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Household Hazardous waste (HHW)

You can safely dispose of HHW for free at the Meru Waste Management Facility.

‼️ Domestic quantities -Residential only (maximum 20kg or 20L per item)

✅Accepted Items

• Acids and alkalis
• Aerosols
• Batteries (household)
• Engine coolants and glycols
• Fire extinguishers – non halon (red) only
• Flammables
• Flares
• Fluorescent lamps and tubes
• Gas cylinders (small household)
• Household chemicals (e.g. cleaners)
• Paints
• Pesticides/herbicides
• Poisons/toxics
• Pool chemicals
• Smoke detectors
• Unknown chemicals (must be in sealed, chemical resistant containers)

Paints

Accepted under the Paint back Scheme.

Open to Residential & Commercial up to 100L per drop-off. Individual containers must not exceed 20L or 20kg.

✅Accepted products

• Interior/exterior architectural paints (water or solvent-based)
• Deck coatings, floor paints
• Primers, undercoats, sealers
• Stains, varnishes, urethanes (single component)

What Happens to the Paint?

• Containers are recycled (metal and plastic).
• Solvent-based paint is used as an alternative fuel in cement kilns.
• Water-based paint is treated; water is separated and reused in industrial processes.

E-waste

�˻️ Recycle your E-waste Responsibly, Drop off at Meru waste management facility!

Free for residents and fees apply for commercial, refer Fees and Charges

✅Accepted Items

• Circuit boards & other circuitry
• Computer server units
• CRT computer monitors
• CRT Televisions
• Desktop PC towers
• Electronic cables and wiring
• Hard drives, CD and floppy drives
• Inkjet printers, ink and toner
• Keyboards, mice, joysticks
• Laptops
• Laser printers
• LCD/ Plasma computer monitors
• LCD/ Plasma televisions
• Photocopiers
• Printers/ Scanners/ Fax machines
• Rear projection televisions
• UPS systems

❌Unacceptable Items

• Mobile phones and their batteries can be safely disposed of at collection points.
• EPIRBs
• Vapes
• Broken glass TV screens or monitors
• X-ray tubes

Batteries

Dead batteries aren’t waste— �˻️ recycle them safely

Drop off at Meru Waste Management Facility!

✅Accepted Batteries

• Alkaline
• Power tool
• Lithium Batteries
• E-scooter, E-bike (separated)
• Lithium jumps starters
• Lead acid batteries

📱Mobile phone batteries can be safely disposed of at collection points.

🔋 Simple Tips

✅ Do	❌ Don’t
Drop used batteries at recycling points.	Don’t throw batteries in the general bin
Tape terminals on lithium/button batteries	Don’t crush or dismantle them.
Store in a cool, dry place.	Don’t mix leaking batteries with others.

 

Alternate drop offs for Household batteries

• Civic Centre, Cathedral Avenue Geraldton
• Geraldton Regional Library, Marine Terrace Geraldton
• Geraldton Aquarena, Pass Street Geraldton

White Goods

�˻️ Recycle your old appliances -keep waste out of landfill!

Drop Off at Meru waste management facility!

Fees apply (scrap metal fees apply).

✅Accepted Items

• Dishwashers
• Washing machines
• Ovens
• Fridges
• Rangehoods/ Extraction equipment
• Air conditioners
• Air compressors
• Dryers
• Freezers
• Commercial coffee machines
• Microwaves

Note: Fridges and freezers – must not be contaminated with any leftover food!

Plastic Bottles

Please ensure plastic bottles are washed out and the lid removed.

