A to Z of waste
The A to Z of waste is a guide for disposing of waste and recycling in the safest and best way.
- Yellow bin
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Yellow bin
- Return and earn scheme
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Contact your local police station
- Take to Newline Road Waste Facility
Household batteries (excluding automotive batteries):
- Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Drop off household quantities at the Council administration building
- Drop off household quantities at Raymond Terrace or Tomaree libraries
- Aldi
- Woolworths
- Bunnings
Automotive batteries:
- Battery Kingdom
- Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
See more information about battery stewardship program here.
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Contact your local scrap metal company
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Yellow bin
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waster Transfer Station
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Waste Transfer Station
- Charity store
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop off at Salamander Waste Transfer Station
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Dropped off for no charge at the Port Stephens Council Community Recycling Centre.
- Can be included in the On-Call Kerbside Collection.
- Full designated e-waste only loads can be dropped off for no charge at Veolia Raymond Terrace Resource Recovery Park at Newline Rd. Mixed loads with e-waste in with load will still incur a fee. Check their website for operating hours.
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
For quantities of 4 or less, you can drop off at the following:
- Free to drop off at the Council administration building
- Free to drop off at Raymond Terrace and Tomaree libraries
- Red bin
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Compost or worm farm your food scraps
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Contact your local scrap metal company
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Donate to charity if in good working order
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Yellow bin
- Return and earn scheme
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Yellow bin
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Red bin
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
Free on designated drop-off days
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Donate to local charity if undamaged
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Donate to local charity if undamaged
Free on designated drop-off days — see Waste Services for more information.
Conditions:
- Only 4 mattresses per customer will be accepted.
- No commercial operators will be accepted.
- Port Stephens residents only
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Free to drop off at Council administration building
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Red bin
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Yellow bins
- Return and earn scheme
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Yellow bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Red bin
- Residents wishing to recycle clean, white polystyrene can phone Hunter Pod Supplies at Thornton on 4966 3959 to organise a drop off time. Hunter Pod Supplies will inspect the polystyrene to check if it is acceptable. The polystyrene is recycled into 'waffle pods' for the building industry.
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Drop off at Council administration building
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop of at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Contact your local scrap metal company
Sharps include needles, syringes, lancets and similar equipment used for healthcare needs for humans or animals, or injecting equipment.
- Take to a free community sharps bin (PDF 1.9MB)
- If you find sharps in a public place, call the Needle Clean Up Hotline on 1800 633 353
- Community sharps poster (PDF 1.9MB)
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Shredded paper can be taken to Salamander Bay waste transfer at no charge.
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Red bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Yellow bin
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop of at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop off at waste transfer stations
- Free to drop off at community recycling centres
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Disposal fee charged at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
Free on designated drop-off days — see Waste Services for more information.
Conditions:
- Only 4 tyres per customer only
- Port Stephens residents only
- No commercial operators or quantities will be accepted
- Tyres are not to exceed 1m in diameter
- Kerbside clean up
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Yellow bin
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free to drop off at Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station
- Free on designated drop-off days
- Return to local hospital