The following materials can be dropped off at Household Clean Out events or Community Recycling Centres:

• Paint
• Gas bottles
• Fire extinguishers
• Flourescent globes
• Motor oil
• Other oils
• Household batteries
• Car batteries
• Aerosols
• Smoke detectors

Please note: only household quantities are accepted, up to a maximum of 20 litres or 20 kilograms container size. 

The following items will not be accepted at Community Recycling Centres:

• Pool chemicals
• Garden chemicals
• Household chemicals
• Fuels 
• Poisons

However, these items are accepted for FREE at Council's Household Chemical CleanOut events.

• Paints are mixed with other waste solvents and used as an alternative to fuel in cement kilns. The metal containers are recycled.
• Lead acid batteries are sent to recyclers where the lead, acid and plastic are recovered and recycled.
• Fluorescent tubes and globes contain mercury. Recyclers crush the tubes to separate the phosphor powder from the glass. They feed the powder through receiving containers, where it is filtered to capture fugitive mercury emissions. The mercury is then separated by distillation and sold for a range of industrial uses. The metals are also recycled.
• Gas bottles have residual gas captured for reuse. Undamaged bottles are retested, restamped and entered into the hire industry. Damaged bottles are punctured and recycled as scrap metal.
• Used oils are processed to become a lubricant or used for waste to energy.