Location
70 Helensvale Road, Helensvale
View the live camera feed below for estimated wait times for use of this facility.
Opening hours
Helensvale Waste and Recycling Centre is open every day, Monday to Sunday, between 7am and 4.50pm, except for the dates below.
Dates closed: Good Friday and Christmas Day
Contact us
Phone: 07 5667 5976 from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).
Plan ahead & save time
Before you head to this waste and recycling centre:
- Check the list of items accepted by this centre in the section below. Note that our Helensvale centre does not accept:
- Green organics – the closest green organics drop and go facility to Helensvale is at Pimpama.
- Commercial or work waste – this is only accepted at the waste and recycling centres at Stapylton (all), Reedy Creek (all) and Molendinar (commercial green organics only).
- Take the time to sort your load. Sorting your load into recyclables and general waste will make your visit to the centre's Recycle Street a breeze.
- Check the live camera feed below for estimated wait times for use of this facility. Our waste management facilities experience peak demand between 10am and 2pm. Avoid delays by timing your visit outside these times.
Accepted items
The Helensvale Waste and Recycling Centre accepts general waste and recycles the following items:
- car batteries (lead acid)
- cardboard
- charity donations, such as clothing
- aluminium cans, paper, plastic and glass bottles
- cooking oil (up to 20 litres)
- electronics
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB)
- eWaste
- gas bottles empty (up to 9 kilograms)
- household hazardous waste, e.g. pool chlorine, herbicides, fuel, oven cleaners, etc.
- lounges (recyclable)
- mattresses
- motor oil
- paint through PaintBack, maximum of 20 litres
- scrap metal
- whitegoods (degassing available).
This centre does not accept
- Residential green organics – this is only accepted at our Green organics drop and go
- Commercial or work waste, including certain recyclable construction and demolition materials including soil, sand, concrete, brick, tile and asphalt. This waste is only accepted at the waste and recycling centres at Stapylton (all), Reedy Creek (all) and Molendinar (commercial green organics only).
Waste disposal fees
Residents can use City waste and recycling centres to dispose of certain items fee-free, within certain limits.
Visit How to use our waste & recycling centres to find out:
- how much waste you can take to a centre before a fee is charged
- the rules around what we accept, and
- domestic regulated waste items that do incur a fee.
It is also a fee-free condition that recyclable materials be separated and placed in the supplied recycling areas.
The live camera feed below provides a guide to the current estimated wait time for use of this facility.
Please note: if there are no visible cars, there is an estimated wait time of less than 10 minutes.