Before you put household or commercial waste in your rubbish bins, it’s worth considering whether certain items or materials can be recycled.
While some items should not go in your everyday bins, there are local recycling facilities that can take the item and recycle it. There are also Council recycling stations where you can recycle items like light globes, medication blister packs and some e-waste items.
There are many good reasons why you should take items that can be recycled to a recycling facility.
- Recycling will save you money and taking your waste to landfill can be costly.
- The material will be processed and made into usable mulch, or compost, so that the carbon content is returned to the soil. This results in fewer carbon emissions.
- You can take your garden and timber waste to certain recycling facilities for free if you use your City of Whittlesea green and timber waste and recycling disposal vouchers.
For many residents, the recycling facilities on these pages may be closer to travel to than the landfill.
We’ve installed recycling stations throughout the City of Whittlesea to help you get rid of items that don’t belong in your bin in an environmentally friendly way.
It’s free to drop off certain items, including light globes, mobile phones and DVDs, in household amounts at our recycling stations. The service is not for commercial waste.
What can I leave at a recycling station?
You can drop off the following items at our recycling stations:
- x-rays
- printer cartridges
- mobile phones and accessories
- cameras and accessories
- DVDs and CDs
- VHS/Video and audio cassette tapes
- fluorescent light globes and tubes
- small e-waste items, like iPods and MP3 players.
Medication blister packs
Next to the recycling stations you'll find a designated recycling box for medication blister packs (usually made from plastic and aluminium foil), such as Webster-pak and SureMed.
- You can leave blister packs from any brand of medication, as long as the pack is empty.
- Do not leave plastic bags or cardboard boxes from your medication.
Where can I find a recycling station?
Recycling stations are located at various locations throughout the City of Whittlesea.
Suburb
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Venue
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Address
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Donnybrook
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Shared Cup Cafe
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995 Donnybrook Road
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Doreen
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Laurimar Activity Centre
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110 Hazel Glen Drive
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Epping
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Epping Depot
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68-96 Houston Street
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Epping
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Galada Community Centre
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10a Forum Way
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Lalor
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Lalor Library
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2A May Road
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Mernda
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Jindi Family Community Centre
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8 Breadalbane Avenue
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Mill Park
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Mill Park Library
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394 Plenty Road
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South Morang
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Civic Centre
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25 Ferres Boulevard
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South Morang
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Riverside Community Centre
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8 Doreen Rogen Way
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Thomastown
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Thomastown Library
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52 Main St
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Whittlesea
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Whittlesea Library
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57-61 Laurel Street
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Can I leave batteries at a council recycling station? If not, where can I leave them?
Batteries cannot be recycled through our recycling stations.
Household batteries can be recycled through B-cycle, Australia’s official battery recycling scheme. To find your closest battery drop-off point, visit the B-cycle website and search by location.
Woolworths, Aldi, Battery World, Bunnings and Officeworks stores may accept batteries for recycling.
The following privately-owned local facilities recycle paper and cardboard, green waste, bricks, timber waste and PVC pipes.
These facilities are only licensed to accept certain items, and do not accept mixed loads. Charges may apply.
With some of the facilities, you may be able to use your City of Whittlesea green and timber waste and recycling disposal vouchers.
Cardboard and paper recycling: Visy Pty Ltd
The Campbellfield Visy recycling facility accepts paper and cardboard for recycling.
Cardboard must be flattened, with all polystyrene and plastic packaging removed.
Address and contact details:
13 Reo Crescent
Campbellfield VIC 3061
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Visit the website
Phone: 1300 368 479
Email: customer.service@visy.com.au
Opening hours
Monday to Sunday: 7 am to 7 pm
May be closed on public holidays
Green waste and brick recycling: Repurpose It
The green waste and brick recycling facility in Epping accepts the green waste and recycling disposal vouchers and brick and rubble waste vouchers.
The site also sells high-quality compost.
The facility accepts the following items for recycling:
- tree branches and prunings (less than 30cm in diameter)
- shrubs
- lawn clippings
- common garden weeds
- asphalt
- rock
- concrete
- bricks.
Items not accepted
The facility does not accept:
- tree roots or stumps
- soil
- diseased material
- garbage
- metal items including mesh within reinforced concrete.
Address and contact details
480 Cooper Street
Epping VIC 3076
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Visit the website
Phone: (03) 9408 0277
Opening hours
Monday to Saturday: 8am to 3:45 pm
Sunday: closed
Public holiday opening hours
- Christmas Day – Closed
- Boxing Day – 8am to 3:45pm
- New Year's Day – 8am to 3:45pm
On public holidays, Repurpose It will accept any timber waste vouchers.
Timber waste recycling: EcoDynamics
The EcoDynamics facility in Epping accepts the following timber waste items for recycling:
- fence palings
- packing crates
- pallets
- timber off-cuts.
Items not accepted
The facility does not accept:
- laminated timber
- painted timber
- melamine
- treated pine
- plaster.
Address and contact details
480 Cooper Street
Epping VIC 3076
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Visit the website
Phone: 1300 78 22 66
Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 8am to 3:45 pm
Saturday: 8am to midday
Sunday: Closed
Public holiday opening hours
- Christmas Day – Closed
- Boxing Day – Closed
- New Year's Day – Closed
PVC pipe recycling: NWC Recycling
Nationwide Connect (NWC) Recycling will recycle lengths of PVC products (over 1.5m long) that would normally be sent to landfill. They turn the material into new plastic pipe.