Recycling

King’s Birthday Public Holiday Hours – Monday 8 June

The Community Recycling Centre (CRC), Waste Hotline and Waste Depot Customer Service will be closed on Monday 8 June.

Bin Collection Services: There are no changes to bin collection days. Ensure all bins are placed out the evening prior to your collection day.

Waste and recycling enquiries

Please call the Waste Hotline on 13 70 30 Monday to Friday, 8.30am-5pm

Community Recycling Centre

The Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre (CRC) makes it easy for residents to safely dispose of problem wastes that cannot go into household garbage bins or kerbside collection.

Driving the Local Circular Economy

Hornsby Shire Council is helping build a local circular economy by keeping valuable resources out of landfill and turning them into new, useful products.

Recycle Mate

Includes the Recycle Mate app which can be used as a search tool for recycling, reusing or disposing of household items.

A-Z waste and recycling guide

View a list of how to recycle or properly dispose of an unwanted item.

Battery safety – never bin a battery

Batteries can never be placed in any of your household bins. They contain harmful materials inside, and can spark and cause fires in collection trucks or at waste facilities.

Household recycling drop off – Mount Kuring-gai

The household recycling drop off is now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 5 Beaumont Road, Mount Kuring-gai.

Recycling 101 (recycling tips)

Everybody is making a great effort to recycle their waste but sometimes it's not clear what can and cannot be recycled. Read our tips to ensure that you recycle right.

Bin inspections and tagging

Information on the use of coloured tags that Council attaches to bins to provide feedback to residents.

Waste & Recycling – top links