Find Community Recycling Centres and Household Chemical CleanOut events
Find your nearest Community Recycling Centre or the next Household Chemical CleanOut event, where you can drop off household problem waste for free.
Common household problems wastes, including fluorescent lights, smoke detectors, paint, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, batteries and oils, can be taken to your local Community Recycling Centre throughout the year.
If there is no Community Recycling Centre in your area, you can take these items and others to a Chemical CleanOut event.
Some Community Recycling Centres accept embedded batteries. To find out more, please visit our Embedded Batteries page.
To access the HCC Jan-Jun 2026 brochures for a specific region, please select one of the below.
Business waste
Businesses are not eligible to use these services and should contact a waste disposal service directly or visit Business Recycling. See Managing waste at work for more information.