Recycle Street

$5 gate fee from 1 July: a fairer way to manage landfill waste

From 1 July 2026, a $5 gate fee will apply at our waste and recycling centres if your load includes ANY landfill or construction and demolition waste. If you’re dropping off recycling or green waste ONLY, it’s still free.

Find out more about New gate fees.

Recycle Street makes recycling easier, faster and more convenient. This initiative is a one-stop facility to recycle unwanted items when you visit the recycling centres.

How it works

Ensure you have sorted your loads before arriving at the waste and recycling centre. Drive into the centre and drop off your recyclables at Recycle Street first. Then move on to dispose of any other waste you might have.

This initiative is a self-service ‘street’. There is a colour-coded shopfront for each type of recycled waste material.

Customers using Recycle Street can identify quickly where to place their recycled goods. Each bin is clearly colour coded according to type of material, such as paint, motor oil, car batteries and hazardous chemicals.

Colour coding

Charity bins (turquoise signage)

Accepted Not accepted
Goods that can be resold at local charities Goods that are not of resale quality

Batteries (purple signage)

Accepted Not accepted

Car, motorbike and boat batteries

Household batteries

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRBS)

Solar batteries (Energy storage units)

Gas bottles (green signage)

Accepted Not accepted
Domestic gas bottles up to nine kilograms Industrial gas bottles

Motor oil (orange signage)

Accepted Not accepted
Household motor oil only – up to 20 litres accepted.  

Hazardous (black signage)

Accepted Not accepted
Household chemicals only – up to 20 litres accepted. Chemicals must be disposed of in containers with secure lids. All other types of hazardous materials, for example, asbestos, explosives
Fuel – up to 20 litres accepted. Must be disposed of in containers with secure lids.

Paint (pink signage)

Accepted - Only up to 20 litres Not accepted
Interior and exterior paint, floor paint Aerosol paints
Primers, sealers and undercoats Anti-fouling coatings
Stains and shellacs Automotive and industrial paints
Varnishes and urethanes Paint thinners, mineral spirits or solvents

e-waste (blue signage)

Accepted Not accepted
Television Mobile phones
Computers and laptops Batteries
Notebooks and tablets DVD players or recorders
Monitors Radios
Speakers Cassette players
Remote controls CD players
Printers and scanners Game consoles
Microwaves Fax machines
Computer-related accessories Cameras or video cameras
Computer mice, webcams, keyboards Microphones and head phones

White goods (white signage)

Accepted Not accepted
Fridges Ovens
Freezers Dishwashers
Air-conditioning units Washing machines
Microwaves  

Cardboard (dark blue signage)

Accepted Not accepted
Carboard Paper

Mixed recyclables (yellow signage)

Accepted Not accepted
Paper and cardboard Bin liners
Rigid plastic containers Food scraps
Glass bottles and jars Garden organics
Metal cans Soft plastics
Empty aerosols Paper plates and compostable packaging
  Styrofoam and polystyrene
  Takeaway coffee cups

Benefits to the community

Our first Recycle Street was launched Launched on 5 June 2018, World Environment Day, at the Helensvale Waste and Recycling Centre, It was a pioneering project that simplified recycling for the Gold Coast residents because:

  • the layout of the structure makes recycling easier for customers
  • customers get clear information on what they can and can't recycle
  • more recycling means less items end up at landfill, which extends our current landfill lifespan.

Locations

Helensvale Waste & Recycling Centre
70 Helensvale Road, Helensvale

Merrimac Waste & Recycling Centre
Boowaggan Road, Merrimac

Molendinar Waste & Recycling Centre
Corner Jacobs Road & Herbertson Drive, Molendinar

Pimpama Recycling Centre
232 Old Pacific Highway, Pimpama

Reedy Creek Waste & Recycling Centre
61 Hutchinson Street, Burleigh Heads

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