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Council service closures over Easter holidays

Customer service centres & libraries will be closed on Good Friday (29 March) through to Easter Monday (1 April). Waste Transfer Stations will be closed Good Friday. Bins will be collected as normal.

Further information

Items not accepted at Recycling and Waste Centres

Items not accepted / prohibited items at Recycling and Waste Centres

The following items cannot be disposed of at our Recycling and Waste Centres. 

Item Alternative locations

Ammunition

Nominated firearms dealer
Asbestos / suspected asbestos >10m2/175kg Asbestos Safety
Asphalt  
Clinical/medical waste Queensland Health
Cordless electrical goods  

Commercially-generated hazardous waste  
(Excluding paint accepted at Redland Bay)

Licenced waste disposal company

Select commercial waste including:

pool filter glass / sand / animals (deceased), 
boats

 
EPIRBS Maritime Safety Queensland
Explosives

See surrender of explosive materials

Firearms Nominated firearms dealer
Flares Maritime Safety Queensland
Fuel tanks  
Gravel  
Helium balloon tanks  
Household batteries

Go to Bcycle.com.au for drop-off locations 

Liquid waste / Grease waste traps  
LPG Vehicle Tanks  
Mobile phones Go to mobilemuster.com.au for drop-off locations
Pool digs / excavation soil  
Pharmaceuticals Return them to your local pharmacy
Radioactive waste

Queensland Health Radiation Unit
Ph. (07) 3328 9987

Rocks, Gravel, Pebbles Consider buy/swap/sell sites or engage a private waste disposal contractor
Wet concrete  

Which items are accepted?

Items accepted at Recycling and Waste Centres