E-waste (any household appliance with a plug, cord or battery)

E-waste can no longer be accepted in any bin or picked up through Council's hard rubbish collection service.

  • Before you dispose of your electrical items, see if you can get it repaired at the Mernda Repair Café
  • Free e-waste drop off points.

Take any household electrical items, such as televisions, computers, tablets, printers, vacuum cleaners, toasters, hair dryers, video and DVD players, electrical tools, electronic toys or electronic cigarettes to the designated e-waste recycling skips at:

  • Transfer Station at Heidelberg Materials (Wollert landfill)
  • SRS Metals Pty Ltd, 304-308 Mahoneys Road, Thomastown. Open Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm and Saturday, 8am - 12.30pm
  • Scrap Metal Merchants

Free whitegoods drop-off

You can drop off large household appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, dish washers, microwaves, etc at either of the above two locations, or at:

Recycling Stations

Take cameras, mobile phones, household batteries, CDs, DVDs, fluorescent light globes, printer cartridges, X-rays and small electrical appliances like IPods, electric tooth brushes and calculators to one of our Recycling Stations.

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