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Recycling and Disposal Centres
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Sometimes you have extra waste that can't go into your normal household bins or hard waste collection. By recycling and recovering resources, we can dramatically reduce the amount of waste that is sent to landfill.
Below is an A to Z list of specific types of waste and how you can dispose of them. Many items are accepted free of charge while some incur a fee. It is always best to call first to confirm opening hours and any fees.
In addition to Council’s A to Z recycling and disposal directory, below are some other websites on how to recycle and dispose of specific items.
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group - a Victorian State Government Statutory Body responsible for coordinating and facilitating the delivery of waste management and resource recovery across metropolitan Melbourne. Search for the nearest transfer station and recycling centre that will take specific items.
Recycling Near You - a Planet Ark A to Z recycling directory, providing detailed information on waste items & where you can take them to be recycled.
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Disposal sites for specific items
Asbestos
Asbestos removal must be arranged through a licensed asbestos removalist
Asbestos information from WorkSafe, Department of Health and the EPA has been combined in a single source of information for home owners, businesses, industry and the wider community.
Visit the Victorian Government's website asbestos.vic.gov.au.
Batteries (household)
Residents can take household batteries to a Council recycling station, located at all City of Greater Dandenong Customer Service Centres – free of charge.
Car batteries (and other very large batteries) are not accepted. Please refer to “Car Batteries”.
For further information visit a Customer Service Centre or call Council on 8571 1000.
Aldi supermarkets also accept household batteries – free of charge.
BBQ gas bottles
Supagas
Commercial Drive, Dandenong South
Phone: 9706 6262
Free of charge – if bottle is in good condition (suitable for reuse)
Small fee – if bottle is in poor condition (requiring disposal)
Maximum weight allowed per bottle is 9kg
BBQ gas bottles can be taken (at a cost) to:
Monash Transfer Station & Recycling Centre
380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
Phone: 9518 3767
Cars and tyres
IMLACHS Self Serve Auto Parts
1602 Centre Road, Springvale
Phone: 8571 7377
Free removal of vehicles. Phone 1300 652 070.
Accepts tyres for a small costs (maximum amounts accepted).
Visit the IMLACHs website at www.autowreckers.com.au for more information.
Cardboard and paper (excess)
Excess cardboard and paper can be taken free of charge.
Monash Transfer Station & Recycling Centre
380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
Phone: 9518 3767
Visy Recycling drop-off depot
708 Princes Hwy, Springvale
Located opposite Sandown Racecourse
Hampton Park Resource Recovery Precinct
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 9799 6277
Clayton Transfer Station (Cleanaway)
Fraser Road & Deals Road, Clayton South
Phone: 9551 2351
CDs, DVDs and discs
Residents can take CDs and DVD’s to a Council recycling station, located at all City of Greater Dandenong Customer Service Centres - free of charge.
For further information visit a Customer Service Centre or call Council on 8571 1000.
Construction and demolition material
Hampton Park Resource Recovery Precinct
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 9799 6277
- Suez Environment site – commercial and industrial quantities (in tip trucks)
- Transfer Station (Outlook) site – household quantities (in trailers)
- Contact transfer station directly for disposal fees
Cooking oil
Cooking oil is accepted (free of charge) at the following transfer station:
Monash Transfer Station & Recycling Centre
380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
Phone: 9518 3767
Cooking oil is accepted (for a fee) at the following transfer station:
Hampton Park Resource Recovery Precinct
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 9799 6277
Contact transfer station directly for disposal fees
If you only have a small amount of cooking oil left in your pan, you can simply let it cool and then wipe it up with a paper towel and place in your red lid garbage bin.
Do not ever pour oil down any drains.
Fluorescent tubes
Free of charge at the following transfer stations and recycling centres:
Hampton Park Resource Recovery Precinct
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 9799 6277
Monash Transfer Station & Recycling Centre
380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
Phone: 9518 3767
Broken fluorescent tubes are not accepted
Any type of broken globe should be wrapped and placed in the red lid garbage bin.
To clean up a broken fluorescent light tube follow the guidelines from EPA Victoria.
Household chemicals
Household chemicals cannot not be disposed into any of your bins or hard waste service.
There are number of ways to dispose of your household chemicals:
Permanent drop off service - free disposal of household paint, batteries and light globes only
The centres have individual requirements and restrictions with regards to disposal of material. Please visit external websites for up-to-date information on these restrictions.
Bayside Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre
144 Talinga Road, Cheltenham
Phone: 9585 4385
Hampton Park Resource Recovery Precinct
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 9799 6277
Monash Transfer Station & Recycling Centre
380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
Phone: 9518 3767
Mobile drop off service - Detox your Home
This service is open to all residents and can accept a range of materials. Visit the Detox Your Home mobile collection site for more information on dates and venues near you.
Light globes
Residents can take household light globes (excluding packaging) to a Council recycling station (click on link), located at all City of Greater Dandenong Customer Service Centres – free of charge.
For further information and Customer Service locations (click to link) or call Council on 8571 1000.
Broken light globes are not accepted
Any type of broken globe should be wrapped and placed in the red lid garbage bin.
To clean up a broken light globe follow the guidelines from EPA Victoria.
