E-waste + more collection day

• Put your items separately in the empty boot of your car or vehicle tray.
• Please only bring residential quantities.
• Polystyrene - please ensure that it is free of any other material, such as tape, labels, soft plastics or cardboard.
• Textiles - please ensure clothing, bedlinen or shoes are clean with no soiling, and keep shoes separate from clothing and bedlinen.
• Cardboard - please flatten.
• Vapes/e-cigarettes - please keep separate from household batteries and if leaking, place in a zip lock bag.
• Batteries - please tape the terminals with clear sticky tape.
• Make sure you are aware of whose name your booking was made under.

 The E-waste + More events accept residential quantities of the following items:

• Any item with a battery or cord except for whitegoods or items that two people cannot pick up.
• Fluorescent light globes (including compact and tubes).
• Household batteries.
• Car batteries.
• Gas bottles (up to 9kg).
• Fire extinguishers.
• Clean packaging polystyrene.
• Cardboard that is flattened.
• Clean clothing, bedlinen and shoes (keep shoes separate).
• Vapes/e-cigarettes (please keep separate from other items and place in a zip lock bag if leaking).

No oils, paints or chemicals are accepted at these events.

E-waste

E-waste (including vapes and e-cigarettes) are disassembled, and ferrous and non-ferrous metals, precious metals and plastics are removed. 

Polystyrene

The polystyrene is collected by a local company Foamex, located in Bayswater North. It's extremely important that the polystyrene is clean and free of any contamination. The polystyrene is recycled by Foamex into a wide variety of products. Their specialty is sustainable building materials such as insulation for thermally efficient homes. Residents can also drop off polystyrene to the Foamex Bayswater North location or one of their other two locations at any time of the year.

Please visit the Foamex website before visiting.

Gas bottles

Suitable gas bottles are returned to the original supplier. Others that are not suitable for reuse are recycled for the metal. 

Textiles

Textiles are collected by UPPAREL. Approximately 65 per cent of the items they receive are in new or fit-to-wear condition.

These items are hand-sorted by their dedicated team and passed on to their charity partners such as Save The Children, St Kilda Mums, Youth Projects, grassroots social enterprises and many more.

The remaining 35 per cent is either repurposed or transformed into new materials that are not only entirely recycled, but also circular in design.