# Event Details

- **Event Name**:  FREE Recycling drive and drop event 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 pm – Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 am
- **Event Description**: We’re making it easier to recycle this festive season! 

This year, we’re expanding beyond cardboard to accept a wider range of hard-to-recycle items that pile up over the holidays.

Drop off your e-waste, polystyrene, soft plastics, textiles and excess cardboard for FREE without even leaving your car!

? Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 January, 9am – 1pm (both days)

? Council depot (18A Purton Road, Pakenham)

Registration is essential: www.trybooking.com/1488579

Cardinia Shire residents only. Residents must present photo ID as proof of residence within Cardinia Shire to access the free service. Residential volumes of accepted items allowed, no commercial vehicles.

Accepted items include:

• Textiles - Good quality and end-of-life textiles including clothes (no underwear or bras), shoes, fabrics, towels, and bed linen. They can have minor rips, holes or stains but must be clean and dry.

• E-waste - Any batteries and small electrical items such as phones, tablets, chargers, vapes, gaming devices, toys, power tools, and other small appliances or devices.

• Cardboard - Flattened cardboard without any plastic film or wax coating.

• Polystyrene- White polystyrene packaging and produce boxes.

• Soft plastics - Any ‘scrunchable’ soft plastics including plastic bags, bread bags, pasta and rice bags, chip packets, produce bags and frozen food bags. Please bag all soft plastics together.

For more information about Council’s drop-off events, visit www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/dropoff
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pakenham/free-recycling-drive-and-drop-event/200029349305134
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, holiday
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Pakenham
- **state**: VI
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Council depot (18A Purton Road, Pakenham)
- **lat**: -38.06088
- **long**: 145.46441
- **full address**: Council depot (18A Purton Road, Pakenham), 18A Purton Rd, Pakenham VIC 3810, Australia, Pakenham

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: FREE Recycling drive and drop event
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is  FREE Recycling drive and drop event  being held?
  - **A:** FREE Recycling drive and drop event  takes place on Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 pm to Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 am at Council depot (18A Purton Road, Pakenham), 18A Purton Rd, Pakenham VIC 3810, Australia, Pakenham.
- **Q**: Who is organizing  FREE Recycling drive and drop event ?
  - **A:** FREE Recycling drive and drop event  is organized by Cardinia Shire Council.

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