Tip Near Me 📜🗑️: Did you know that Australia is the 6th largest country by area? But oddly enough, it is not included in the top 10 most populous countries in the world. What does this mean? Well, it means that we have a very low population density in our country.

In layman’s terms, that means we have a few amounts of people in the area. That also means we can utilise much of the land here to our advantage. And one establishment that would prove beneficial to build would be a waste transfer station – or tip. Let me discuss further details with you.

One of the most common questions is “are we open today?” or “can I dump stuff in your yard?”

At Waster, we actually do not operate facilities at all. We just arrange and perform waste and recycling collections. Sort of like a waste broker, but better, of course!

So, in this longer resource, we want to provide you with a listing of waste transfer stations or tips. We certainly recommend or suggest those on the list when you are looking for the key term tip near me on Google.


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A bit about Waster

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Where are the rubbish tips near me?

Before you go on and type in the search engine “garbage tip near me”, you must first know what it is all about. As such, I will discuss waste transfer stations.

 

What are transfer stations?

Basically, a waste transfer station is a facility wherein municipal solid waste is stored for a while before processing. The waste stored there either goes to a landfill, waste-to-energy facility, or recycling facility, depending on the waste.

Activities involved at the transfer station involves the trucks unloading their collected waste, checking waste before being transported again and removing of unsuitable materials, compaction, and then loading them onto vehicle wherein they are sent to their final location, still depending on the waste.

 

Important Details To Note

Landfill – a place where waste is taken to be disposed of. One of the most common forms of waste disposal that dates back to old times. Unlike the old times, though, waste is carefully treated here to avoid contamination and the like. See our blog on landfills in Australia

Waste-To-Energy Facility – a place where after it goes through the waste transfer station; they take the waste and combust them, which then turns them into electricity. Also called trash-to-energy, municipal waste incineration,  energy recovery, or resource recovery plant. See our blog on waste incineration in Australia.

Recycling Facility – a place that receives, stores, and processes already-sorted general recyclable waste. These types of facilities turn recyclable waste into materials like paper, containers, or cardboard.

 

How are transfer tips near me beneficial?

Having transfer tips – or points – near you will benefit your respective communities. That is because these provide your city with cost-effective waste transportation. Naturally, if you transfer waste in larger vehicles like trucks or trains, you automatically cut costs in terms of transportation. Other benefits of tips also include:

  • Less pollution generated
  • Makes it easier for citizens to drop off their waste
  • Lowers road traffic
  • Improves the safety of the transportation of waste
  • Gives an opportunity to check the rubbish first; it removes the possibility of toxic waste being transported and recovers all the recyclable materials

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Further details on the operations of transfer stations

Now, one question some of you might be asking:

“What are the processes of refuse tips near me?”

Day by day, a transfer station operation includes (as stated by Live AboutRick LeBlanc):

  • Arrivals and scale – the large vehicle – which carries the waste – goes to the scale house. Here, waste loads are weighed, and fees are determined if applicable. Take note that if a transfer station allows the public to also drop off solid waste, there may be a separate queue and scale for this purpose.
  • Tipping, processing, and reloading – The large vehicles then unload the trash at the main transfer building. Solid waste can either be dropped into the ground, into a pit or also onto another vehicle immediately. After that, the employees check the waste for any anomalies and deal with them. Compactors are also utilised in some transfer station points to compact waste in order for vehicles to load more waste.
  • Facility – The facility typically includes a scale location and an enclosed building where the weighing and transportation process takes place. The property requires adequate space to facilitate the queuing of vehicles at the scale and the main building. Also, there should be space to accommodate the parking of outbound transfer trailers. The additional property will be required for staging unacceptable garbage. Some waste transfer stations provide space for the public to drop off green waste or other approved recyclables.
  • Basic equipment: Aside from scales, transfer stations typically use equipment such as front-end loaders, cranes, conveyors, walking floors, and compactors. See our blog on the compaction of solid waste.
  • Staffing: Waste transfer stations require customer service and scale house operators, traffic controllers, equipment operators, maintenance mechanics, as well as other technical and management staff.

 

Location of tips near me and other information

In Australia, there are countless local tips near us. We take a look at different transfer stations all across Australia, which include many public drop-off facilities either for general waste or recycling.

