Safe disposal of hazardous waste

Recycling bin 
Ensure aerosol cans are empty before placing in your recycling bin, along with lid and nozzle.

Aerosol spray paint cans or hazardous chemicals in aerosols are not accepted in the kerbside recycling bin. 

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre
Aerosol spray paint cans or hazardous chemicals in aerosols (residential only)

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre
Commercial users

Before visiting the Recycling and Waste Centre, complete and submit a container cleanliness declaration form from drumMUSTER.

Drums must be empty, cleaned and free from any chemical residue. Notify gatehouse staff upon arrival.

Including suspected asbestos, fibre cement sheeting and stone benchtops 

Recycling and Waste Centre
Birkdale, Redland Bay (residential only), Coochiemudlo, Macleay, Russell and North Stradbroke Island

• Up to 10m² or 175kg per load
• Double wrapped in thick (0.2mm) plastic sheeting and securely sealed with duct tape
• Declare at the gatehouse on arrival - it's a legislative requirement
• Must be hand-unloaded in the designated bin on site

For more information, visit Asbestos and fibre-cement sheeting

Household batteries
Including battery packs, AA, AAA, C, D and button batteries, some lithium batteries
B-cycle drop-off points

Car and boat lead acid batteries 
Recycling and Waste Centre
Up to 20kg is accepted at Birkdale, Redland Bay, Coochiemudlo, North Stradbroke, Macleay and Russell Island

Acids and alkalis, coolants and brake fluids, glue and solvents, herbicides, household chemicals, lubricant grease, pesticides, pool chemicals, rust inhibitors, thinners, wood preservatives 

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre

• Residential only
• Up to 20 litres/kilograms
• Ensure chemicals are in original container or approved sealed safe container which isn't broken or leaking. They can't be decanted on site.

EPIRBS and flares cannot be placed in kerbside bins or taken to a Recycling and Waste Centre.

Flare disposal locations, Maritime Safety Queensland

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre 
Residential only, max. 20kg

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre
Take up to 20kg of residential unbroken fluorescent lights to Redland Bay 

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre 
Residential fuel up to 20L only, must be in a sealed container.

Recycling and Waste Centre
BBQ gas bottles (only) can be taken to Birkdale, Redland Bay, North Stradbroke Island, Russell Island, Macleay Island and Coochiemudlo Island Recycling and Waste Centres for recycling. If in date, they can be taken to your local service station or most hardware stores for exchange.

Tradeflame / butane gas bottles to be disposed of at Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre as hazardous waste. Residential only. Commercial quantities not accepted.

Return to supplier
All other gas bottles including LPG tanks / oxygen / acetylene / helium are not accepted at Recycling and Waste Centres and should be returned to the supplier where applicable.

General waste bin
Ensure hot ash or heat beads are cold and bagged before placing in your general waste bin. 

General waste bin
Contained and sealed

Empty fluid lighters and cigarette lighters
General waste bin 

Local pharmacy
Search Recycle Mate for locations to take expired or unwanted medicines

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre
Must be a small quantity, in a glass jar, lid taped shut and labelled.

MobileMuster drop-off location or Recycling Station, IndigiScapes 

Note: mobile phones are not accepted at any Recycling and Waste Centre.

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre

General waste bin
Place in a rigid-walled sealed container

Recycling and Waste Centre or Public sharps container 
Residential only

Never pour any type of oil down the drain, this can cause serious damage and injure marine life. 

Motor oil, including hydraulic, gear and machine oil
Recycling and Waste Centre
Birkdale, Redland Bay, Coochiemudlo, North Stradbroke, Macleay and Russell Island
Oil can be decanted on site and container taken home.

Cooking oil (vegetable oil only)
Recycling and Waste Centre
Birkdale, Redland Bay, North Stradbroke Island
Oil can be decanted on site and container taken home.

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre, or other Paintback drop-off location
Paint to be in secured containers of 20L or less and can't be decanted on site. Limit of 100L in total per visit.

What's accepted: 

• Deck coatings and floor paints
• Interior and exterior architectural paint
• Packaging
• Primers
• Sealers
• Stains and shellacs
• Undercoats
• Varnishes and urethanes (single components)
• Wood coatings

For more information, visit Paintback. 

Redland Bay Recycling and Waste Centre
Residential only and limited to 10.

Do not dispose of vapes containing batteries in your kerbside bins

Search Recycle Mate for battery recycling or pharmacy locations
If you can remove a battery, take it to a B-cycle drop-off point and dispose of the vape with no battery in your kerbside bin.

Products that don't have an enclosed battery, such as cartridges, replacement pods and liquid nicotine can be placed in RUM (Return of Unwanted Medicine) bins at your local pharmacy. Check with the pharmacy first.