Monash Recycling & Waste Centre

The Recycling & Waste Centre (formerly Waste Transfer Station) is located at 380 Ferntree Gully Rd, Notting Hill. Phone: 9518 3555. 

It is closed on some public holidays including: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and before noon on Anzac Day. 

• Wednesday 25 December - CLOSED
• Thursday 26 December - CLOSED
• Wednesday 1 January - CLOSED

Dec 2024 - Jan 2025: Christmas Holiday Opening Hours

Info on alternative centres: Other facilities

For staff and customer safety, the Recycling & Waste Centre may temporarily close to the public during extreme weather conditions.

The Recycling & Waste Centre is open to all customers (trade and residential) from 7.30am-3pm every day, including Sundays.

We have very limited capacity to accept soil until further notice. Please call ahead of your visit to ensure collection is available. We will update this page when collection resumes.

We are now accepting soft plastics for recycling for Monash residents. Please follow the signs at the Centre for instructions to the collection point. 

Smaller drop-off points at Monash Civic Centre and Oakleigh Service Centre are also available to Monash residents. Due to the smaller capacity of the drop-off points, there is a limit of 1 bag of soft plastics per visit.

Read more about Monash Council's new soft plastics recycling option. 

Find out more about what can and can't be disposed of at the Monash Recycling & Waste Centre, and alternative tipping locations, below:

• Materials accepted
• Free disposal
• Paid disposal - fees and charges
• Materials not accepted
• Free household chemical drop-off
• Where to safely recycle batteries and electronic items
• Other council-run and private transfer stations

Materials accepted

For recycling and disposal of items not listed here, please use our online A-Z guide to recycling

Free disposal

These items are transported to processors to be recycled:

• Computers, laptops, printers, fax machines, televisions and computer monitors
• Paper and cardboard (Visy) - we accept shredded paper, magazines and books (hard and soft cover). There is a yellow bin, next to the big blue cardboard drop-off bins, specifically allocated for shredded paper, magazines and books.
• Soft plastics (APR Plastics) - read more about Monash Council's soft plastics recycling option
• Scrap metal (e.g. hot water systems, metal roofing sheets, bicycles)
• Commingled recycling (Visy) - same accepted items as household recycling bin
• Batteries (household batteries and car batteries - up to 15)
• Fluro tubes and bulbs/CFL globes (max. 5)
• Printer cartridges (Cartridges for Planet Ark)
• Mobile phones (Mobile Muster)
• X-ray films
• Engine oil (30 litres or less)
• Paint (check accepted products Paintback)
• Whitegoods (e.g. ovens, washing machines, clothes dryers, microwaves. Fees apply for fridges, freezers and air conditioners)
• Cooking oil (up to 20 litres)
• Polystyrene (made of white clean balls) – amounts up to ½ m³ are free
• CDs, DVDs, cassettes and VHS video tapes
• Clothing, shoes and handbags/accessories 

Paid disposal - fees and charges

We charge by volume for general rubbish, green waste, concrete and soil. Please remove any tarps so the window operator can view the load.

Volume = Length x Width x Height

For example: 6’ x 4’ trailer = 1.8 x 1.2 x 0.45 = 1m³ which equals 1m³ charged for disposal.

EFTPOS is available.

Items are charged fees (listed below) to pay for transport, processing or disposal:

• Clean green waste (recycled)
• Mixed green waste
• Household goods (furniture)
• Fridges, freezers and air conditioners (recycled)
• Building materials
• Concrete, bricks (recycled)
• Domestic LPG gas bottles (recycled)
• Mattresses (recycled)
• Bed bases
• Polystyrene - over ½ m³and from commercial sources (recycled)
• Tyres (recycled)
• Timber (considered general waste)

*Please present your valid pension, seniors, veterans affairs or health care card for the reduced disposal rate. This rate is not available to commercial customers.

For recycling and disposal of items not listed here, please use our online A-Z guide to recycling

If you are uncertain about whether your item can be left at the Recycling & Waste Centre, please call 9518 3555.

Materials not accepted

• Domestic garbage
• Chemicals
• Liquid and hazardous wastes
• Asbestos
• Car bodies, auto transmissions, car differential oil 
• Cooking oils (over 20 litres)
• Petrol and fuels 

Take household chemicals to your closest free drop-off event (see below).

Free household chemical drop-off

Sustainability Victoria holds a free household chemical drop-off service each month at different locations across Victoria. This is where you safely dispose old chemicals and other dangerous substances.

For more information on dates and locations visit Sustainability Victoria (Detox Your Home) or call on the toll-free info line on 1300 363 744.

You can drop unwanted medicines off at your local pharmacy.

Other council-run and private transfer stations

 Nearby council-run transfer stations include:

• Whitehorse Recycling Waste Centre,  corner of Burwood Highway and Morack Road, Vermont South. Phone: 9801 4831.
• Knox Transfer Station, 251 George Street, Wantirna South. Phone: 9887 4222.
• Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre,  648 Riversdale Road, Camberwell. Phone: 9278 4444.
• Stonnington Waste Transfer Station, 43 Weir Street, Malvern. Phone: 8290 1333.

There are also a number of privately run landfill/transfer stations:

• Kingston Transfer Station (Rhino Bins), 24-30 Fonceca Street, Mordialloc. Phone: 9580 4842.
• Alex Fraser Recycled Material,  275-315 Kingston Road, Clarinda. Phone: 136 135. Concrete, bricks, asphalt and rocks only.