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Recycling Services Directory
2019
Photo: Gordon Reid Black Swan & cygnets, Lake Pertobe
Recycling………. conserving resources for OUR future generations
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Material Service Provider Fee Where material
is recycled / or other info
Asbestos
Andrew’s Asbestos Solutions 5562 2496
Fees Apply Asbestos is a potentially hazardous material, and should only be removed by a licensed asbestos removalist.
Disposal at a landfill licensed by the EPA to receive asbestos as per EPA regulations.
Murrihy Demolitions Pty Ltd 5561 3133
Batteries (All household)
Detox Your Home permanent site at Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
FREE domestic quantities.
Funded by Sustainability Victoria. Collected by Toxfree, recycled or hazardous landfill disposal.
Books & Magazines
Op Shops FREE
Check first Resold
Book swap WAG, Gateway Plaza
FREE
Reuse
Boomerang Bags (reusable bags)
Boomerang Bags Warrnambool Rm8, Building B, 91 Hyland St
Community group diverting fabric from landfill and turning it in to reusable cloth
bags.
Bric-A-Brac
Op Shops FREE
Check first Resold
Warrnambool Buy, Swap, Sell
Facebook Local online marketplace.
CDs/ DVDs Op Shops
FREE Check with
Op Shop first. They are also good for use in art & craft
& gardening.
Resold. Also may take computer games.
http://businessrecycling.com.au/recycle/cd-dvd For large quantities
CFLs
(compact fluorescent light globes/ lamps)
Detox Your Home permanent site at Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
FREE domestic quantities. A fee applies for businesses.
Funded by Sustainability Victoria. Collected by Toxfree. Mercury is extracted for reuse
Chemicals
Agricultural & veterinary
Register at- www.chemclear.com.au or call 1800 008 182 Registration is essential.
National program for the collection & disposal of unwanted registered agvet chemicals.
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Chemicals (household)
‘Detox Your Home’
Warrnambool Livestock Exchange Caramut Rd Sat March 2, 2019 9am-3pm
FREE Only containers up to 20 litres accepted.
Detox Your Home is a Sustainability Victoria program. For more info visit: sustainability.vic.gov.au/detoxyourhome or call 1300 363 744
Christmas Trees
Warrnambool Community Garden Cnr Grieve St & Grafton Rd
FREE- Supported by Warrnambool Community Garden & WCC. Jan 2020
Used for mulch in the community garden.
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply Mulched
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
Fees apply Used for mulch
Cleanfill (bricks, soil,
concrete, rubble)
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply Hardfill
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
Fees apply
Hardfill
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply Material recycled
Clothing
(good condition
Inc: Shoes, handbags, Linen
& curtains)
SWAP IT Warrnambool Baptist Church 207 Koroit St –Old Baptist Church Entrance 5561 1066
FREE- Swap kids clothes and toys. Works on a token system.
Reuse - Open Thursday mornings from 9.15am-12. Closed during school holidays.
WDEA 11 Albert St 5564 5200
FREE- Recycle banks around town.
Sorted for reuse or recycled.
Good condition take to Charity shops for assessment
FREE Resold
Warrnambool Buy, Swap and Sell
Facebook Online local marketplace
Warrnambool Wardrobe
Facebook Online local marketplace
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Clothing
(any condition)
WDEA 11 Albert St 5564 5200
FREE- Recycle banks around town.
Sorted for reuse, cut for rags, or recycled.
Lifeline 719 Raglan Pde 5559 0505
FREE Resold for cut rags.
Coffee
Responsible Cafes These cafes will offer a discount when you take a reusable cup.
Piccolo Brightbird
Go Vita Bohemia
Dr. Tully’s Café Lava
Coffee Treat Muffin Break Café Nosh Simon’s Waterfront Dr Chai
Craft Supplies & Stationery
Lifeline 719 Raglan Pde 5559 0505
FREE Resold
Dental Waste CMA Ecocycle 0419 508 309
Fees apply Contact: Ian Crawford
drumMUSTER (empty, clean, eligible metal and plastic agvet chemical containers)
Cob and Co 25 Dickson St
5561 0881
FREE drop off. Containers must be triple rinsed with lids off. This site has collected 38,358 drums since inception.
National product stewardship program for collection and recycling of empty, cleaned, non- returnable metal and plastic agvet chemical containers.
