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 |
|---|---|
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Ammunition |
Nominated firearms dealer |
| Asbestos / suspected asbestos >10m2/175kg | Asbestos Safety |
| Asphalt | |
| Clinical/medical waste | Queensland Health |
| Cordless electrical goods | |
|
Commercially-generated hazardous waste |
Licenced waste disposal company |
|
Select commercial waste including: pool filter glass / sand / animals (deceased), |
|
| EPIRBS | Maritime Safety Queensland |
| Explosives | |
| Firearms | Nominated firearms dealer |
| Flares | Maritime Safety Queensland |
| Fuel tanks | |
| Gas / Oxygen / Acetylene tanks | Branded e.g BOC / Air Liquide tanks to be returned to the company labelled on the gas bottle. |
| 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 |
| Rocks, Gravel, Pebbles | Consider buy/swap/sell sites or engage a private waste disposal contractor |
| Wet concrete |