Waste Transfer Stations

Sort and save.

Sorting out recyclable materials from your general waste will save you time when you arrive at the transfer station and reduce your tip fees. See below for a list of our recycling and resource recovery services on offer.

Cardboard

Most cardboard, including archive boxes, food boxes and packing boxes. No wet, greasy, or waxed carboard (you can often identify waxed cardboard, as it will not tear easily).

Aluminium

Foil, drink cans and empty aerosol cans. Remember to scrunch foil into a loose ball so it can be recycled at the processing facility.

Glass

Glass bottles and jars of any colour. No drinkware, glass dishes, or broken glass.

Comingled Recycling – Paper, Plastic, and Steel Cans

• Paper
  All types of paper including magazines, pamphlets, note pads, envelopes and office paper. Remove soft plastic from newspapers and magazines before placing into your recycle bin.
• Plastic
  Rigid plastic bottles and domestic containers. Remove lids and ensure all containers are empty and roughly rinsed clean. No soft (scrunchable) plastics.
• Steel Cans
  Food containers and empty aerosol cans. Ensure steel containers are empty and place sharp lids inside for safety.

Green Waste

Clean green waste which is free from contaminants can be processed and recycled as mulch. Keep organic garden waste separate to reduce landfill and your tip fees. Accepted materials include grass clippings, prunings, leaves, plants, and branches less than 30cm wide. Weeds are accepted so long as they are not declared environmental weeds. Check the Department of Natural Resources and Environment’s website for a current list of declared weeds in Tasmania.

Scrap Metal

Scrap metal must be kept separate from your general waste. This includes steel, aluminum, and copper. We accept car bodies and small quantities of scrap metal, such as bent cutlery copper wire, can also be recycled.

Tyres

Tyres must be recycled and are banned from being landfilled. Tyres are charged individually based on type. Please ensure tyres are free from excessive mud. We only accept up to super single truck size.

Oil

For environmental reasons, oil should be kept out of general waste. Motor oil can be recycled at special drop off units at each waste transfer station. Oil recycling is free up to 10L and charged at $1.10 per litre over 10L.

Batteries

Batteries must be disposed of separately for safety reasons. Look for designated drop off points for car and household batteries.

E-Waste (Southbridge Only)

Recycle select e-waste types at Southbridge (Huonville) waste transfer station.

Accepted items: Computers, phones, tablets, cables, computer parts, power tools
Not accepted: Screens, televisions, keyboards, mice, printers, other household appliances

Blister Packs

Empty medicinal blister packs can be recycled via special collection bins at any waste transfer station.

Accepted:

• Normal domestic and commercial waste (General Waste)
• Recyclable materials – separated and left at designated collection points at the waste transfer station for recycling
• Clean green waste – contaminated green waste will be treated as general waste.
• Timber waste
• Tyres
• Refrigerators – only accepted at Southbridge Waste Transfer Station
• Scrap metal including white goods and empty paint tins
• E-waste – computers, phones, tables, cables, computer parts and power tools only.
• Empty gas bottles
• Batteries
• Waste engine oil
• Pill/tablet blister packs – must be empty.
• The Southbridge Waste Transfer Station accepts empty, cleaned, non-returnable agricultural and veterinary chemical containers as part of the drumMUSTER recycling program – no free, bookings are essential for quantities over 20 containers.

Not Accepted:

• Controlled waste (hazardous waste that has specific controls on the method of disposal and may endanger public health or the environment)
• Asbestos
• Declared environmental weeds. See the Department of Natural Resources and Environment’s website for a current list of declared weeds in Tasmania.
• Liquid waste, including septic sludge
• Dead animals and biological refuse
• Builders’ rubble and clean fill
• Chemical containers (other than empty Drum Muster recycling program)
• Household or farm chemicals

Asbestos Awareness provides information about asbestos and asbestos disposal.

Builders must make arrangements to transport rubble to McRobies Gully Waste Transfer Station in South Hobart or the Jackson Street Waste Management Centre in Glenorchy.

Agricultural and veterinary chemicals can be recycled through the ChemClear program ph. 1800 008 182.