Merrimac Waste and Recycling Centre
Location
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.
Dates closed
- Good Friday
- Christmas Day
Contact us
Phone: 07 5667 5976 from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).
Accepted items
The Merrimac 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).
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