Recycling Services

Residents are provided with a 240L yellow-lid recycle bin which is collected fortnightly. 

You can put these items in your recycling bin: 

• Paper: Newspaper, Magazines, Office paper, Light cardboard packages
• Plastic: Plastic containers, tubs and bottles (no lids)
• Milk and juice cartons (no lids)
• Metals: Steel and aluminium cans (no lids), Empty aerosols
• Glass: Bottles and jars (no lids)

We don't accept the following in your recycling bin: 

• No Plastic bags
• No Polystyrene (eg. meat trays)
• No Light Globes
• No Ceramics

Residents are offered regular e-Waste, mattress and whitegood drop-off days with loads limited to household quantities only.

Non-accepted items include tyres, paints, batteries, gas bottles, vacuum cleaners, microwaves, small electrical appliances and heaters.

Paints, batteries, gas bottles can be recycled at Canada Bay Recycle Centre (15-17 Regatta Rd, Five Dock)

Proof of residence is required, such as licence or rates notice.

By entering the Operations Centre all persons agree to the following:

• Proof of residency in the Burwood Council area will be required – either a driver’s licence, Council rates notice or other suitable proof.
• Residents are required to check-in using the Service NSW Covid-safe QR code at the entrance to the Operations Centre before access is granted.
• Residents are required to show Council staff a confirmed check-in from the Covid-safe app.
• The Operations Centre is a working depot and Persons under 16 years of age are not permitted to leave the vehicle.
• Persons should maintain physical distancing between themselves and Council staff.
• Council staff are not able to assist with lifting items. Residents dropping off items must arrive with the number of persons (over 16 years of age) required to assist with lifting items out of their vehicles.
• Persons are required to wear face masks when outside their vehicles.
• Residents attending the Operations Centre must comply with any other sign-posted restrictions.

Drop-off days 2023

Time:         8am-12pm

Location:  Council Operations Centre, 8 Kingsbury Street, Croydon Park

Phone:      9911 9911

Events cancelled: 4, 18 March & 1 April 2023

Council’s weekend recycling drop-off days are cancelled for March and April due to the Burwood Council Operations Centre being closed for works. Drop off events are expected to recommence from 15 April.

Alternative disposal and recycling options are provided below.

Electronic Waste

E-waste is accepted free of charge at the following locations:

• Harvey Norman, 250 Parramatta Rd, Auburn (televisions only)
• Officeworks, 51 Roberts Rd, Greenacre (computers, monitors, printers & peripherals only)
• Officeworks, 213 Parramatta Rd, Five Dock (computers, monitors, printers & peripherals only)
• Cleanaway Resource Recovery Centre, Old Hill Link, Auburn

Mattresses & White Goods

Mattresses and white good are accepted as part of Council’s Household Clean-up Service. Each residential rated property has two free clean-up collections per year, one scheduled clean-up (date set by Council) and one booked clean-up.

Bower

Council partners with the Bower Reuse Centre to provide free home collections of usable items. The Bower also provides a reuse database with alternative reuse options.

All loads will be inspected and Council has the right to turn away unaccepted items.     

e-Waste 

e-Waste is not accepted in Council's Clean-Up Service, both scheduled and booked. TechCollect is collecting the e-waste as part of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS)

e-Waste includes:

• Personal and laptop computers and all cables
• Tablets, notebooks and palmtops
• Computer monitors and parts (eg internal hard drives and CD drives)
• Computer peripherals and accessories (eg mice, keyboards, web cameras, USBs and modems)
•  Printers, faxes, scanners and multi-functional devices
•  All televisions

Whitegoods 

Whitegoods include:

• fridges
• washing machines
• clothes dryers
• air conditioners
• ovens and stoves

Mattresses

Mattresses are limited to two per household. Residents will be required to show proof of their address.                                                                                                

 We’ve partnered with RecycleSmart to pilot a new subscription service to make recycling even easier.

Sign up to the service, set and that’s it!

The monthly power pick up includes textiles, e-waste and problem waste. These items will be picked up from your front door monthly on your scheduled day.

The monthly power pick up is free for Burwood residents.

For a list of accepted items and to sign up visit RecycleSmart

Please note due to pause on soft plastics recycling, RecycleSmart are not currently collecting soft plastics.

Recycle your old mobile phone and accessories through the MobileMuster Box located in Customer Services at Burwood Council.

MobileMuster ensures old mobile phones, batteries, chargers and accessories are kept out of landfill by recycling them in a safe, secure and ethical way.  

This free recycling service is a not for profit program and aims to:

• keep old mobile phones, batteries and accessories out of landfill
• recycle phones to the highest environmental standards
• maximise the percentage of materials recovered so they can be reused therefore substituting new raw materials.

No mobiles or accessories are sold for reuse.  

Visit www.mobilemuster.com.au for more information.

You can request free recycling signs for shared bin rooms in apartment blocks and recycling flyers in a range of languages. Contact our Environment and Health Team to request signage or flyers for your apartment block. 

Email: council@burwood.nsw.gov.au 

Clothing cannot be placed in Burwood Council's recycling bins. Instead consider donating clothes to: 

King Cotton - Clothing Cleanup

Did you know Council has partnered with The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre to provide residents with a FREE Collection and Rehoming Service?

So if you have unwanted furniture or other items at home that you no longer want, you can call the Bower. The Bower can't accept all donations due to space, functionality, low demand so the Bower may refer you to some of the 1,000 organisations or charities within their Rehoming Database. These organisations repair, reuse or resell your unwanted goods keeping them out of landfill.

The Rehoming and Collection Service is available free of charge to Burwood Council residents. For further information please visit the Bower Reuse and Repair Centre's Rehoming Database.

Why not visit the Bower Reuse and Repair Centre, just like you would any other reuse or op shop. The Bower sell goods from household items, furniture to building materials. Go and visit today!

Council is currently reviewing the Secondhand Saturday program.

The Community Recycling Centre has now reopened. COVID safety processes apply and all residents are asked to follow the directions of CRC staff.

Burwood Council and The City of Canada Bay have a formal partnership in the Canada Bay Recycling Centre which is located at 15-17 Regatta Road, Five Dock. The Centre is open to ALL Burwood Council residents for problem waste. The opening hours are:

• Tuesday to Friday: 8am — 3pm
• Saturday: 7am — 4pm
• Closed most public holidays

The problem wastes, listed below, accepted at the Centre will be sent for specialist recycling and must never be placed in any of your household bins.

You can drop off the following problem wastes for free:

• Oil and water-based paint 
• Motor, cooking and other oils
• Car and household batteries
• Gas bottles
• Fluoro globes and tubes
• Fire extinguishers
• Smoke detectors

Only household quantities of problem waste and up to 100L paint will be accepted. Maximum individual container size of 20L or 20kg. Please transport your materials carefully. Dangerous goods and items other than those listed will not be accepted.

Household chemicals such as solvents, poisons and pool chemicals are not accepted.

For more information visit the NSW EPA's Community Recycling Centre website.

This project was supported by the NSW Environmental Trust as part of the NSW EPA’s Waste Less, Recycle More initiative funded from the waste levy.