Uralla Waste Management Facility & Community Recycling Centre

Recycling Problem Waste at the Community Recycling Centre

The Uralla Community Recycling Centre is a permanent drop-off centre for common household problem wastes that can’t be collected via Council kerbside waste and recycling collection services. Residents can drop off problem wastes at the centre free of charge all year around.

The Uralla Community Recycling Centre accepts the following items:

• Paint cans
• Gas bottles
• Fire extinguishers
• Motor oils
• Other oils
• Car batteries
• Household batteries
• Smoke detectors
• Fluoro globes and tubes
• Polystyrene

Only household quantities of these materials are accepted. As a guide, this a maximum container of 20 litres or 20 kilograms for each waste type. 

• Unwanted Paint https://youtu.be/VPyOmr9Zxmg
• Unwanted X-rays https://youtu.be/h87LVRpLLbQ
• Used Oil https://youtu.be/nlwgDiG9SuQ

24-hour recycling drop off point

A ‘hole in the wall’ recycling station is available for use at the front of the facility 24 hours a day for sorted domestic recycling items:

• Paper and magazines
• Cardboard (please remove staples and flatten cardboard boxes)
• Hard plastic bottles and containers from the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry
• Glass bottles and jars
• Aluminium cans, foil and trays (clean) 
• Steel, tin and aerosol cans (clean/empty, plastic lid removed)

Please do not deposit large household items outside the facility when it is closed.

Uralla Shire Council Op Shop

Household items in good condition can be resold through the Op Shop.

Items which can be accepted at the Uralla Op-Shop include:

• Books
• Furniture
• Household items in good condition

Council cannot accept used electronics, cots or mattresses for resale.

Computerbank New England (CBNE) 

Council is pleased to partner with Computerbank New England to help divert e-waste from landfill and provide refurbished computers at minimal cost to the community. Residents can donate unwanted computer items to CBNE at the Uralla Waste Management Facility and Community Recycling Centre.

CBNE opening hours are 9:30am - 4:30pm Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Computerbank New England strips all types of E-Waste, including computers, televisions, microwaves and other types of electrical equipment, however, there is still a substantial amount of E-waste that cannot be refurbished or recycled. E-waste that cannot be recycled is paid to be transported to another recycler or is disposed of in landfill. More E-waste at our landfill means higher costs for Council and to Uralla Shire ratepayers.

To prevent Uralla Shire residents paying for the disposal of residual E-waste of non-residents, Uralla Shire no longer accepts E-waste from outside of the Shire.