Community Recycling Drop-off Days
These days are a great chance to clean up your shed, backyard and garden and drop-off garden waste, bulky waste, scrap metal, tyres, child car seats and electronic waste to a local collection point.
Dates and locations:
Malvern: Sunday 28 April 2024, 10am-4pm Hawkins Pit, Darfield - entry off Cullens Road, east of Bangor Road. | Ellesmere: Sunday 14 April 2024, 10am-4pm Cemetery Pit, Southbridge Leeston Road. |
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Acceptance criteria and prices:
Cash only (no EFTPOS).
Please separate different waste streams. Please ensure you are able to unload your own materials into the bins provided upon arriving.
Only household amounts will be accepted - no business loads.
A donation will be made to a local not-for-profit organisation for their support with this event.
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| Bulky Waste | Items too large for your wheelie bin. ✓ Furniture ✓ Chairs and couches ✓ Desks ✓ Clothes ✓ Curtains ✓ Carpets | ✗ Smelly or wet waste ✗ Any waste that cannot easily be transferred to skips without causing a mess |
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| Garden Waste | ✓ Prunings ✓ Tree trimmings ✓ Weeds | ✗ General rubbish ✗ Flax and cabbage tree leaves ✗ Trees or branches over 10cm in diameter |
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| Scrap Metal | ✓ Metals ✓ Bicycles ✓ BBQs ✓ Small appliances ✓ Whiteware ✓ Tins, pots and pans | ✗ Gas bottles ✗ Items containing oil/fuel |
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| Tyres | ✓ Car/motorbike tyres ✓ 4WD tyres | ✗ Tyres containing or covered in dirt |
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| Car Seats | ✓ Child car seats | ✗ Fabric covers (please remove) ✗ Polystyrene child car seats |
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| Electronic Waste | ✓ TVs and monitors ✓ Computers ✓ Printers ✓ Phones, cameras and stereos ✓ Cables |
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| Cardboard | ✓ Flattened, clean cardboard | ✗ Juice or liquid cartons such as TetraPak© ✗ Food soiled cardboard |
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