Manage your recycling - Port Macquarie-Hastings Council

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Kingfisher Waste Management

Port Macquarie Waste Management Facility (Kingfisher Road)

Information on where to drop off items that can be recycled including the community recycling centre and the return and earn scheme.

Community Recycling Centre Program

The Port Macquarie-Hastings Waste management facility accepts household waste that cannot be collected kerbside. This includes: paint, batteries, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, batteries, oil etc.
Return and Earn - Container Deposit Scheme

From 1 December 2017 residents will be able to take eligible containers to a registered CollectionPoint and receive a 10 cent refund. The Scheme, administered by the NSW EPA is called Return and Earn.
Yellow recycling bin

The yellow recycling bin is to place all your paper, cardboard, bottles and plastics with the numbers 1-7 into so that they can be recycled for other uses.
Mobile phone, domestic batteries and lightbulb drop off services

Council offers a free service for the disposal of mobile phones, batteries and lightbulbs at Council offices.
Drop off for free

Information about what items can be dropped off for free at our waste facilities such as TVs, fridges, paints and scrap metal.
REDcycle soft plastic recycling

REDcycle is a recycling program available at most supermarkets that helps divert soft, flexible plastics from landfill and turns them into a material that can be used to manufacture new products.