Sort Your Load

Taking a little extra time to sort your load before leaving home can save time and money at the waste facility. Sorting your load will make disposal of different materials at each of the designated collection points easy.

If a load is not sorted, it can be difficult to see what types of materials are in the load. This means in some cases, the attendant can only charge the highest rate. This is why sorting your load before leaving home is so important.

Sorting can be as simple as:

  • Grouping reusable items together (furniture, mowers, bikes, etc).
  • Keeping recyclables together and flattening any large cardboard boxes.
  • Sorting bricks and rubble together.
  • Separating timber, metals, electronic waste and green waste from general rubbish.

All reusable items collected at our waste facilities are sold at our Tip Shops located at Maryborough and Nikenbah.

NOTE: It is now free to drop off polystyrene packaging (up to one cubic metre). Council has bought a machine that melts the polystyrene into bricks so it does not go to landfill. The bricks can be further processed to produce a range of products such as composite decking, picture frames and skirting boards.

Residents can help reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill and save on fees by dropping these items in the designated areas.

Free items and where to take them

Items Drop off location Exceptions
Batteries Recycling shed
Oil/chemicals (up to 20L) Recycling shed Not accepted at Aramara
Paint
(up to 20L)		 Recycling shed Nikenbah and Maryborough only
Polystyrene (up to 1m3) Recycling shed
Steel Metals drop off area
Fridges / Air Conditioners (degassed only) Metals drop off area
Co-mingled recycling:-
glass bottles and jars, hard plastic, steel and aluminium cans, clean paper and cardboard		 Recycling shed
Re-useable items:-
useable old furniture, mowers, bikes etc		 Recycling shed
Gas bottles - empty (under 9kg) Recycling shed
Rims (only - no tyre attached) Recycling shed or steel drop off area
Green waste (up to 4m3 or 1 tonne) Green waste area Not accepted at Aramara
Electrical waste items:-
kettles, toasters, irons etc		 Recycling shed
Electronic waste items:-
mobiles, laptops, computers, televisions etc		 Recycling shed

Some items that will incur charges

Items such as tyres, mattresses, gassed fridges and air conditioners and gas bottles (over 9kg) will incur charges.

Waste Facility Fees and Charges

Green waste

Council encourages residents to recycle their green waste by taking up to 4m3or 1 tonne of clean garden waste for FREE to one of Council's landfill sites or transfer stations (excluding Aramara Transfer Station).

Please ensure your branches are no longer than 1.2min length and 40cm in diameter.

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