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.

This is a free service for households.

Residents can drop off the following items for FREE. For items not listed below please refer to the A-Z Waste and Recycling Guide.

	Car and motorcycle batteries - All sizes and types. Tip: Wear gloves when handling.
	Clothing and accessories - Hats, belts, shoes, handbags, etc. Household textiles such as rugs, linen, towels and curtains are NOT accepted. Tip: Ensure your items are bagged.
	Electronic Waste - Televisions, desktop computers, laptops, tablets, PC monitors, loose hard drives, keyboards, plastic computer speakers, motherboards, video and sound cards, printers (with toners removed), scanners, network devices, set top boxes, mice, other computer parts, cables, IT accessories, gaming equipment, web cameras, DVD and VCR players, CD and DVD discs (discs only not the covers). Find out more about E-waste
	Fire Extinguishers - Any type used in the home.
	Flattened cardboard - Large sheets of cardboard or excess flattened boxes that do not fit in yellow lid bin at home. Tip: Flatten boxes before coming to the CRC.
	Fluorescent light globes and tubes  - All types. Tip: Wrap broken globes or tubes in newspaper or plastic bag.
	Gas Bottles - Any type used for BBQ, camping or caravan. Also accepted are oxygen, butane, helium etc canisters.
	Hard Plastics - plastic buckets, crates, pots, washing baskets, plastic bottle caps and lids, plastic toys, CD and DVD cases etc. Tip: Every part of the item must be plastic – no metal parts, batteries, or electronic components. The maximum length of hard plastic items is limited to 1.5m and items must weigh less than 20 kilograms. All items must be clean. No chemical containers please.
	Household batteries - Single use and rechargeable batteries. All sizes and types.   Tip: Remove packaging for unused batteries.
	Mobile phones - All types, old and new. Find out more about E-waste
	Motor oils - Containers of sump oil, engine oil, two and four stroke oil, diesel oil, lubricating oil etc. Tips: Decant the same types of oil into fewer containers before coming to the CRC. Put empty containers into red lid garbage bin.
	Other oils - Containers of cooking oils, auto transmission fluid, brake fluid, hydraulic fluid, power steering fluid, engine coolant etc Tips: Decant the same types of oil into fewer containers before coming to the CRC. Put empty containers into red lid garbage bin.
	Paint - Oil based and water based tins of paint. In liquid form. Also accepted are solvent based paint, metallic enamel paint and epoxy paint. Tips: Decant the same types of paint into fewer tins before coming to the CRC. Take lids off empty tins. Put both lid and empty tin into red lid garbage bin.  Find out more about hazardous waste
	Polystyrene - Accepting white rigid Polystyrene from packaging without sticky tape from small and large appliances, white fruit and vegetable boxes. Number 6 only. No coloured, waxy or flexible foam, bean bag/packaging beans, meat trays or takeaway food containers.
	Printer cartridges - All sizes and types. Liquid and powder toners.   Tip: Remove all packaging for unused cartridges.
	Smoke Detectors - Any type used in the home. Tip: Remove batteries.
	Soft plastic bags and plastic packaging - If it is clean and can be scrunched into a ball. Tip: Check this list for more detail.
	Spray cans - Canisters containing hazardous material such as spray paint, varnish, WD40, fly spray etc Find out more about hazardous waste
	X-rays - Please remove from envelopes.

For items not listed above please refer to the A-Z Waste and Recycling Guide.

Only household quantities and container sizes of these materials will be accepted.
For enquiries contact Council’s Waste Hotline: 13 70 30.

Storing and transporting your wastes

Please handle and transport your materials carefully and safely. Wear gloves and protect your vehicle by placing items on a protective sheet or tray in the boot to capture any leaks or breaks

This Community Recycling Centre is supported by the Environmental Trust as part of the NSW EPA’s Waste Less, Recycle More initiative in partnership with Hornsby Shire Council.