Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste such as batteries, e-waste, chemicals, cleaners, automotive and home improvement products, asbestos and light globes cannot be placed in your in your kerbside bins.
Disposing of hazardous items correctly ensures some or all of the material can be recovered and reused. It also prevents significant harm to the environment.
Asbestos can be hazardous to your health if handled incorrectly.
The Government of SA asbestos website has information and resources on finding and removing asbestos.
Household batteries can be safely disposed of during opening hours using recycling collection points at:
- City of Tea Tree Gully Civic Centre
- Tea Tree Gully Library during opening hours.
- Harpers Field Community Hub
- Turramurra Recreation Centre
- Gold Grove Recreation Centre
Dispose of domestic single use or rechargeable batteries, including:
- Cell-type batteries - AA, AAA, C and D
- Button batteries from calculators, watches and many toys
- 9-volt batteries
- Mobile phone batteries
- Small rechargeable batteries from cameras, cordless phones, shavers and some power tools
Most supermarkets, such as Aldi, Coles and Woolworths also provide collection points for household batteries.
For your car, boat, motorbike or other batteries please visit whichbin to find your nearest location.
Lithium-ion embedded items
Lithium-ion embedded products contain batteries that are built-in and not designed to be easily removed. Examples include bluetooth headphones, smart watches and remote controlled toys.
Refer to the lithium-ion embedded items information below.
Unwanted household chemicals and paint can be safely disposed of at the following collection centres:
Campbelltown Works Depot
6 Newton Road, Campbelltown
Monday to Friday 8am to 12pm.
Closed weekends and public holidays.
NAWMA Resource Recovery Centre
Gate 3, Bellchambers Road, Edinburgh North
Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm. Weekends 9am to 3pm.
Closed New Year's Day, Good Friday, ANZAC Day and Christmas Day.
What's accepted
- Acids and alkalis
- Batteries (NiCad, lithium, mercury)
- Brake fluids and coolants
- Cleaning products
- Engine oil and other oil
- Gardening chemicals - including pesticides, insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides
- Light globes
- LPG bottles
- Liquid paints - oil and water-based paint, up to 100 litres
- Other household chemicals
- Photographic chemicals
- Poisons
- Pool chemicals
- Solvents - including paint thinners, turpentine
- Varnishes and stains
Please note, industrial and commercial chemicals from businesses is not accepted.
Construction and building waste can be disposed of at the following location:
NAWMA Resource Recovery Centre
Gate 3, Bellchambers Road, Edinburgh North
Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm. Weekends 9am to 3pm.
Closed New Year's Day, Good Friday, ANZAC Day and Christmas Day.
Fees apply.
E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream globally.
Electronic Recycling Australia provide convenient Unplug n’ Drop recycling hubs, making it free and easy to recycle all electrical items that plug into a power point, use a charger or are battery powered.
Visit the Electronic Recycling Australia website for locations and information
What's accepted
- Cabling
- Cameras - digital and video
- Computer peripherals - mice, keyboards, modems, network devices
- Computers
- Drills
- DVD and video players
- Fax machines
- Food processors
- Gaming devices
- Hairdryers
- Kids toys
- Kitchen appliances
- Laptops
- Microwave ovens
- Monitors
- MP3 players
- Phones
- Printer and toner cartridges
- Printers
- Scanners
- Stereo equipment
- Toasters
- TV’s – all types
- Watches
Gas bottles can be refilled through Swap 'n' Go exchange at most service stations.
They can also be safely disposed of at the following collection centres:
Campbelltown Works Depot
6 Newton Road, Campbelltown
Monday to Friday 8am to 12pm.
Closed weekends and public holidays.
NAWMA Resource Recovery Centre
Gate 3, Bellchambers Road, Edinburgh North
Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm. Weekends 9am to 3pm.
Closed New Year's Day, Good Friday, ANZAC Day and Christmas Day.
Halogen, incandescent and fluorescent light globes and tubes can be taken to:
This ensures that globes will be recycled instead of going to landfill.
Lithium-ion embedded products contain batteries that are built-in and not designed to be easily removed.
Accepted embedded battery items include:
- bluetooth speakers and headphones
- electric toothbrushes
- e-scooters, e-bikes and hover boards
- flashing/light up toys – particularly wands or other hard plastic products
- personal care devices (such as shavers and massagers)
- powerpacks and portable charging devices
- remote controlled and ride-on toys
- vacuum cleaners (such as cordless, hand-held and robotic)
- vapes and e-cigarettes
- lighting products such as tealight candles, lanterns and torches
- wearable devices such as smart watches, trackers and medical aids.
Individual items or items bundled together must be less than 20kg.
They can be safely disposed of at the following collection centres:
Campbelltown Works Depot
6 Newton Road, Campbelltown
Monday to Friday 8am to 12pm.
Closed weekends and public holidays.
NAWMA Resource Recovery Centre
Gate 3, Bellchambers Road, Edinburgh North
Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm. Weekends 9am to 3pm.
Closed New Year's Day, Good Friday, ANZAC Day and Christmas Day.
Mobile phones can be safely disposed of using the recycling collection points at City of Tea Tree Gully Civic Centre or Tea Tree Gully Library during opening hours.
Other options include Officeworks, JB HiFi, Woolworths and participating Optus, Telstra, Vodafone, Australia Post, Harvey Norman and Good Guys stores.
Please ensure that all data has been removed from your mobile phone before recycling it.
Printer and toner cartridges can be safely disposed of using the recycling collection points at City of Tea Tree Gully Civic Centre or Tea Tree Gully Library during opening hours.
Other options include Officeworks, JB HiFi, Woolworths and participating Australia Post, Harvey Norman and Good Guys stores.