Disposal Alternatives

Ask yourself if items you need to dispose of could be used anywhere else.

Can the object be reused?

I can give it to charity or host a Garage Sale

Listed below are local charities that may be interested in your items:

• Anglicare Op Shop: 205 Windsor St, Richmond 02 4578 4135
• Salvos Store: Cnr Lennox & Paget Streets, Richmond 02 4578 3560
• Vinnies:
• • 256 George Street, Windsor 02 4577 4880
  • 328 Windsor Street, Richmond 02 4578 0599
  • Shop 3/33 Pitt Street, Riverstone 02 9627 3756

I can give it away

• Freecycle: It’s a free community website where members give and receive unwanted items at no charge.
• Log onto Ziilch: A reuse and upcycling website. List your unwanted items to give away and receive goods from others for FREE.  Members can request items and arrange a mutually convenient time for collection. Ziilch aims to help keep perfectly good stuff out of landfill and off the naturestrip. Consider passing on your item to someone who can use it.
• ReUseIt: Alternatively, try a similar website to find new uses for your unwanted items that would otherwise be thrown into the trash.

Can the object be recycled?

• Read Councils A-Z guide on Recycling in the Hawkesbury for a list places to take your unwanted items to be recycled, most of which are free.
• Items such as whitegoods, metals, car bodies, drums, gas bottles and anything that you can place into your kerbside recycling bin can all be recycled for free at the Hawkesbury City Waste Management Facility. See below for the list of what’s accepted.
• Other items such as household chemicals and poisons, paints and motor oils can all be disposed of for free at the Chemical CleanOut.

Can the object be taken to the Hawkesbury City Waste Management Facility?

The Hawkesbury City Waste Management Facility is located on The Driftway at South Windsor. Its open 7 days a week (excluding public holidays) to residents of the Hawkesbury between 8.00am - 4:30pm. 

• Waste Management Facility Information

Cover your Load: Ensure any waste transported by a vehicle is covered or risk a $500 fine.

Uncovered waste loads impact directly on other road users and the environment: only transport waste to a lawful place.

Can the object be picked up in a Council Clean Up Collection?

All Hawkesbury City Council residents with a domestic waste collection service provided by Council, can now book one Kerbside Bulk Waste Household Cleanup Service a year.

Materials must be stacked neatly and not exceed the 1.5 m3 (1.5m x 1.5m x 1.5m or one trailer load) of waste and can be handled safely by two people.

Items accepted:

•         Household rubbish too large for the garbage bin (tins, scrap metal – excl car parts)
•         Household furniture and appliances (including whitegoods)
•         Timber (not exceeding 1.5m in length and 10cm in diameter)
•         Garden clippings (tied into bundles)
•         Mattresses (at a cost)

 For more information see the Kerbside Bulk Household Cleanup Service.