Hazardous Waste Disposal

For drop-off locations and information about what can and can't be accepted, visit: Green Industries - Hazardous Waste

Download a PDF list of accepted items and drop-off locations.

Batteries are hazardous and can produce sparks that may start a fire in collection trucks or at recycling facilities.

Batteries should never be placed in any of your kerbside bins or be included as part of hard waste collections.

Instead, drop them off for free at a drop-off location. 

Council drop-off points:

Small quantities of household batteries are accepted at the following Council locations:

• Council Depot at 30 Davis Road, Glynde
• Norwood Town Hall
• Any of our three Council Libraries.

B-cycle drop-off locations:

B-cycle is Australia’s official battery recycling scheme, designed to make it easy for households and businesses to recycle used batteries safely.

Key points about B-cycle:

• It provides free drop-off points at supermarkets, hardware stores and other locations
• You can use their interactive map to find the nearest collection point.

Visit B-cycle Drop-off Locations and search your suburb for your nearest drop off location.

For further information, visit: East Waste Tips: Drop-off Batteries

Option 1: Mobile Muster Program - Recycle at your local Optus, Telstra, and Vodafone store or search for your nearest drop-off point. Mobile Muster accept all brands of mobile phones, chargers and accessories for recycling.

Option 2: Drop off at Allphones, Australia Post, Cartridge World or Officeworks

Option 3: Drop off at the Norwood Town Hall, our Libraries or Council Depot

Residents and painters can dispose of paint for free at Paintback. You can dispose of 100L per visit, stored in 20L containers.

Alternatively, you can take your waste paint and packaging to your nearest Household Chemical and Paint Drop-off locations

Please note: 

Paint is only hazardous when it is wet. Harden paint by leaving the lid off or adding a paint hardener purchased at a hardware store.

You can dispose of paint, varnish, sealants and adhesives which have solidified in your normal household rubbish.  

Tap the hardened contents out of the tin and place in your general waste (red lid) bin. The clean, dry empty steel tin can be placed in your recycling (yellow lid) bin.

Household

Recycle at Ikea, Mitre 10, Banner Hardware or True Value Hardware stores.

 

Commercial

Commercial quantities of used light globes can be recycled through FluoroCycle. For a list of recyclers near you, visit: FluoroCycle

All chemists will take unwanted medications to dispose of responsibly.

Cooking oil

Note: Clearly label containers before dropping off. Note: Small quantities of cooking oil can be absorbed in a paper towel and placed into the Organics Bin (green lid).

Preferred method:
Drop off at the Council's Works Depot at 30 Davis Road, Glynde. Phone 8360 9001.

 

Alternative method:

Drop off at Adelaide and Statewide Tallow, 87 - 89 Wing St Wingfield. Phone 0419 854 656.

Motor oil

Note: Motor oil is banned from landfill and therefore must not be placed in any kerbside bin. Ensure the containers are clearly labelled and well-sealed. Attach your own label if the original has fallen off.

Preferred method:

Drop off at the Council's Works Depot at 30 Davis Road, Glynde. Phone 8360 9001.

Alternative method:

Do not place into any bin. Deliver to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot, Dry Creek. Find out more, visit: Green Industries SA

For electronic waste (e-waste) free drop off and donation options, visit: E-waste page