Waste Transfer Station

Announcement

The Waste Transfer Station will reopen to the public and resume normal operations from Monday 25 October 2021.

All visitors attending City of Stonnington facilities must be fully vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination prior to entry.

Before visiting the Waste Transfer Station please read the important requirements to enter City of Stonnington facilities.

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

Accepted

Items Can be recycled Disposal fee

Automotive oil (limit of 20L per transaction)

 ✔
Batteries (household) ✔  

Car batteries

✔

Car parts

✔

✔
Cardboard (limits apply - residential quantities only)  ✔   
CDs, DVDs, VHS and Cassette Tapes and cases ✔  

Metal chemical drums (empty)

✔

 For non-residents and commercial only

Christmas Trees ('real')

✔

✔

Concrete/bricks

✔
Electronic materials (TVs, PCs etc) ✔  

Furniture

✔

Garden waste

✔

✔
Light globes (CFLs, incandescent, downlights and fluoro tubes) ✔  

Mattresses

   ✔ 
Mobile phones ✔  
Paper (residential quantities only) ✔  
Polystyrene   ✔ 

Scrap metal

✔

 For non-residents and commercial only

Textiles

✔
Tree stumps/branches (large)  ✔ ✔ 

Timber

✔

Whitegoods

✔

 For non-residents and commercial only

Not accepted

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 through 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

Disposal fees

Disposal fees

General rubbish Resident Non-resident/Commercial

Car boot load

$26

$34

Station wagon

$50

$62

Single axle trailer*

$76

$101

Tandem trailer*

$155

$176

Cubic metre

$97

$122

Commercial rubbish per tonne

$248

$248

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

Green waste Resident Non-resident/Commercial

Car boot load

$10

$16

Station wagon

$17

$34

Single axle trailer*

$26

$45

Tandem trailer*

$52

$71

Cubic metre

$31

$47

* 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/Commercial

Dirt, bricks, concrete, building rubble - per tonne

$248

$248

Mattress - per item

Please note: bed and base charged as two mattresses

$38

$47

Metal - per tonne

Free

$23

 

The fee depends on the size of the load.

If the load is:

  • level, or
  • below the side of the vehicle (eg. level with the tray sides of a utility)

the fee is based on the vehicle size. 

If the load:

  • goes above the sides of the vehicle, or
  • is a caged trailer

fee charged is per cubic metre. 

The weighbridge operator decides what the fee is.

How to pay

We only accept:

  • Visa, and
  • Mastercard.

We don't accept Amex, cash or cheques.

Location

43 Weir Street, Malvern 3144  View Map

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Features

  • Recycling drop-off point
  • Waste disposal

Contact

8290 1333
council@stonnington.vic.gov.au

Hours

  • Sunday
    • 10:00 AM–03:00 PM
  • Monday
    • 10:00 AM–03:30 PM
  • Tuesday
    • 10:00 AM–03:30 PM
  • Wednesday
    • 10:00 AM–03:30 PM
  • Thursday
    • 10:00 AM–03:30 PM
  • Friday
    • 10:00 AM–03:30 PM
  • Saturday
    • 09:00 AM–03:00 PM

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

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