 

Blue Bin Drop Off Locations

• Beachlands Primary School – Corner of Whitfield Street and Bradley Street
• Bluff Point Primary School – 18 Mitchell Street, Bluff Point
• Spalding Horse and Pony Club – 556 Chapman Road, Sunset Beach
• Geraldton Primary School – Augustus Street, Geraldton
• Geraldton Surf Life Saving Club – 260 Willcock Drive, Mahomets Flats
• Greenough Museum & Gardens - 11 Phillips Road, Greenough
• Drummond Cove – Foreshore carpark near Whitehill Road and Smugglers Pass roundabout
• Leaning Tree Community School – 74 Macedonia Drive, Glenfield
• Meru Landfill (after weighbridge) – 61 Landfill Lane Narngulu
• Mt Tarcoola Primary School – Acacia Street, Mt Tarcoola
• Paringa Park – Paringa Street, Mount Tarcoola
• PCYC – 105 Pass Street, Wonthella
• QEII Carpark - 88 Durlacher Street, Geraldton
• Geraldton Christian College – 15 Cedar Crescent, Strathalbyn
• Waggrakine Primary School – Hall Road, Waggrakine
• Walkaway Primary School - Evans Road, Walkaway
• Wandina Primary School – 29 Ajax Drive, Wandina

Construction and Demolition Waste

Drop off at Meru waste management facility – �˻️ Recycle it right!
Please notify if it’s contaminated with ASBESTOS.

Inspection will be conducted.

Fees apply

✅Accepted waste:

• Excavated Rock/Stone
• Concrete, Bricks and Pavers
• Asphalt
• Plasterboard
• Gyprock
• Hardiflex (cement fibre boards)
• Hardiefence/Super Six (Non-Asbestos)
• Gravel
• Cement

Reusable C&D materials like bricks or tiles may be accepted at Bowerbird.

Tyres

Flat Tyres? Don’t Dump— �˻️ Recycle!
Drop off at Meru waste management facility.
Fees apply.

Mattresses

Mattresses are stockpiled, shredded, and the recovered metal is recycled.
Drop off at Meru waste management facility.
Fees apply.

Scrap Metal

Metal is too valuable to waste—�˻️recycle it!

Remove non-metal parts (e.g., plastic, rubber) before drop-off at Meru waste management facility.

Free for residents and Fees apply for commercial.

Cardboard

Flattened cardboard boxes drop off at Meru waste management facility!

• Remove contaminants such as plastic wrap, tape, polystyrene and food residue.

Free for residents and Fees apply for commercial.

Green Waste

Green waste grows new life —�˻️ recycle it!
Drop off your clean green waste at Meru waste management facility.
Free for ����ֱ�� and Fees apply for Commercials

Items not suitable for Mulch (Place this waste in general waste)

• Grass clippings
• Roses
• Bougainvillea
• Box thorn
• Green waste mixed with rubbish

Clean green waste is turned into mulch which is free for residents.

Used Engine Oil

Clean and contaminant free (e.g., coolant, water) engine oil can be drop off at Meru waste management facility.
�˻️ Disposal Method: Bring oil in easy-to-handle containers and you must be able to safely pour the oil into the designated tank at the transfer station for recycling.

Free for residents for 20L per drop-off.

Commercial customers must pay a fee for max limit of 205L.

Timber

Reusable timber pallets can be dropped off at the Bowerbird located on Landfill Lane.

Timber suitable for woodwork (e.g. jarrah) could be reused by the MenShed Geraldton Inc. to be converted into furniture, children's toys or sculptures.

For further information contact 0413 696 978.

Newspapers

A local community group operates Jack’s Shed where newspapers are accepted free of charge for recycling. 

Jack’s Shed is located in the carpark of Geraldton Aquarena, Pass Street, Wonthella. 

Please ensure all old newspapers are placed flat and tied into bundles of no more than 20. 

Although used phone books and magazines are accepted, glossy inserts and/or pages are not.

Please remove these from the items you are dropping off (e.g. tear the cover off your old phone book before stacking with the newspapers).

Containers for change

�˻️Sort and Save your containers

When you return your 10¢ containers, they get the chance to live another life.

✅Accepted Items

Most aluminium, glass, plastic, steel, and liquid paperboard drink containers that are 150ml to 3L. Just check for the 10¢ mark.

Return Points

• 8 Bradford Street in Wonthella
• Rigters Supa IGA Carpark on Durlacher Street
• 440 Roadhouse on the NWCH in Drummond Cove

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