Resource Recovery & Waste Management Facilities

Blaxland Resource Recovery and Waste Management Facility

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:

• Household recycling if source separated/sorted and uncontaminated;
• X-ray films;
• Scrap metal and white goods;
• 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 10kg for batteries and 20L or 20kg limit applies for other items. 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.
• Polystyrene

* 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:

• source separated/sorted
• uncontaminated
• of a quantity that can be hand unloaded (not tipped)

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

49 Woodlands Road, Katoomba

• 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday
• 10am to 2pm on Saturdays
• Closed Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day

The operating hours at both sites enable Council to continue to deliver a self-funding Waste Service.

At Katoomba:

• 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) small vehicle area provides the following free waste disposal services to the Blue Mountains community:

• Household recycling if source separated/sorted and uncontaminated;
• X-ray films;
• Scrap metal and white goods;
• 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 10kg for batteries and 20L or 20kg limit applies for other items. 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.
• Polystyrene

* 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    

• Customers must follow directions from staff at all times.
• Offensive and abusive behavior will not be tolerated.
• Customers must show their driver’s license to confirm residency in the Blue Mountains
• This facility only accepts waste generated in the Blue Mountains.
• Non-residents can use the CRC and e-waste services only.
• Loads will be weighed and inspected upon entry with charges payable upon exit.
• This facility does not accept Construction and Demolition waste, excluding clean timber for recycling
• The following are not accepted: asbestos, asphalt, bricks, tiles, concrete, contaminated or excavated soil and rock. This list is not exhaustive.
• The fee for ‘Mixed Waste Containing Mattresses’ is limited to loads containing two or less mattresses.
• Non-compliant loads will not be accepted, it is the customers responsibility to arrange legal disposal of the material at alternative facilities.
• Non-compliant loads will be recorded and details may be passed to the Regional Illegal Dumping Squad. 
• Customers will be required to sort items to maximise reuse and recycling.
• Material must be transported in and out of the facility in a vehicle.
• Appropriate covered footwear must be worn.
• Penalties apply if the above conditions are breached.

STRICTLY NO ASBESTOS OR OTHER SPECIAL WASTES