Recycle It Saturday: a free recycling drop-off event

Recycle It Saturday is a partnership between City of Sydney, Waverley and Woollahra councils.

We only accept items from residents of these council areas. These maps show the City of Sydney, Waverley and Woollahra boundaries. We'll ask for your address on the day.

• This is a drive-through event. We'll unpack your vehicle for you.

• Separate your items into different boxes or bags so we can easily remove them from your vehicle. We recommend recyclable cardboard boxes.

• People walking or cycling can access a separate drop-off area.

What you can bring:

Unusable clothes, bedding and textiles (clean, dry and free of mould/chemicals)

• Stained, worn/torn clothes, uniforms, shoes, fabric hats. No clothes in good condition, belts, handbags, backpacks, suitcases, bras, underwear, socks or swimwear.

• Blankets, doonas, quilts, sheets, towels, pillows, fabric mattress protectors and sleeping bags. No plastic mattress protectors or textiles with electric parts, e.g. electric blankets.

• Soft toys (remove any batteries). No board games, hard toys.

• Cushions, curtains (with hooks/eyelets removed – cut off the top section). No carpets/rugs.

• Reusable shopping bags made from fabric

• Rolls of fabric and offcuts

• Items not good enough to be donated to charity

Electrical items and batteries (delete your data)

• Household appliances: vacuum cleaners, microwaves, toasters, kettles, heaters, coffee machines, irons, pedestal fans

• Entertainment/home office equipment: televisions, computers, laptops, keyboards, monitors, printers, stereos, gaming consoles, DVD players, DVDs/CDs, video recorders

• Mobiles, landlines

• Cords, chargers, headphones

• Power tools (no gas/petrol-powered items)

• Vapes, e-cigarettes (empty of liquid)

• Batteries, including car batteries. We accept up to 3 car batteries per vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist. Tape battery terminals with non-conductive tape, like electrical tape.

Aluminium coffee pods

• Bring in a sealed plastic bag.

Printer cartridges

• Inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges, toner bottles, fuser and drum units, fax rolls, print heads, waste hoppers/containers, collectors and kits.

Light bulbs (including energy saving or fluorescent globes/tubes)

• Wrap in newspaper. Bring in a bag or box.

Rigid polystyrene/styrofoam

• From furniture/delivery packaging. No polystyrene with plastic lining, like some ice cream containers.

• Keep pieces whole. Remove tape and glue. No bendy/squishy items (foam wrap, foam sheets, packing peanuts, bean bag filling).

Household gas cylinders

• Including nitrogen, SodaStream, LPG bottles.

Paint - water and oil-based

• Bring in original containers with lids on tight.

Large cardboard

• Bring flattened

Camera film

• No photos

X-ray, MRI and CT scans/films

• Recycle envelopes and paper scans in your yellow lid bin.

Bicycles and scooters

• All types, electric or not, in any condition. No motorbikes.

Small metal items (less than 10kg, made mostly of metal)

• Kitchen items: pots, pans, baking trays, knives, cutlery, colanders, steel bowls

• Handheld tools: hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, nail clippers, nails, nuts, bolts (bring small items in a container)

• Dust bins, wire coat hangers – no plastic-coated hangers

• Reusable drinking bottles, bottle caps

• Keys, metal locks

• Jewellery made from metal only, incl. gold and silver. No jewellery containing pearls, gems or other non-metal items.

Empty blister packs

• Made of plastic and foil, or fully foil pill packets. Recycle cardboard boxes in your yellow lid bin.

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