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Waste Transfer Station

Before visiting the Waste Transfer Station, please check the current COVID-19 requirements.

Our waste and recycling facility takes many recyclables for free, but you have to pay to leave some items.

What you can and can't drop off

Items	Can be recycled	Disposal fee
Automotive oil (limit of 20L per transaction)	✔	None
Batteries (household)	✔	None
Car batteries	✔	None
Car parts	✔	✔
Cardboard (limits apply - residential quantities only)	✔	None
CDs, DVDs, VHS and Cassette Tapes and cases	✔	None
Metal chemical drums (empty)	✔	For non-residents and commercial only
Christmas Trees ('real')	✔	✔
Concrete/bricks	No	✔
Electronic materials (TVs, PCs etc)	✔	None
Furniture	No	✔
Garden waste	✔	✔
Light globes (CFLs, incandescent, downlights and fluoro tubes)	✔	None
Mattresses	No	✔
Mobile phones	✔	None
Paper (residential quantities only)	✔	None
Polystyrene	No	✔
Scrap metal	✔	For non-residents and commercial only
Textiles	No	✔
Tree stumps/branches (large)	✔	✔
Timber	No	✔
Whitegoods	✔	For non-residents and commercial only

Items	What to do with items
Aerosol cans	These can be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin
Asbestos	Visit the Recycling Near You website
Car bodies	Visit the Recycling Near You website
Drink containers	These can be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin
Gas bottles	Visit the Recycling Near You website
Household chemicals	Household chemicals can be disposed of through Detox Your Home
Tyres	Visit the Recycling Near You website
Paint	Visit the Recycling Near You website or Detox Your Home

General rubbish	Resident	Non-resident/Commercial
Car boot load	$27	$35
Station wagon	$51	$64
Single axle trailer*	$78	$104
Tandem trailer*	$159	$180
Cubic metre	$100	$125
Commercial rubbish per tonne	$255	$254

* Load must be level or below the side of the trailer. Cage trailers and heaped loads will be charged per cubic metre.

* Load must be level or below the side of the trailer. Cage trailers and heaped loads will be charged per cubic metre.

Other	Resident	Non-resident or commercial
Dirt, bricks, concrete, building rubble - per tonne	$255	$254
Mattress - per item Please note: bed and base charged as two mattresses	$39	$48
Metal - per tonne	Free	$24

The fee depends on the size of the load.

If the load is either:

The fee is based on the vehicle size.

If the load:

fee charged is per cubic metre.

The weighbridge operator decides what the fee is.

We only accept:

We don't accept Amex, cash or cheques.

43 Weir Street, Malvern 3144 View Map

03 8290 1333

Closed New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.