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Blaxland Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility
Katoomba Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility
Community Recycling Centre
Environmental reporting data
The extreme current weather conditions have made parts of our Blaxland site unsafe. The small vehicle area will be the only area to remain open to the public until further notice. It will be hand unloading only.
Waste Management Facility opening hours normally are:
Access to the top platform is restricted to the following:
In order to be given access to a facility, visitors must be COVID compliant:
28-30 Attunga Road, Blaxland
8am – 4.45pm, 7 days a week.
Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
Blaxland Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility (RRWMF) currently provides the following free waste disposal services to the Blue Mountains community:
There is a small vehicle area that allows safe drop-off for:
* Non-residents can also bring these items for free to the EPA funded Community Recycling Centre (CRC) at this site.
Blaxland RRWMF holds two free Chemical CleanOut events each year. Check our Chemical CleanOut section for further details
Larger quantities of recyclables are accepted free of charge if they are:
Blaxland RRWMF also accepts other items for disposal. For a comprehensive list including special wastes such as asbestos, refer to our Waste Management: Fees and Charges document below. Items charged are calculated by vehicle weight on a weighbridge at the entrance to the facility.
49 Woodlands Road, Katoomba
The operating hours at both sites enable Council to continue to deliver a self-funding Waste Service.
At Katoomba:
Katoomba Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility (RRWMF) small vehicle area provides the following free waste disposal services to the Blue Mountains community:
* Non-residents can also bring these items for free to the EPA funded Community Recycling Centre (CRC) at this site.
Katoomba RRWMF also accepts other items for disposal. Refer to our Waste Management: Fees and Charges document below for more information. Items charged are calculated by vehicle weight on a weighbridge at the entrance to the facility.
If you have other household chemicals not listed above, check our Chemical CleanOut section for further details.
Blaxland and Katoomba RRWMF both have a Reuse Shed – this is where we turn trash into treasure. Any items too good to dismantle for recycling are given away for free!
As Katoomba RRWMF is no longer a landfill site, we cannot accept clean fill, asbestos, animal carcasses or other materials that require supervised and/or immediate burial. The facilities for these services are available at Blaxland RRWMF only.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
STRICTLY NO ASBESTOS OR OTHER SPECIAL WASTES
Now open at both Katoomba and Blaxland Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facilities.
To ensure the safety of staff and the community, strict restrictions will apply, including:
A Community Recycling Centre (CRC) funded by the EPA operates at Katoomba Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility. The Blaxland Community Recycling Centre, at Council's Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility at 28-30 Attunga Road, Blaxland, also officially opened on 21 May 2021. This is a FREE service to help residents safely dispose of household problem wastes which shouldn’t be put in kerbside bins:
Many of these materials can be reused and recycled if processed correctly. Recycling helps our environment because it saves water, energy and natural resources.
Only household quantities of the above materials will be accepted. As a guide a maximum container of 20 litres or 20 kilograms (10kg for batteries) for each of the waste items listed above.
Blue Mountains Community Recycling Centres are located at:
Katoomba Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility
49 Woodlands Road, Katoomba
Blaxland Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility
28-30 Attunga Road, Blaxland
For more information call us on 4780 5000 or visit www.epa.nsw.gov.au/recyclingcentres. Alternative centres are located in Penrith and Bathurst.
Brought to you by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. Visit www.epa.nsw.gov.au.
To view our environmental reporting data for Blaxland and Katoomba Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facilities, please click here.