Resource Recovery & Waste Management Facilities

Please note: Asbestos is accepted ONLY at Blaxland Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility. Accepted Monday to Friday 10.30am - 2:30pm with 24 hours prior arrangement. Call 4723 5000 to book and discuss pricing. Download the Asbestos Fact Sheet below for important details on how to prepare asbestos for disposal.

Blaxland Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility

Open 7 days a week, 8am - 4.45pm (Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day)

28-30 Attunga Road, Blaxland

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:

• Household recycling if source separated/sorted and uncontaminated
• Scrap metal and car bodies
• Car batteries, gas bottles, fire extinguishers and engine oil
• Twice yearly collection of hazardous household chemicals
• Televisions and computers - see our e-waste section for further details
• If you have household chemicals, Katoomba RRWMF has facilities for disposal of certain chemicals year round.

Blaxland RRWMF holds two free Chemical CleanOut events each year. Check our Chemical CleanOut section for further details

Larger quantities of recyclables can be disposed of free of charge if source separated/sorted and uncontaminated.

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.

Katoomba Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility

Open 7 days a week, 8am - 4.45pm (Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day)

49 Woodlands Road, Katoomba

The Katoomba Resource Recovery Waste Management Facility small vehicle drop off area and Community Recycling Centre (CRC) is open however the conditions of entry have changed. What you need to know: 

• Only small vehicles up to 4.5 tonnes are permitted;
• All waste must be unloaded by hand - no tipping; and
• Construction and demolition waste is not accepted. You may continue to take construction and demolition waste to Blaxland RRWMF. 

Katoomba 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:

• mixed household waste;
• Household recycling if source separated/sorted and uncontaminated;
• Scrap metal and white goods;
• Tyres;
• Mattresses;
• Green waste;
• Reusable furniture;
• Car batteries*, gas bottles*, fire extinguishers* and engine oil*
• Paint*, smoke detectors*, fluoro globes and tubes*, other oil* and household batteries* (as this is a household service, a nominal 20L or 20kg limit applies. Chemicals from commercial or industrial premises will NOT be accepted).
• Twice yearly collection of hazardous household chemicals
• Televisions and computers* see our e-waste section for further details.

* Non-residents can also bring these items for free to the EPA funded Community Recycling Centre (CRC) at Katoomba RRWMF.

If you have other household chemicals not listed above, these can be disposed of for free during a CleanOut event. Often much harsher chemicals require disposal under the supervision of an Industrial Chemist, which is why we can’t accept them all year round.

Katoomba RRWMF holds two free Chemical CleanOut events each year. Check our Chemical CleanOut section for further details

Blaxland and Katoomba RRWMF both have a Reuse Shed – this is where we turn trash to treasure. Any items too good to dismantle for recycling are given away for free!

Larger quantities of recyclables can also be disposed of free of charge if source separated/sorted and uncontaminated. Refer to our Waste Management: Fees and Charges document below for more information on what items can be disposed of for free, and which items incur charges. Items charged are calculated by vehicle weight on a weighbridge at the entrance to the facility.

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.