Waste Disposal Locations

These businesses and organisations accept types of wastes. Specific details of waste material and whether household or non-household waste is accepted should be checked with the business listed.


For additions or changes to the list, please contact us as we share this list regularly with Plastic Free Cairns and other #zerowaste initiatives.

We are working with Waste Entrepreneurs and will be updating this page regularly so please revisit soon.


Goal 1...

Our Goal This Year Is To Send As Much Data As Possible To This App

Because we will be asking for it from our Regional Council through their Sustainability and Waste teams.   When we can see what's an issue we can add it to the puzzle and then work out whether supply changes are coming which will see that waste reduce in the next 8 years or we identify new waste opportunities. 


Also we will be asking you to film yourself using the app and sharing your challenges with us by using the hashtag #tryingtogetsorted


We can then curate your feedback here, on the bottom of this page from FB, Insta either one will do.

Goal 2...

Circular Business Transition Pilot

  • Aluminum Cans

    Medalfield

    Newport Recycling

    North Queensland Recycling Agents

    Sims Metal Management

  • Audio equipment - phones, CD players etc), eg headphones

    Shred-X - Delete all data first.

  • Batteries – lead acid (eg vehicle)

    Newport Recycling

    Sims Metal Management

  • Batteries for electrical and electronic equipment

    Battery World

    Newport Recycling

    North Queensland Recycling Agents

    Cairns libraries (domestic quantities of household batteries)


    Cairns Regional Council Waste and Recycling Transfer Stations


    Cairns Regional Council, Spence Street

  • Bottle Tops - Under Credit Card size

    Under CC = credit card size, these can not be put in the Yellow Lid bin or Containers For Change but they do not go to waste.  Metal or Plastic.  Drop them off to Wellness Embodied

  • Chemical drums

    Cairns Regional Council Waste and Recycling Transfer Stations

  • Colorbond Fencing

    Sims Metal Management

  • Computer equipment - computers, monitors, photocopiers, keyboards, mice, hard drives, back-up magnetic tapes, USB sticks, DVDs, Blu-Ray and HD DVDs, servers, floppy disks

    Shred-X. Delete all data first at Townsville depot.

    Officeworks (computers and parts).

    Cairns Regional Council Waste and Recycling Transfer Stations

    E-Waste Recycling Australia

  • Copper

    Newport Recycling

    North Queensland Recycling Agents

  • Electrical cable

    Newport Recycling

    Sims Metal Management

  • Electrical equipment – white goods

    Sims Metal Management

    Cairns Regional Council Waste and Recycling Transfer Stations

  • EPIRBS

    Battery World

  • Farm machinery, obsolete

    Sims Metal Management

  • Glass bottles

    North Queensland Recycling Agents.

  • Hot Water Systems

    Sims Metal Management.

  • Non-Ferrious Metals

    Newport Recycling

    North Queensland Recycling Agents

  • Packaging, food and beverage

    North Qld Recycling Agents

  • Paint

    Cairns Regional Council Waste and Recycling Transfer Stations (to 100 litres)

  • Paper and cardboard

    North Queensland Recycling Agents

  • Paper and cardboard, plastic coated

    Nil at this time

  • Phones

    Battery World

    Cairns Regional Council Waste and Recycling Transfer Stations

  • Plastic bags

    Supermarkets or https://enviroland.com.au/

  • Plastic bottles

    North Queensland Recycling Agents

  • Plastic film/glad wrap/PVC film

    For residents please take this to Coles, we find that it usually takes about 7 weeks to fill up a plastic bag.  Commercial solutions: https://enviroland.com.au/

  • Plastic food packaging

    Nil at this time

  • Plastic, rigid - bottle tops etc

    Nil at this time

  • Printer toner cartridges

    Officeworks

  • Pots and pans

    Sims Metal Management

  • Roofing and guttering

    Sims Metal Management

  • Sinks

    Sims Metal Management.

  • Stainless steel

    Medalfield

    Newport Recycling

  • Styrofoam Boxes

    List them on FB market place as there are lots of people in Cairns who will use them.  Or arrange collection with https://enviroland.com.au/

  • Taps / Plumbing

    Sims Metal Management

  • Television equipment – TVs, video recorders, remote controls

    Cairns Regional Council Waste and Recycling Transfer Stations

    E-Waste Recycling Australia

  • Tools

    Sims Metal Management

  • Wine and Spirits Bottles

    These go into your Yellow Lid bin.  This provides glass for PNQ who use this to create road base.  It replaces sand, something we are running short of, believe it or not.  Send it to Council to process.

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