Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre

Contact details and opening hours

Public holiday hours

Closed on Good Friday, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Learn more on our Changes to Council services on public holidays page. 

About the centre

You can drop off a range of items at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre. Items can be for both recycling and landfill.

Non-residents may use the centre for recycling and landfill, with the exception of dropping off polystyrene or gas bottles.

The centre accepts:

• general recyclables
• household waste
• e-waste
• green waste and more.

If you have a specific item to dispose of, and you want to know if the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre will accept it, you can look it up in our A to Z recycling and waste guide.

You can also:

• drop-off recyclables at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre 
• use your 2 hard waste collections each year
• use your 2 green waste collections each year.

Tipping charges as at 1 July 2024

Vehicle and volume	Example	General waste	Green waste
Car boot or station wagon		$33	$24
Small van, level utility or small level trailer (up to 1.8 m x 1.2 m)		$73.50	$45
Level single axle trailer, over 1.8 m x 1.2 m		$112.50	$68
Level tandem trailer		$159.50	$89
Large van, high utility or high trailer, up to 1.8 m x 1.2 m		$159.50	$75.50
High single axle trailer, over 1.8 m x 1.2 m		$195.50	$114.50
High tandem trailer		$235.50	$160.50
Mixed loads of spoil, bricks, concrete, soil and rubble are charged at this minimum price up to a small (1.8 m x 1.2 m) level trailer load. Loads greater than this are charged multiples of this fee.		$159.50

Notes on tipping charges

• All level trailer/utility loads are assessed at a maximum load height of 0.3 m
• Load heights greater than 0.3 m will be charged the appropriate higher fee
• The maximum gross vehicle mass is 2 tonnes
• White goods have the same inspection fee as fridges ($23.50 per item)
• Prices are estimated and subject to final assessment by the centre gatehouse.

Items accepted (charges apply)

Items accepted (free)

Barbecue gas bottles

We accept barbecue gas bottles (max 9 kg) for recycling from Boroondara residents and businesses. You will be required to provide photo ID with a Boroondara address listed or photo ID with a matching name on a Boroondara rates notice as proof of residency or local trading when you drop off the bottles.

General recyclables

These general recyclables are also accepted in your recycling bin.

• Aluminium and steel cans
• Empty aerosol cans
• Flattened cardboard boxes (excluding waxed cardboard)
• Glass bottles and jars
• Hard plastic trays and containers
• Paper (excludes shredded paper)
• Plastic bottles (lids on or without lids).

Paint

We accept a maximum of 10 L of waste paint.

Wet and dry paint are both accepted.

We partner with Paintback to provide a safe way to dispose of your paint waste. Paintback collects and treats waste architectural and decorative paint to divert it from landfill.

Expanded polystyrene

We accept one car boot load (half a cubic metre) of expanded polystyrene for free from Boroondara residents and businesses. You will be required to provide photo ID with a Boroondara address listed or photo ID with a matching name on a Boroondara rates notice as proof of residency or local trading when you drop off the polystyrene.

We don't accept payment to drop off more than one car boot load of expanded polystyrene. 

We only accept clean, white, expanded polystyrene foam packaging. We don't accept coloured polystyrene, noodles, beans (from bean bags) or other flexible foam packaging that's not polystyrene.

Businesses with more than one boot load (half a cubic metre) of expanded polystyrene must organise a commercial polystyrene collection from their business, instead. Details of alternative recycling services are available from the national industry body, on the Expanded Polystyrene Australia website.

X-rays

We accept x-rays in our x-ray collection bank. 

Household Detox

Items accepted for drop off

As a permanent Detox your Home drop-off site, we accept these items:

• fluorescent tubes, globes and compact fluorescent lamps
• car and household batteries
• motor oil (max 10 L container)
• cooking oil (max 10 L container)

Other household chemicals

There is an annual Detox Your Home collections day available for a broader range of household chemicals.

For a full list of what is accepted in the mobile and annual collection dates, see Dispose of toxic household items (Detox Your Home).

Electronic waste (e-waste)

The centre accepts all small to medium e-waste for recycling – except solar panels, liquid filled heaters and massage chairs.

E-waste is anything with a plug, battery, cord or alternative power supply, such as toasters, computers, TVs, heaters and hairdryers. 

Note:

• items must be loose
• no packaging allowed
• large items such as whitegoods incur a fee.

For more information, visit our E-waste page.

We partner with TechCollect to recycle residential e-waste.

Mobile phones

We also accept mobile phones and accessories as part of the MobileMuster program, which has numerous drop-off locations throughout Boroondara. 

Soft plastic

We are temporarily accepting soft plastics for recycling from Boroondara residents. You will need to provide photo identification with a Boroondara address listed or photo identification with a matching name on a Boroondara rates notice as proof of residency. 

Visit our Temporary soft plastic recycling service page to find out more, including what we can and can't accept at our collection points. 

Items not accepted 

• Asbestos or any cement sheeting, learn more on Handling asbestos
• Hazardous waste, such as chemicals used by businesses for industrial, commercial or farming purposes, learn more at Detox your home, business recycling or ChemClear
• Medical waste, learn how to dispose of syringes or needles
• Coloured polystyrene or foam, including meat trays or similar food packaging, plastic or foam wrapping, tape or strapping, bean bag beans, peanut-shaped loose foam packaging
• Certain e-waste items, such as solar panels, liquid-filled heaters and massage chairs
• Commercial quantities of recyclable material.