Electrical Goods-
(Working order)
Lifeline 719 Raglan Pde 5559 0505
FREE Resold tagged & tested
WDEA Works 11 Albert St 5564 5200
FREE
EPIRBs / Distress Beacons
Battery World 25 Walsh Rd
Battery store will disconnect first, then take to e-waste
EWASTE (Electronic
Waste)
WDEA Works 11 Albert St 5564 5200
Open 8am-4pm, Monday to Friday
FREE- Accepts Whitegoods & can collect. Includes- TVs, computers & any item that plugs into a computer eg: printers
Offers meaningful opportunities for people with a disability. Provides support for developing skills & work experience.
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
FREE
Recycled as part of the National TV & Computer Product Stewardship Scheme. Recycled via SIMS Metal Recycling.
Warrnambool TS 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
FREE WDEA
Fire Extinguisher
Commercial (Expired)
Call Fire Equipment Maintenance Services
5561 6614 0419 533 336
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Flares Police Station, 214 Koroit St
Fluorescent Tubes
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
FREE for domestic. Fee applies for businesses
Detox Your Home permanent site. Toxfree collect & extract mercury.
Food Waste
Statewide 5561 1195
Fees apply Camperdown Compost Company
Warrnambool TS Fees apply 5561 1198
Furniture (Good condition)
Ring
Op Shops.
Lifeline offer a Free pick up service M-F 5562 8694
Resold Salvos pick up call 5562 4004
Warrnambool Buy, Swap, Sell
Facebook Local online marketplace.
Gas Bottles Surdex Steel Whiterock Rd 5561 7888
FREE ONLY BOC gas bottles for safe recycling.
Glass
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Road 5561 1198
Fees apply Recycling processor
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply Provided to local recycler
Greenwaste
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply Camperdown Compost Company
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply Mulched
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
Fees apply Mulched and resold
Lawnmowers & chainsaws
Madden’s Mowers & Motorcycle Repairs
1 Harrington Rd 0413 959 051
Fees apply Repair & resell
Liquid Waste
Bermingham Septic 0400 737 349
Fees apply
Sargeant Liquid Waste 0427 921 836
Fees apply
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Mattresses
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply Landfill
Lifeline 719 Raglan Pde 5559 0505
FREE Resold- Must be unmarked.
Salvo’s Thrift Shop 197 Lava St 5562 4004
FREE Resold- Must be unmarked
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
Fees apply Recycled
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply Recycled
Media destruction
Cob & Co Recyclers 25 Dickson St 5561 0881
Price on application.
CDs, DVDs, Computer disks, Hard drives and USBs- professionally destroyed.
Metal (all)
Rentsch’s Metal Recyclers Cnr Braithwaite St & Harrington Rd 5562 7802.
May pay for metal dependent upon market prices for Drop off.
Whitegoods are accepted and degassed. Car bodies pick up. Car & truck batteries accepted.
Eccles 6 Watson St 5562 3227
May pay for metal; depends on market prices- Drop off only
Depends on market.
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply Accepts aluminium cans, steel and car batteries.
Metal
Cob & Co Recyclers 25 Dickson St 5561 0881
FREE Drop off
Local scrap metal
company.
Also accepts aluminium cans which are baled & sent to Melbourne recyclers.
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
Fees apply
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
FREE
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Milk Bottles (HDPE Plastic
only)
Cob & Co Recyclers 25 Dickson St 5561 0881
FREE Drop off
Milk Bottles accepted. No OTHER forms of bottles accepted.
Mobile phones & accessories
Warrnambool City Council Civic Centre 25 Liebig St. Other sites in Warrnambool incl milkbars, schools, phone and electrical shops & Post Offices
FREE MobileMuster— product stewardship. Inbuilt cost when phone is purchased.
Mobile Muster
WDEA 11 Albert St 5564 5200 8am-4pm, Mon-Fri
FREE Recycled
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
FREE WDEA
Oils- motor
Oil filters and oil containers
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
Fees apply
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply Recycled in to fuel.
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply
Oils- household cooking
Use kitty litter to absorb the oil, wrap in newspaper, then put it in the garbage bin.
Always wipe out fry pans with a paper towel and place in
rubbish bin or compost or FOGO.
Oils- Commercial Bermingham Septic 0400 737 349
Fees apply
Paint
Detox Your Home permanent site and Paintback at Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
FREE for domestic quantities. And free for commercial quantities -maximum 100 litres.
Funded by Sustainability Victoria and Paintback. Collected by Toxfree, recycled or diverted from landfill.
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Paper & cardboard
Cardboard from building sites
Waxed
Cob & Co Recyclers 25 Dickson St 5561 0881
FREE Drop off
Melbourne recyclers. Paper is pulped and turned into tissues and toilet paper.
