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Recycle It Saturday

City of Sydney

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Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 pm

6 hours

Alexandra Canal Depot, 67C Bourke Road, Alexandria NSW 2015

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Date & Location

Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 pm - Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 am (AEST)

Alexandra Canal Depot, 67C Bourke Road, Alexandria NSW 2015

67C Bourke Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015, Australia, Alexandria

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About the event

Recycle It Saturday
Recycle It Saturday is a partnership between City of Sydney, Waverley and Woollahra councils. We can only accept items from residents of these council areas.

The below maps show the City of Sydney, Waverley and Woollahra boundaries. We'll ask for your address on the day.
- City of Sydney boundaries: https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/areas-of-service
- Waverley boundaries: https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/council/councillors/wards_and_precincts
- Woollahra boundaries: https://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/Council/Vision-structure-and-financial-sustainability/Find-your-Ward

This is a drive-through event. We'll unpack your vehicle for you.

Separate your items into different boxes or bags so we can easily remove them from your vehicle. We recommend recyclable cardboard boxes.

People walking or cycling can access a separate drop-off area.
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What you can bring:

Unusable clothes, bedding and textiles (clean, dry and free of mould/chemicals)
- Stained, worn/torn clothes, uniforms, shoes, fabric hats. No clothes in good condition, belts, handbags, backpacks, suitcases, bras, underwear, socks or swimwear.
- Blankets, doonas, quilts, sheets, towels, pillows, fabric mattress protectors and sleeping bags. No blankets/bedding with animal fur or hair, plastic mattress protectors or textiles with electric parts, e.g. electric blankets.
- Soft toys (remove any batteries). No board games or hard toys.
- Cushions, curtains (with hooks/eyelets removed – cut off the top section). No carpets or rugs.
- Reusable shopping bags made from fabric
- Rolls of fabric and offcuts
- Items not good enough to be donated to charity

Electrical items and batteries (delete your data before you drop off)
- Household appliances: vacuum cleaners, microwaves, toasters, kettles, heaters, coffee machines, irons, pedestal fans
- Entertainment and home office equipment: televisions, computers, laptops, keyboards, monitors, printers, stereos, gaming consoles, DVD players, DVDs, CDs, video recorders
- Mobiles, landlines
- Cords, chargers, headphones
- Power tools (no gas or petrol-powered items)
- Vapes and e-cigarettes (empty of liquid)
- Batteries, including car batteries. We accept up to 3 car batteries per vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist. Tape battery terminals with non-conductive tape, like electrical tape.

Aluminium coffee pods
- Bring in a tightly sealed plastic bag

Printer cartridges
- Including inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges, toner bottles, fuser and drum units, fax rolls, print heads, waste hoppers/containers, collectors and kits

Light bulbs (including energy saving or fluorescent globes/tubes)
- Wrap in newspaper and bring in a bag or box

Rigid polystyrene/styrofoam
- From furniture or delivery packaging. No polystyrene with plastic lining, like some ice cream containers. Keep pieces whole and remove tape/glue. No bendy/squishy items (foam wrap, foam sheets, packing peanuts, bean bag filling).

Large cardboard
- Bring flattened

Camera film
- No photos

X-ray, MRI and CT scans/films
- Take them out of envelopes. Recycle envelopes and paper scans separately in your yellow lid bin.

Bicycles and scooters
- All types, electric or not, in any condition. No motorbikes.

Small metal items (less than 10kg, made mostly of metal)
- Kitchen items: pots, pans, baking trays, knives, cutlery, colanders, steel bowls
- Handheld tools: hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, nail clippers, nails, nuts, bolts (bring small items in a container)
- Dust bins and wire coat hangers – no plastic-coated hangers
- Reusable drinking bottles and bottle caps
- Keys and metal locks
- Jewellery made from metal only, incl. gold and silver. No jewellery containing pearls, gems or other non-metal items.

Empty medicine blister packs
- These are the pill packets made of plastic and foil. We also accept empty, fully foil pill packets. Recycle any cardboard boxes separately in your yellow lid bin.

August event trial - household furniture in great condition
- Dining tables and chairs, sofas, bookcases, wood or metal bed frames and more.
- Must meet quality standards and be safely lifted by 2 people. No furniture containing glass.

What you can’t bring:
- Soft plastics
- Business or construction waste
- Hazardous waste, chemicals, pesticides
- Paint or gas bottles
- Smoke alarms, fire extinguishers
- Whitegoods, mattresses, furniture

Find out more at https://city.sydney/recycle-it-sat-info


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Recycle It Saturday, 22 August | Event in Alexandria | AllEvents
Recycle It Saturday
Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 pm