Waste Management Centre

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Location and Operating Hours

The Bathurst Waste Management Centre is located at 395 College Road, South Bathurst. 

Opening Hours

Monday to Friday 7:30am – 4:30pm

Saturday and Sunday 8:30am – 3:00pm

Open seven days a week excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day.

Contact Details

Please direct any enquiries to Phone: 02 6338 2855 or Email: council@bathurst.nsw.gov.au

Conditions of Entry to Bathurst Waste Management Centre

  • Staff are unable to provide assistance with unloading.

  • Respect must be shown to staff, contractors, and other customers. Abusive or threatening behaviour will not be tolerated.

  • Enclosed shoes MUST be worn onsite. 

  • Children and animals are to remain in vehicles at all times.

What can I take to the Waste Management Centre?

Please see the current Waste Management Centre Fees and Charges brochure here for a list of items accepted: 2024 & 2025 WMC Brochure.pdf(PDF, 16MB)

Prohibited Waste 

Council is not permitted to accept the following at the Bathurst Waste Management Centre (WMC): 

  • Liquid waste
  • Medical waste
  • Hazardous waste 
  • Dangerous goods

It is an offence to transport prohibited wastes to the WMC. 

 

What can I dispose of at the Waste Management Centre?

  • General household and domestic waste that cannot be recycled (charges apply)
  • Waste - large/bulky (charges apply)
  • Asbestos and waste requiring burial (Charges apply, and booking required 48 hours in advance. Call 6338 2855 to book)

What can I recycle at the Waste Management Centre?

  • Co-mingled household recyclables
  • Sorted metal (charges apply)
  • E-Waste (charges apply)    
  • Engine oil

  • Green waste (charges apply)

Clothing and Textiles

Clothing and textiles can be recycled through the special drop-off point at the WMC (charges apply).

Items Accepted:

  • Clothing and apparel (even worn or slightly damaged)
  • Shoes
  • Towels
  • Blankets

Items NOT Accepted:

  • Soiled items
  • Undergarments
  • Doonas
  • Pillows
  • Mattress protectors
  • Stuffed toys
  • Swimwear 

Textile items are to be placed loose in the designated bins, no plastic bags permitted. 

Drum Muster

 Drum Muster is available on the last Thursday of every month (9.00am - 12.00pm) all year round. It is a free service for the collection and recycling of eligible* empty AgVet chemical containers.

Drums must be triple rinsed with lids removed, and, if a metal drum, pierced at the base. 

Bookings are essential. Call the Gatehouse on 6338 2855 to book. 

*For more information: drummuster.org.au

   

 

 

Fees and Charges

Waste Management Centre Fees and Charges.pdf(PDF, 156KB)

Waste Services and Bins Charges.pdf(PDF, 191KB)

Community Recycling Centres

Community Recycling Centre

Located at the Waste Management Centre, College Road, Bathurst.

The Bathurst Community Recycling Centre offers a FREE and easy solution for the disposal of household quantities (up to 20L or 20kg) of problem waste such as paints, gas bottles, motor oils, batteries, smoke detectors and fluorescent globes and tubes. Many of these materials can be reused and recycled if processed correctly.

For further information on the Community Recycling Centre at the Waste Management Centre, please click here...(PDF, 798KB)

The Junktion Reuse and Recovery Centre

You can drop off many items at no cost, for re-sale in the community shop. The Junktion is located off College Road just before you get to the Waste Management Centre. 

Please phone (02) 6331 4654 for more information and opening hours.

 

Asbestos and Waste Requiring Burial

Asbestos is required to be wetted and double wrapped in plastic and 48hr notice is required before burial.

Please note that immediate burials will only occur by prior arrangement, please phone the Waste Management Centre on(02) 6338 2855  to make arrangements.

 

MobileMuster

Over 90% of the materials used in a mobile are recyclable. While they cannot be recycled through the yellow lid bin, phones along with all batteries and chargers can be returned to the following facilities for FREE to be recycled:
  • Bathurst Regional Council Civic Centre
  • Bathurst Waste Management Centre
  • MobileMuster participating stores
MobileMuster is the official recycling program of the mobile phone industry in Australia. It is the only whole of industry and self funded electronic waste recycling program in the world, providing free collection and recycling services to consumers, retailers, businesses, schools and local councils.
We encourage you to remove all personal information from your mobile and SIM card before you recycle them. As all mobiles are dismantled and processed, any data left on the phone or SIM card will be destroyed.

For more information about the Mobile Muster program visit: www.mobilemuster.com.au

 

Sharps

Many people rely on using needles and syringes to treat health related conditions. There are a number of locations in Bathurst where these needles and syringes, otherwise known as sharps can be disposed of safely. 

Please do not dispose of sharps in your recycling or waste bins. Syringe needles, and other medical sharps that are disposed of in recycling and garbage bins pose a risk to Council staff at the Waste Management Centre and staff at recycling facilities. 

Sharps should always be:
  • Placed in an appropriate sharps disposal container
  • Kept out of reach of children
  • Disposed of at a sharps collection facility or disposal bin
Sharps should never be:
  • Placed in your household waste or recycling bins or a public garbage bin
  • Flushed down toilets or drains
  • Left on the ground
Please visit  Waste and Recycling Locations for more information about sharps collection facilities located in Bathurst.


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