Hard waste
Each household is eligible for two free collections per year.
Residents can book either a hard waste or mattress collection.
Wait time may be up to six to eight weeks.
Book a hard waste or mattress collection
Book online or call Solo Resource Recovery on 8159 5090
Bookings must be made before putting items out for collection.
If you no longer need your hard waste or mattress collection, call Solo Resource Recovery on 8159 5090 at least 48 hours prior to your collection date.
If items are not presented for collection, it will still count as one of your allocated collections. Missed collections will not be reinstated.
How much to put out
Residents are entitled to dispose of up to 2 cubic metres of hard waste or 2m x 1m x 1m.
Items permitted
- Furniture - please note: excludes mattresses, please see 'mattress collection' information below for how to book a mattress collection
- White goods, including fridge and freezers, washing machines, stoves and dryers - with lids and doors removed
- Electrical equipment - excludes ewaste
- Scrap metal and timber items up to 1.5m in length
- Tools and gardening equipment
- Carpets and linoleum rolled and tied with rope
- Kitchenware, including pottery and crockery
- Empty paint tins
- Pallets - must be broken and bundled
Items not permitted
- Mattresses - please note: excludes mattresses, please see 'mattress collection' information below for how to book a mattress collection
- Anything heavier than 50kg or longer than 1.5m
- E-waste - TVs, computers, monitors, projectors, printers, including parts and accessories - these can be taken to an Unplug 'N' Drop site
- Green waste, such as branches - can be taken to Enviro Care
- Vehicle bodies or parts, including engines, body panels, tyres and batteries
- Building materials, including bricks, concrete, plasterboard, dirt or rocks
- Items in plastic bags, including domestic waste
- Items that can be placed in your yellow-lid recycling bin or green-lid food and organics bin
- Asbestos
- Commercial waste
- Ceramics - eg toilets, basins
- Oils or liquid waste
- Paint cans with residual liquids in them - visit Paintback.com.au
- Chemical or hazardous waste
- Gas bottles
- Sheets of glass
How much to put out
Residents may place up to two mattresses, or one mattress and one ensemble base per collection.
Mattresses and ensembles up to queen size only.
Old towels and bedding
Old towels and bedding can be donated to animal shelters.
Preparing for your collection
- Ensure items are eligible for collection - see items permitted above or hard waste fact sheet for more information
- Items should be placed neatly on the verge, clear of the footpath and road, and no earlier than 24 hours before your collection date and no later than 6am on collection date
- Items will not be collected from private property
- Remove all doors from fridges, freezers and washing machines
- Do not stack waste too high and lay taller items down - eg wardrobes
- Break larger items up if possible
- Safely maintain all items until they are collected
Disposing of material that can't be collected
Material not accepted through Council's hard waste collection should be disposed of in an environmentally responsible way - see other options