, palmtops, computer monitors and parts (including hard drives and CD drives, printers, scanners, faxes, keyboards, mice, web cameras, USBs and computer cables) are now being accepted at the centre, subject to available storage capacity. For more information about this National Scheme, please visit the Australian Government webpage.

Items not accepted

The Community Recycling Centre only accepts the items above. Other household chemicals such as solvents, poisons and pool chemicals are not accepted. These materials are accepted at the Annual Household Chemical Cleanout event, held in October each year. Household Chemical Cleanout events are run by the EPA throughout the year and your closest location can be found here.

The Centre does not accept general household items, furniture or household electronic waste (items outside of the scope of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme, such as but not limited to kitchen appliances, hair dryers, fans, vacuums, heaters, electric shavers, wearable devices, and garden appliances). Residents of the City of Canada Bay can book a Homecycle collection for small electrical home and garden appliances. Visit our Item Lookup to find out how to manage these materials.

Embedded battery items, including vapes, are also not accepted at this CRC. The NSW EPA are trialling a collection of these items at selected CRCs across NSW. For more information on the embedded battery trial, please visit the NSW EPA website.   

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