Resource Recovery Centres and Landfill

Opening hours for our Resource Recovery Centres are listed below. Customers should allow time to dispose of their waste and leave the site by closing time.  Vehicles arriving within 10 minutes of closing time will not be permitted to dispose of their waste.

Note:

The Resource Recovery Centres do not accept cash. EFTPOS is available at all the centres.

Resource Recovery Centres are closed on some public holidays, in particular Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. All RRCs are closed on days of Total Fire Ban.

Find information on the locations of the Resource Recovery Centres below.

The following items are accepted at our Resource Recovery Centres

• Household waste
• Green waste
• Steel
• Car batteries
• Waste motor oil
• Building rubble
• drumMUSTER containers
• Mattresses
• Furniture
• Tyres
• E-waste (Electronic waste - TVs, computers and appliances)
• Gas bottles (empty)
• Fridges, freezers (doors removed) and other whitegoods
• Commingled recyclables
• Silage wrap
• Fluorescent tubes/lamps

Please note that the full range of materials listed above can be disposed at Alexandra, Yea and Kinglake Resource Recovery Centres (RRC). The Marysville RRC does not accept mattresses/couches, tyres or electronic waste, and the Eildon RRC does not accept electronic waste. This is due to facilities at the RRCs and contractual arrangements.

The following items are not accepted at any of our Resource Recovery Centres (RRCs):

Non-recoverable or non-recyclable material exceeding 3 cubic metres

Loads of non-recyclable materials exceeding 3 cubic metres (general household waste, building waste, etc) will need to be disposed direct to landfill. The Alexandra Landfill will accept waste by appointment only. Appointments can be made by calling Council on (03) 5772 0333.

Asbestos

The use of asbestos is banned nationally.

While our Resource Recovery Centres do not accept asbestos, Alexandra Landfill will accept small quantities of asbestos from domestic sources only. Asbestos can be disposed by making an appointment at the landfill by calling Council on (03) 5772 0333.

Asbestos must be thoroughly sealed in double wrapped plastic. If the asbestos is not sealed correctly the landfill operator reserves the right to reject the waste. However, Council recommends that asbestos only be handled or removed by certified licensed asbestos removalists.

Chemicals and solvents

Chemicals and solvents are not accepted at RRCs, and it is important that these are NOT placed in your household garbage bin. These items present issues with hazardous materials entering landfill, which can expose landfill operators to hazardous or toxic chemicals, and cause severe damage to the environment.

ChemClear is an agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemical collection service which can be utilised to collect any agvet chemicals which are no longer needed.

Sustainability Victoria often runs Detox Your Home events, where residents can drop off unwanted household chemicals. These events are not restricted to those who live in certain municipalities.

Syringes

Council provides a free sharps disposal service (for used hypodermic needles and syringes)and free sharps containers to Murrindindi Shire residents.

Paint

Paint is not accepted at RRCs within the Shire, however there permanent drop off facilities available outside of the Shire:

• Coldstream Transfer Station
• Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre 

Liquid waste

Liquid waste of any kind (except used motor oil) is not accepted at our RRCs. 

Please note that not all of our RRCs accept the full range of waste items:

• The Marysville RRC does not accept soft furnishings (including mattresses and couches of any size), tyres of any kind, motor oil or any form of electronic waste including fluorescent tubes.
• The Eildon RRC does not accept any form of electronic waste including fluorescent tubes. 

This is due to facilities at the RRCs and contractual arrangements.

View our Resource Recovery Centre disposal fees(PDF, 132KB).

Resource Recovery Centres do not accept cash.  EFTPOS is available at all the centres.

View Landfill disposal fees(PDF, 97KB). 

Green waste can be disposed at each of our five Resource Recovery Centres. This includes domestic quantities of grass clippings, leaves, garden trimmings, branches and tree trunks. 

Residents can dispose of green waste for free at the following times:

• during October and November each year, in preparation for the CFA declared Fire Danger Period
• during April each year, following the Fire Danger Period
• after a declared emergency or major storm event

Outside of these times a fee of $20.60 per cubic metre will apply. 

For green waste to be acceptable, it must not be mixed up with other materials. Branches and tree trunks must be no longer than 1.5 m in length and be less than 25 cm in diameter. Branches and stumps larger than this will continue to incur a fee.

Residents need to show evidence they live in Murrindindi Shire (such as a rate notice, or a current photo ID showing their Murrindindi Shire residential address).

Different charges apply for commercial volumes of green waste and green waste from businesses.

Residents have access to free mulch year-round, when available. 

The Alexandra Landfill is available to accept large loads of domestic and commercial waste. The landfill is licensed to accept putrescibles and non putrescibles waste and asbestos of domestic origin only.

The Alexandra Landfill is available to be accessed Monday to Friday, 8.00 am – 3.00 pm. The landfill is closed on weekends and public holidays.

General access and public weighing is by appointment only. To arrange access please call Council on (03) 5772 0333. Regular business users of the landfill can apply for a swipe card which allows easy access during operating hours.

View Landfill disposal fees(PDF, 97KB).

Alexandra Landfill is licensed to receive small quantities of asbestos from domestic sources by appointment only. Asbestos that is not packaged correctly will not be accepted.

Asbestos is a harmful and dangerous material that cannot be disposed at the Resource Recovery Centres, but suitably wrapped asbestos can be accepted at the Alexandra Landfill in small volumes and from household sources only.

Further information about managing risks from asbestos is available at asbestos.vic.gov.au

View a list of licenced asbestos removalists.

Council has two re-use shops, known as 'Scrap Shacks', located at the Alexandra Resource Recovery Centre and the Yea Resource Recovery Centre.