Also accept catalogue drop off from distributors.
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
$5 flat fee Depends on market
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
Fees apply Recycling processor
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply Local recycler
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply Book with your building site skip.
Waxed cardboard cannot be recycled.
Reuse - these boxes are great for storage.
Plaster Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply Recycled – Smythesdale Plaster Plant.
Plastic
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl
Fees apply Local recycler
Warrnambool Transfer Station 20 Harrington Rd
Fees apply Recycling processor
Plastic Drums 20-25ltr
Non-drumMuster
Cob and Co 25 Dickson St
FREE drop off.
Containers must be triple rinsed with no lids.
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Plastic Bags
&
other soft plastic packaging
All Coles Supermarkets
FREE REDcycle recycles soft plastics into outdoor furniture.
Items accepted.Incl; Green reusable bags Fruit & veg bags Bread bags Cereal box liners Biscuit wrappers & confectionary Rice &pasta packets frozen
food bags.
All Woolworths Supermarkets
FREE
REDcycle 38 Chelmsford St Williamstown North VIC 3016
FREE
Polystyrene
WDEA 11 Albert St 5564 5200
Fees apply Collection available.
Bags supplied for storage.
Compacted & then landfilled.
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply Landfill
Warrnambool Transfer 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
Fees apply Landfill
Printer Cartridges
Tobin Office National 48 Kepler St 5562 0366
FREE Recycled
Darrian Office & Art 176 Fairy St 5562 2351
FREE
Recycled
WDEA 11 Albert St 5564 5200 8am-4pm, Mon-Fri
FREE Recycled
Planet Ark partners: Australia Post Harvey Norman The Good Guys Phone retailers
FREE
Recycled- Inkjet & toner cartridges & bottles accepted. Printers, copiers & fax machines cartridges.
Warrnambool Transfer 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
FREE WDEA
Shoes & Bags
Warrnambool Shoe Repair & Cobbler 196 Timor St 0423 812 743
Fees apply Repair
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Sporting Goods (Good condition)
Op Shops FREE
Check first Resold
Boots for All https://www.bootsforall.org.au/
Smoke Detectors Must be disposed of as e-waste. Commercial quantities (10+) must be returned to the supplier for safe disposal. For more info visit -http://businessrecycling.com.au/recycle/smoke-detectors
Timber Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply
Divert material from landfill, creating a clean product suitable for gardens and composting.
Toys (Good condition)
Op Shops FREE
Check first Resold
Tyres
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
Fees apply
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
Fees apply Recycled
Warrnambool Transfer 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
$10 car $20 truck
Unpackaged
Food
Unpackaged Food Cooperative Uniting Church 115 Koroit St
1st Friday of the month 12.30-7pm
BYO reusable containers
Health Food stores Warrnambool
Refill jars of peanut butter & honey
Whitegoods
Rentsch’s Metal Recyclers Cnr Harrington Rd 5562 7802
FREE Degassed first then metal recycling
Eccles 6 Watson St 5562 3227
FREE drop off Customer must degas prior to drop off.
Statewide Recycling 355 Koroit St 5561 1195
FREE Metal recycling. (They are degassed prior to recycling)
WDEA 11 Albert St 5564 5200
FREE Drop-off
They degas fridges & offer a collection service for a small fee.
Westvic Waste 3 Hammond Pl 5561 3133
FREE Metal (They are degassed)
Warrnambool TS 20 Harrington Rd 5561 1198
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WONDERFUL OP SHOPS IN WONDERFUL WARRNAMBOOL
Bag a
Bargain……...
From vintage to
designer labels,
you can complete
your wardrobe or
even buy a
wardrobe at
Warrnambool’s Op
Shops.
Retail therapy
without costing the
earth!
Our CBD has 8 Op Shops within easy walking distance of each other.
For other reuse options checkout Warrnambool Buy, Swap and Sell and Warrnambool Wardrobe on FB
For more recycling / reuse options check out these resources –
W’bool Wardrobe - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1503785059851701/
W’bool Buy, Swap & Sell - https://www.facebook.com/groups/204041366445738/
www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/what-can-irecycle
https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/You-and-Your-Home/Waste-and-recycling/Recycling/What-you-can-and-cant-recycle
www.reduce-recycle.com.au/
Aspire www.aspire.csiro.au online marketplace matching purchasers or recyclers
with your waste by-products.
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Waste Management Hierarchy
*Reference: EPA Victoria
Illustrations: Tom Telford
Photo: Gordon Reid
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