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Here are some notable tips that you should know:

 

Veolia Hampton

Address:
274 Hallam Road, Hampton Park VIC 3976

Phone:
Outlook Transfer Station (public drop-off): 03 9799 6277
General Enquiries: 13 13 35
24/7 Environment Report Hotline:  1800 ENV REP (1800 368 737)

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Commingled waste
  • E-Waste
  • Fluorescent tubes (free of charge)
  • Food Waste
  • Garden vegetation
  • Gas bottle
  • Household and Car batteries (free of charge)
  • Lead-acid batteries (free of charge)
  • Liquid Waste
  • Mattress
  • Metal (free of charge)
  • Mixed putrescible
  • Non-putrescible
  • Paints eligible under Paintback scheme (free of charge)
  • Paper & Cardboard (free of charge)
  • Soil
  • TV’s/ Computers and Peripherals (free of charge)
  • Tyres
  • VENM (Virgin Excavated Natural Material)
  • Waste oil
  • Wood waste

 

Cleanaway Artarmon

Address:
12 Lanceley Place, Artarmon NSW 2064

Phone:
Artarmon Enquiries: 1300 651 116
General Enquiries: 13 13 35

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Batteries
  • Paint/Oil
  • Contaminated waste
  • E-waste
  • Glass
  • Gas bottle
  • Mattresses
  • Metal
  • Mixed Putrescible
  • Food waste
  • Paper and Cardboard
  • Plastic
  • White goods
  • Wood
  • Rubber

 

Cleanaway Auburn

Address:
Old Hill Link, Homebush Bay, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2127

Phone:
Auburn Enquiries: 1300 651 116
General Enquiries: 13 13 35

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Batteries
  • Building Materials
  • Paint/Oil
  • Glass
  • Garden Waste
  • Mattresses
  • Metal
  • Food Waste
  • Paper and Cardboard
  • Plastic
  • White Goods
  • Wood
  • Rubber

 

Cleanaway Belrose

Address:
Crozier Road, Belrose NSW 2085

Phone:
Belrose: 1300 651 116
General Enquiries: 13 13 35

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Batteries
  • E-waste
  • Garden and Food Waste
  • Gas Bottle
  • Metal
  • Mixed Putrescible
  • Paint/Oil
  • Paper and Cardboard
  • Non-Putrescible
  • Tyres

 

Cleanaway Rockdale

Address: 
5 Lindsay Street, Rockdale NSW 2216

Phone:
General Enquiries: 13 13 35

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Lead-acid batteries
  • Paint/Oil
  • Commingled waste
  • E-waste
  • Garden Waste
  • Gas bottle
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Mixed putrescible
  • Non-putrescible
  • Tyres

 

Cleanaway Ryde

Address: 
145 Wicks Road, North Ryde NSW 2113

Phone:
Ryde Enquiries: 1300 651 116
General Enquiries: 13 13 35

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Batteries (Only Vehicles Batteries – Lead Acid
    Batteries)
  • Building materials
  • Paint/Oil (Waste Motor Oil Up To 20l Per Customer)
  • Paper and Cardboard
  • Glass
  • Garden and Food Waste
  • Mattresses
  • Metal
  • Plastic
  • Aluminium and Steel Cans
  • White goods
  • Wood
  • Tyres
  • E-waste
  • Gas bottle
  • Mixed putrescible
  • Non-putrescible

 

REMONDIS Seven Hills

Address: 
29 Powers Road, Seven Hills NSW 2147

Phone:
Seven Hills Enquiries: 1300 651 116
General Enquiries: 13 13 35

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Batteries
  • Building materials
  • Paint/Oil
  • E-waste
  • Glass
  • Garden waste
  • Mattresses
  • Metal
  • Food waste
  • Paper and Cardboard
  • Plastic
  • White goods
  • Wood
  • Tyres
  • Rubber
  • Mixed putrescible
  • Non-putrescible

See more on western Sydney waste disposal here.

Veolia Spring Farm

Address:

20 Barrow Rd, Spring Farm 2570

Phone:

General Enquiries: 13 13 35

 

Veolia Wetherill

Address: 

20 Davis Road, Wetherill Park NSW 2164

Phone:
Wetherill Enquiries: (02) 9609 3377
General Enquiries: 1300 651 116

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Batteries
  • Asbestos
  • Paper and Cardboard
  • E-waste
  • Garden and Food Waste
  • Gas Bottle
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Metal
  • Mixed Putrescible
  • Non-Putrescible
  • Plastic
  • White Goods
  • Wood

 

Veolia Eastern Creek

Address:

