Check out our A – Z guide for household waste items that can’t go in your bins plus other opportunities to keep your waste out of landfill and give it a second life.
BATTERIES HOUSEHOLD
Community Recycling Centre* Community Recycling Stations**
Battery retailers including:
- Aldi
- Battery World
- Bunnings Warehouse
- Officeworks
- Woolworths
BATTERIES, MOTOR
Community Recycling Centre* Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 
W: cleanout.com.au
Car battery retailers
BEAUTY PACKAGING
Some cosmetic stores including:
W: terracycle.com.au
BED LINEN AND TOWELS
Sheridan Recycling Program
P: 1800 223 376 W: sheridan.com.au
CDS AND DVDS (without cases)
Community Recycling Centre* Community Recycling Stations**
Bulk waste collection (in e-waste pile)
P: 4921 0333 W: my.lakemac.com.au
Cases can be placed in the recycling bin W: hrr.com.au
CHEMICALS
Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 W: cleanout.com.au
COFFEE PODS
W: nespresso.com W: terracycle.com.au
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE
AMS Recycling, Lake Munmorah
P: 4972 5999
Concrush, Teralba
P: 4958 3777 W: concrush.com.au
COOKING OIL
Community Recycling Centre*
Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 E: cleanout.com.au
20L maximum container size
E-WASTE
Including IT equipment, TVs, and other electronic items with cords
Community Recycling Centre*
Bulk waste collection (stack in separate pile)
P: 4921 0333 W: my.lakemac.com.au
Matthews Metal Management (free collections)
P: 4933 0033 W: matthewsmm.com.au
Officeworks and other retailers
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Wormwalds, Warabrook
P: 133 166
Community Recycling Centre* Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 W: cleanout.com.au
FRIDGES
Bulk waste collection
P: 4921 0333 W: my.lakemac.com.au
Scrap metal recyclers
Second hand whitegoods dealers
Matthews Metal Management (free collections)
P: 4933 0033 W: matthewsmm.com.au
GAS CYLINDERS
Community Recycling Centre*
Gas cylinder exchange and refilling depot at some local service stations
Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 W: cleanout.com.au
GARDEN WASTE
Household green waste bin
P: 4921 0333 W: lakemac.com.au
Concrush, Teralba
P: 4958 3777 W: concrush.com.au
Awaba Waste Management Facility
P: 4921 0333 W: lakemac.com.au
Bulk waste collection (stack in separate pile)
LIGHT GLOBES / FLUORESCENT TUBES
P: 4921 0333 W: my.lakemac.com.au
Community Recycling Centre* Community Recycling Stations**
(Unbroken light globes only, no fluoro tubes)
Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 W: cleanout.com.au
MATTRESSES
Bulk waste collection
P: 4921 0333 W: my.lakemac.com.au
Awaba Waste Management Facility. Mattress (handling fee applies)
P: 4921 0333 W: lakemac.com.au
MEDICINES
Return unwanted medicines to pharmacies
P: 1300 650 835 W: returnmed.com.au
METALS
Scrap metal recyclers
Matthews Metal Management (free collections)
P: 4933 0033 W: matthewsmm.com.au
Bulk waste collection
P: 4921 0333 W: my.lakemac.com.au
MOBILE PHONES AND ACCESSORIES
Community Recycling Centre* Community Recycling Stations**
- Phone retailers
- Officeworks
- Australia Post
- Woolworths
W: mobilemuster.com.au
MOTOR OIL
Community Recycling Centre*
Supercheap Auto stores at Bennetts Green and Kotara
W: supercheapauto.com.au
Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 W: cleanout.com.au
PAINT
Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 W: cleanout.com.au
Community Recycling Centre*
Garbage collection after first being dried out (by using kitty litter or pouring on newspaper)
Dry, empty paint tins can be disposed of in your yellow recycling bin.
POLYSTYRENE
Community Recycling Centre*
Hunter Pods, Thornton
Free drop off (no tape or residue)
P: 4966 3959 W: hunterpods.com.au
PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS
Household yellow recycling bin
P: 1800 838 884 W: hrr.com.au
PRINTERS
Community Recycling Centre*
Officeworks
W: officeworks.com.au
Harvey Norman, Bennetts Green
PRINTER CARTRIDGES
Community Recycling Centre*
Cartridge World
P: 1300 666 122 W: cartridgeworld.com.au
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark
P: 1800 242 473 W: cartridges.planetark.org
Officeworks
W: officeworks.com.au
READING GLASSES
Lions Recycle for Sight Australia
W: lionsclubs.org.au
Lake Mac library (Toronto)
P: 4921 0333 W: lakemac.com.au
SHARPS
24-hour drop off facilities located at
- Belmont Hospital
- Westlakes Community Health Centre (Toronto Polyclinic)
(Check with your local Pharmacy)
SMOKE ALARMS
Community Recycling Centre*
Community Recycling Stations** 
P: 4921 0333 W: lakemac.com.au
Chemical CleanOut
P: 131 555 W: cleanout.com.au
SPORTS SHOES
Joggers, sneakers, golf shoes, thongs
etc. Sports stores including:
- Athletes Foot
- Rebel
- JD Sports
W: treadlightly.asga.com.au
TELEVISIONS
Community Recycling Centre*
Bulk waste collection (stack in separate pile)
P: 4921 0333 W: my.lakemac.com.au
Matthews Metal Management (free collections)
P: 4933 0033 W: matthewsmm.com.au
Some electrical retailers
TIMBER
Concrush, Teralba
P: 4958 3777 W: concrush.com.au
Second hand building suppliers
TOYS
Big W Toys for Joy
W: bigw.com.au/toys-for-joy
TYRES
Tyre Cycle, Cameron Park
Charges apply
P: 4902 6777 W: tyrecycle.com.au
XRAYS
Community Recycling Centre* PRP Imaging (Charlestown only)
P: 4920 8555
The following recycling services are free of charge:
- *Community Recycling Centre is located at the Awaba Waste Management Facility lakemac.com.au/community-recycling-centre.
- ** Community Recycling Stations are located in 6 Lake Mac libraries (Belmont, Cardiff, Charlestown, Morisset, Swansea, Toronto) at Council’s Customer Service Centre, Speers Point, and at Council works depot.
- Chemical CleanOut – this is a free biannual service open to all Hunter residents. Seecleanout.com.au for more details
- Excess household recycling can be taken to the CRC free of charge
- Visit terracycle.com for other free recycling programs
- Download apps such as Waste Not and Recycle Mate
- Eligible glass bottles, cartons and cans can be returned for a 10 cent refund returnandearn.org.au