Crows Nest Waste Management Facility

Open: Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm
Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 5pm.

Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday and Anzac Day.

Trash & Treasure reuse shop is available during the facility open hours.

Waste accepted

  • car and truck batteries, deep cycle batteries, lead-acid batteries, non-alkaline batteries (household sources only)
  • commercial waste
  • general waste (non-hazardous)
  • e-waste - read about e-waste recycling options here
  • fire extinguishers, except yellow extinguishers containing halon 1211 (BCF) or 1301 (BTM). Call 1800 658 084 to arrange for the disposal of any unwanted halon extinguishers.
  • gas bottles up to 9kg (empty, limit of 2, domestic sources only)
  • glass bottles and containers
  • green waste
  • motor oil (household sources only - no cooking oil, transmission oil or hydraulic fluids) - maximum 20 litres per visit
  • paper and cardboard
  • plastic containers, aluminium cans, steel cans, aerosol cans, cartons
  • paint products from domestic sources only (maximum 20 litres per visit)
  • thinners and solvents from domestic sources only (maximum 5 litres per visit)
  • refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners (fee applies)
  • scrap metal
  • timber - treated and untreated
  • concrete
  • engineered stone products (as general waste)
  • tyres (260mm width or less, a maximum 4 tyres per visit, from domestic and commercial sources, fees apply).
  • white goods.

Waste not accepted

The following items are not accepted at this facility:

  • ammunition, detonators, flares or explosives
  • asbestos or asbestos-containing materials
  • fire extinguishers containing halon (yellow cylinders)
  • clean fill
  • chemicals
  • dead animals
  • material such as rock, asphalt and builder's rubble
  • liquid waste, except as listed in accepted waste
  • solid regulated waste
  • special burials.

Find out how to dispose of Hazardous and non-standard waste.

 

Restrictions

Only domestic type vehicles under 2.4m can enter the facility.

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Location

Crows Nest Waste Management Facility, South Street, Crows Nest (Qld) 4355  View Map

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