Medicines
Old and/or unwanted medicines can be taken to your local pharmacy for disposal.
For more information on returning medicines to pharmacies please visit Return Unwanted Medicines Program(RUM Program).
Medical waste (syringes)
Residents can dispose of containers with used syringes or pick up new containers at:
Secada Drug and Alcohol Recovery Support, Needle Syringe Program, 84 Foster St, Dandenong
Open: Monday to Friday 9am–5pm
All Council Customer Service locations (except Parkmore- pick up only, no disposal)
Domestic service only. Not available for use by commercial premises.
Mobile phones
Residents can take mobile phones (including accessories) to a Council recycling station, located at all City of Greater Dandenong Customer Service Centres – free of charge.
For further information visit the Customer Service Centre or telephone Council on 8571 1000.
Packaging is not accepted.
Motor oil
Motor oil (unlimited quantities) accepted – free of charge
IMLACHS Self Serve Auto Parts
1602 Centre Road, Springvale
Phone: 9547 7377
Containers are not accepted (must be taken home after oil disposal).
Motor oil can be taken free of charge (30 litres or less) to:
Monash Transfer Station & Recycling Centre
380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
Phone: 9518 3767
Supercheap Auto retail outlets offer a motor oil recycling service free of charge. To locate your nearest store where service is offered, click on https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/services/in-store-services/oil-recycling
Motor oil can also be taken (for a fee) to the following locations. Contact transfer station directly for disposal fees.
Hampton Park Resource Recovery Precinct
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 9799 6277
Clayton Transfer Station (Cleanaway)
Corner Fraser and Deals Road, Clayton South
Phone: 9551 2351
Paint
Residents or trade painters who have leftover paint and related packaging can now drop it off for free through the Paintback Program.
Paintback accepts up to 100 litres per visit secured in containers of 20 litres or less. There's no need to phone first, simply drop off at a Paintback site during opening hours.
For further information please visit the Paintback website www.paintback.com.au.
Here is the nearest Paintback sites within and near Greater Dandenong:
Cleanaway Dandenong
76-78 Ordish Road, Dandenong South
Phone: 1300 390 380
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am–2pm
Hampton Park Resource Recovery Centre
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 1300 390 380
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 8am–4pm, and Sunday 9am–4pm
Monash Waste Transfer and Recycling Station
380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
Phone: 1300 390 380
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 7.30am–4pm
Paintback is the way to:
- responsibly dispose of left-over paint after painting
- declutter your garage, shed or under the house of old paint containers
- recycle and reduce waste going to landfill
Paintback accepts the following products:
- Interior and exterior architectural paint (water and solvent based)
- Deck coatings
- Floor paints
- Primers
- Undercoats
- Sealers
- Stains
- Shellacs
- Varnishes
- Urethanes (single component)
- Wood coatings (containing no pesticides)
- Packaging
Plastic bags and other soft plastics
Soft plastics consist of the following range of bags and packaging:
- Plastic bags
- Fresh fruit and vegetable bags
- Bread bags
- Biscuit packaging
- Confectionary packaging
- Rice and pasta packets
- Frozen food bags
For more information about drop-off locations at selected supermarkets, visit the REDcycle website and enter your suburb or postcode to find your nearest drop-off point.
Polystyrene
Expanded polystyrene is accepted for a fee per cubic metre at:
Monash Transfer Station & Recycling Centre
380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
Phone: 9518 3767
Accepts only:
Packaging for small and large appliances and white polystyrene fruit and vegetable boxes
The Good Guys (Dandenong) can take back polystyrene packaging (as well as the old appliance) for recycling, in the event that the consumer selects the Premium Delivery option for delivered whitegoods.
Pot plants (empty)
Pot plants are not accepted in the household recycling bin, however can be returned to local plant sellers.
Gardenworld
810 Springvale Road, Braeside
Phone: 9791 0111
Gardenworld accepts empty plastic pot plants from residents. Pot plants are taken away to be recycled into more plastic pot plants.
Televisions and computers
Transfer stations and recycling disposal centres
Greater Dandenong does not have a Council-operated landfill site (rubbish tip) or transfer station. There are however a number of waste and recycling disposal facilities near Greater Dandenong that residents can use.
Your additional waste, can be disposed of at a local transfer station for a small cost. Recyclable items such as cardboard, bottles and batteries can usually be disposed of free of charge at most recycling centres.
It is always best to call first to confirm opening hours and if there are any disposal fees.
Hampton Park Resource and Recovery Precinct
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park
Phone: 9554 4559
Visit website: www.suez.com.au
Opening hours:
- 8am-4pm - Monday to Saturday
- 9am-4pm - Sunday and Public Holidays
- Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Anzac Day, Good Friday
Clayton Regional Transfer Station
654–718 Clayton Road, Clayton (Melway reference 79 B9)
Phone: 9558 0112
Opening hours:
Monash Transfer Station and Recycling Centre
Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre
Knox Transfer Station and Recycling Centre
George Street, Wantirna South
Phone: 9887 4222
Visit website: www.knoxtransferstation.com.au/about-us/
Opening hours:
- Monday - Saturday: 7.30am-4.30pm
- Sunday and Public Holidays: 9am-4.30pm
- Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
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