Greater Toowoomba Waste Management Facility - O'Mara Road, Wellcamp

This facility accepts:

• general non-hazardous waste
• commercial waste in vehicles up to 4.5-tonnes
• commercial vehicles over 4.5-tonnes carrying dedicated loads of scrap metal or green waste.

Prior approval is required before tipping inert waste in vehicles over 4.5tonnes. Call us on 131 872 with load details, including approximate weight, waste type and disposal date.

Waste for the bulk materials area (green signed area):

• green waste
• concrete, asphalt, rocks, builder's rubble
• asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, from domestic customers only to a maximum of 175kg; wrapped appropriately - a fee applies
• clean fill
• scrap metal and white goods
• untreated or treated timber in vehicles less than 4.5tonnes
• commercial sized loads, e.g. vehicles over 4.5tonnes gross vehicle mass/gross combination mass, of waste timber; instead dispose of the waste at the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre located at Hermitage Road, Cranley.
• treated timber.

Waste for the resource recovery area (yellow signed shed - recycling):

• cardboard and paper
• glass
• plastic containers with numbers 1 to 7
• steel containers
• aluminium containers and aluminium foil
• cartons made from liquid paperboard
• scrap metal; ferrous and non-ferrous
• architectural and decorative paint products and paint packaging from domestic and commercial sources to a maximum 100L per visit
• other paint products from domestic sources only to a maximum 20L per visit
• thinners and solvents from domestic sources only to a maximum 5L per visit
• household chemicals to a maximum 5L
• household motor oil only to a maximum 20L
• unwanted items in good condition for the resale shop
• tyres that are 260mm width or less, a maximum of four tyres per visit, from domestic and commercial sources - fees apply
• car and truck batteries from domestic sources
• gas bottles up to 9kg including butane gas containers that are empty, limited to two, from domestic sources only
• e-waste - read about e-waste recycling options
• expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging
• 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
• mobile phones and accessories, in the MobileMuster bins.

Waste for the residual waste transfer area (red sighed area):

• general non-hazardous waste
• dead animals from household sources; single animals only with a weight limit of 50kg per animal, wrapped appropriately - fee applies
• commercial waste in vehicles less than 4.5 tonnes
• mattresses for recycling
• engineered stone products.

The following items are not accepted at this facility:

• asbestos or asbestos-containing materials from commercial customers
• mixed recycling in vehicles over 4.5tonnes
• dead animals from commercial sources
• flares, explosives, detonators and explosives including bullets
• fire extinguishers containing halon (yellow cylinders)
• contaminated soil
• liquid waste including cooking oil, petrol, diesel, slurry
• material for special burial, e.g. documents
• chemicals and acids from commercial sources.

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