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    Recycle It Saturday

    woman dropping off recycling
    Alexandra Canal Depot
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    Recycle It Saturday drop off events are open to residents of Waverley Council, City of Sydney and Woollahra Municipal Council (proof of address required). Upcoming 2025 events are scheduled for:

    • Saturday, 23 August 2025 – not accepting paint or gas bottles due to a fire at the recycling processing facility
    • Saturday, 22 November 2025

    The Recycle It Saturday drop-off spot is Alexandra Canal Depot, 67C Bourke Road, AlexandriaThis external link will open in a new window from 9am–3pm (access to this location is via Bourke Road only). You can either drive through to do your drop-off, or there is a separate area for residents attending on foot / on a bike.

    Please bring your items to drop off in reusable bags or boxes (only cardboard boxes will be taken for recycling). The items accepted at Recycle It Saturday are:

    • Aluminium coffee pods
    • Batteries, including car batteries (maximum 3 car batteries per vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist). Tape battery terminals with non-conductive tape, like electrical tape
    • Bicycles and scooters (no motorcycles)
    • Blister plasters (pill packets made of plastic and foil, empty or full)
    • Bulk cardboard
    • Camera film, x-rays / MRIs / CT scans (out of envelopes)
    • E-waste including electronics and batteries (essentially anything with a plug, a power cord or a battery)
    • Light bulbs and tubes
    • Mobile phones
    • Polystyrene / Styrofoam in sheet form (not loose form such as bean bag filling)
    • Small metal items weighing less than 10kg each
    • Socks
    • Unusable clothes, bedding and textiles not suitable for second-hand sale
      • Stained, worn or torn clothes, uniforms, pairs of shoes, fabric hats
      • Blankets, doonas, quilts, sheets, towels, pillows, fabric mattress protectors and sleeping bags
      • Soft toys (batteries removed)
      • Cushions and curtains (with hooks and eyelets removed - cut off the top section)
      • Reusable shopping bags made from fabric
      • Rolls of fabric and offcuts
      • Items not good enough to be donated to charity
    • Used printer cartridges that are Planet Ark eligibleThis external link will open in a new window
    • Vapes, e-cigarettes (empty of liquid)

    The following items are not accepted at Recycle It Saturday:

    • Anything flammable or hazardous, such as hazardous chemicals or commercial/construction waste
    • Backpacks and suitcases
    • Blankets or bedding with animal fur or hair
    • Board games or hard toys
    • Carpets, rugs, curtains with eyelets, textile items with electric components such as electric blankets
    • Clothes, textiles and toys that can be resold (please donate these to a charity shop)
    • Household gas cylinders
    • Mattresses
    • Paint - water and oil-based accepted (residential quantities only, not business)
    • Plastic mattress protectors
    • Soft plastics
    • Smoke alarms and fire extinguishers
    • Undergarments and socks
    • White goods such as washing machines or dryers (if you can't carry it, don't bring it)

    Recycle It Saturday drop off events are open to residents of Waverley Council. Please bring your items to drop off in reusable bags or boxes (only cardboard boxes will be taken for recycling).