Alternative Disposal Streams & Drop-off
At Strathfield Council we know that waste is not just rubbish, its a resource and what you did with your waste matters.
That’s why we’ve partnered with several local and national organisations to provide alternative disposal streams for all kinds of household waste.
Before sending your waste to landfill, check out some of the below options and join the waste revolution!
Lightweight plastic shopping bags are now banned in NSW as of 1 June 2022.
A cloth or a tote bag is a great alternative, so remember to take your reusable shopping bags with you next time you visit the shops. The NSW Government ban is the first in a series of single use plastic phase outs.
From 1 November these items will also be banned: single use plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates, bowls and cotton buds, expanded polystyrene food ware and cups, and rinse off personal care products containing plastic microbeads.
Single use plastic items and packaging make up 60% of all litter in NSW. These plastic bans will prevent almost 2.7 billion items of plastic litter entering the NSW environment over the next 20 years. More information about the single use plastic ban is available here.
Information for Businesses
The new law will be enforced by NSW EPA, not by Council.
Business owners can call the National Retail Association tollfree hotline for more information at 1800 844 946 or visit the website.
Do not throw your dead batteries or any objects containing batteries in your bins.
Batteries are toxic and flammable – if you discard them in bins they become a fire hazard, endangering lives and causing disruptions to waste services.
By disposing of batteries correctly, you can be part of the solution to a growing waste problem.
You can dispose of your batteries at:
- Council free drop off points located at Strathfield Council Customer Service Centre (65 Homebush Road, Strathfield) and at Strathfield Council Library and Innovation Hub (65-67 Rochester Street Homebush) during their respective opening hours.
- Chemical Clean Out event
- Community Recycling Centres
- Battery World
- Officeworks
- Check to see if your local supermarket stores (e.g. Woolworths or Aldi) have a Battery Recycle Service
Also, remember to buy rechargeable and recyclable batteries whenever you can.
In theme with National Recycling Week 2023 (13-19 November), Strathfield Council proudly presents “Strathfield Spring Clean Up” , an annual drop-off initiative for our community to refresh and recycle unwanted goods to reduce our impact on the environment.
There will be two separate Spring Clean Up events running in November at the Strathfield Council Depot (1 Weerona Rd, Strathfield) – Chemical CleanOut Day (5 November) and Refresh and Recycle Weekend (18-19 November). More information listed below.
Chemical CleanOut Day
Drop off your unwanted household chemicals for free!
Sunday 5th November 2023
9 am – 3:30 pm
Strathfield Council Depot (1 Weerona Rd, Strathfield)
Who: All NSW residents
Items you can drop off:
- Garden chemicals
- Pool chemicals
- Household cleaners
- Hobby chemicals
- Poisons
- Batteries
- Paint
- Motor oils, fluids and fuels
- Fluoro lights
- Gas bottles
- Fire extinguishers
- Smoke detectors
Only household quantities accepted (20L or 20kg), except paint. Up to 100L (in 20L containers) of paint accepted.
This event is funded by NSW EPA in partnership with Cleanaway.
Refresh & Recycle Weekend
Re-home your unwanted goods!
Date: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th November 2023
Time: 8 am – 3 pm
Where: Strathfield Council Depot (1 Weerona Rd, Strathfield)
Who: Strathfield LGA residents – Please bring along proof of address.
Accepted items (maximum of 10 items per vehicle per day):
- Textiles in good condition (i.e., clothing, shoes, towels)
- Household furniture in good condition (i.e., chairs, tables, couches)
- Homewares (i.e., toys, sporting items, baby equipment)
- Bicycles in good condition
- E-Waste (i.e., TVs, computers)
- Electrical appliances
- Mattresses (Limit 2 per vehicle)
- White goods (i.e., fridges, washing machines)
- Metals
Note that 1 bag of textiles is considered as 1 item.
This event is a partnership event with Bower Reuse & Repair Centre, Enviro Beds, Sircel, St Vincent de Paul Society. Our partners have the right to refuse items.
Here are a few tips to ensure a seamless drop-off at our Refresh & Recycle Weekend event.
- All textiles should be bagged and labelled with what is inside.
- Disassembled furniture should be tied together for easy transport.
- Electrical appliances and white goods should be labelled with their condition (i.e., working, requires repairs (please specify), not working).
The order of drop off at the Council Depot is as follows: - BAY 1: Textiles, household furniture, homeware, bikes
- BAY 2: E-waste, electrical appliances
- BAY 3: Mattresses, white goods
- Metals
- Garden Waste
- Recycling
When: Sunday 7 March 2021
Where: All over Australia!
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When: 13 and 14 November
Where: All over Australia!
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Do you have items to recycle? Check out Council’s free drop off recycling stations:
Strathfield Council Customer Service and Strathfield Council Library and Innovation Hub: small household quantities of batteries, mobile phones, X-rays, printer cartridges, light globes and CDs/DVDs.
Customer Service location and opening hours.
Library location and opening hours.
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Turn cans and bottles into cash at the Return and Earn machines!
When: available 24/7
Where: Strathfield Square carpark or Homebush West carpark
Food waste is one of the largest waste categories that can be easily diverted. Join the Compost Revolution and start your very own worm farm or compost.
Donate your household goods to the The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre, and they’ll resell them back to the community at low cost, or get them to people in need via their house to home program.
RedCycle have currently paused their services. Soft plastics can be safely disposed by being thrown into your red lid household garbage bin.
Still not sure what goes where? Check out our or A-Z of Waste recycling guide!