Helensvale Waste and Recycling Centre
Location
70 Helensvale Road, Helensvale
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Opening hours
Helensvale Waste and Recycling Centre is open every day except for Christmas Day and Good Friday.
Please see the table below for opening hours.
| Days | Times |
|---|---|
| Monday | 7am - 4.50pm |
| Tuesday | 7am - 4.50pm |
| Wednesday | 7am - 4.50pm |
| Thursday | 7am - 4.50pm |
| Friday | 7am - 4.50pm |
| Saturday | 7am - 4.50pm |
| Sunday | 7am - 4.50pm |
The City’s waste management facilities experience peak demand between 10am and 2pm. Avoid delays by timing your visit outside these times.
Contact us
Phone: 07 5667 5976 from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).
Accepted items
The Helensvale Waste and Recycling Centre accepts general waste and recycles the following items:
- car batteries (lead acid)
- cardboard
- charity donation bins
- comingled recyclables (yellow top bins) - aluminium cans, paper, plastic and glass bottles
- concrete (small domestic loads only)
- cooking oil (up to 20 litres)
- domestic green waste
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB)
- eWaste
- gas bottles - empty (up to 9 kilograms)
- household hazardous waste, e.g. paint, pool chlorine, herbicides, fuel, oven cleaners, etc. (up to 20 litres)
- motor oil
- scrap metal
- soil and clean fill (road base and clay base only - small domestic loads only)
- whitegoods (degassing available).
The Centre does not accept commercial or work waste. Commercial waste is accepted at the waste and recycling centres at Stapylton (all), Reedy Creek (all) and Molendinar (commercial green waste only).
Live camera feed
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.
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