You can drop these items off for free recycling at our resource recovery centres.
Geelong Resource Recovery Centre has moved to a smaller location at 21 Slevin Street while the old site is being redeveloped.
| Item | Geelong Resource Recovery Centre (Interim) | Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre |
|---|---|---|
| Paint (Paint up to 100L and paint tins) | No | Yes |
| Scrap metal (Lawn mowers bikes white goods etc) | No | Yes |
| TVs and small electrical appliances | Yes | Yes |
| Fluorescent lights | No | No |
| Large rigid plastic items (for example: Outdoor furniture) | No | Yes |
| Computers (Including accessories and equipment) | Yes | Yes |
| Batteries (Car and household) | Wet cell only | Yes |
| BBQ gas cylinders (Up to 9 kilograms) | Yes | Yes |
| Polystyrene packaging | Yes | No |
| Hot water services | No | Yes |
| Sorted recycling - glass metal and paper/cardboard (Up to 0.5 cubic metres) | No | Yes |
| Sorted recycling - plastics (Up to 0.5 cubic metres) | No | Yes |
| Cardboard and paper (Up to 0.5 cubic metres must be clean and flattened) | Yes | Yes |
| Motor oil but not the container it is in (Maximum of 30 litres in any one transaction. Take your empty container home and place in your red lid kerbside rubbish bin) | No | Yes |
| Cooking oil and the container it is in (maximum of 30 litres in any one transaction - needs to be supplied in containers of up to a maximum of 5 litres) | No | Yes |
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