Wallgrove Road, Eastern Creek NSW 2766

Phone:

General Enquiries: 13 13 35

Items that should go in

Items that should come out

  • Household waste, including general waste and organics
  • High-quality compost
  • Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
  • Building materials
  • Process Engineered Fuel
  • Rehabilitated soil

What goes in

What comes out

  • Garden waste, such as lawn clippings, leaves and branches
  • Sand and timber (VENM)
  • High-quality compost products
  • Mulch products
  • Biofuels

Cleanaway Lucas Heights

Address: 
Little Forest Rd Road, Lucas Heights NSW 2234

Phone:
General Enquiries: 13 13 35

Accepted Waste Types:

  • Asbestos
  • Construction and Demolition
  • E-Waste
  • Gas bottle
  • Lead-acid batteries
  • Liquid waste
  • Metal
  • Mixed putrescible
  • Non-putrescible
  • Old clothing
  • Paper and Cardboard
  • Soil
  • Tyres
  • Waste oil

Another council tip in Australia is located in Leichhardt. Additional details are as follows:

“Council operates a weekend transfer station for the disposal of waste and recycling. It is open Saturday and Sunday for Inner West Council residents. Proof of residence is required.

Address: 50 – 54 Moore Street, Leichhardt
Opening Hours: Saturday and Sunday 7:45 am to 11:30 am and 1 pm to 3:45 pm”

Accepted Waste Types:

  • General hard waste (other than what is placed in your normal residential garbage collection), e.g. broken or damaged furniture, toys, etc.
  • Metal
  • Paper and cardboard
  • Bottles and other recycling accepted in the normal recycling collections
  • Garden organics / green waste
  • Clothes for charity bin
  • TVs/Computers – Broken Televisions, Computers, Computer hard drives, Computer monitors, Printers, Scanners, Keyboard, Mouse

 

Other examples to take note of

One more example is the Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre. Here is a table for your reference.

Enquiries & Contact Details: 

Kimbriki Main Phone: (02) 9486 3512
Complaints: (02) 9450 0561
Buy Back Centre:
 0420 803 521

Email[email protected]
Vehicles updates: [email protected]

 

Address: 

Kimbriki Road
off Mona Vale Road
Ingleside / Terrey Hills
New South Wales, Australia

Mailing Address:
PO Box 196
Terrey Hills  NSW  2084

Hours of Operation:

Waste and Recycling Operations
Open every day 7 am – 5 pm

Administration Office (Ph: 9486 3512)
Open Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 5 pm
Closed all Public Holidays

Buy Back Centre (Ph: 0420 803 521)
Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8 am – 4:30 pm
CLOSED Tuesday and Thursday

Recycled Roadbase, Aggregates and Sand
(Concrete Recyclers)

Open Monday to Friday 7 am – 4:30 pm
Weekends and Public Holidays 7 am – 3.30 pm

Eco House and Garden
Monday to Sunday 7 am – 5 pm
Note: the Eco House & Garden may not be staffed at all times

 

Bingo Industries has 12 recycling centres/tips in NSW and Victoria. Furthermore, their locations include Alexandria, Auburn, Greenacre, Mortdale, Silverwater, Artarmon, Eastern Creek, Kembla Grange, Revesby, and Tomago.

Additionally,  tip owned by Benedict is located at many different sites like Newcastle, Belrose, Chipping Norton, Smeaton Grange, and Wollongong.

 

Benedict locations are below:

APPIN SANDS

Appin Road, Appin NSW (3.8km East of West Cliff Colliery)

BELROSE NSW

End of Challenger Road, Belrose, NSW,

Before continuing with the topic, have you heard of Waster’s partnership with Greenfleet – the leading tree planting and carbon-neutral business in Australia? We decided to help in reducing carbon emissions by teaming up with them! Read all about it here and how you can offset carbon from your bin services.

Now that I’ve got that out of the way, let us continue. There are also transfer stations or tips in Veolia. Here are their locations:

  • Clyde Transfer Terminal (NSW)
  • IWS Wingfield Facility (SA)
  • Greenacre Transfer Terminal (NSW)
  • Banksmeadow Transfer Station (NSW)
  • Port Botany Transfer Station (NSW)
  • Archerfield Transfer Station (QLD)

Another example of a company having tips is Cobra Waste Solutions. The recycling centre is located at 30-32 Bent Street, St Marys, 2760, NSW.

And lastly, we have the Nothern Sydney CRC. It is located at 8 Waltham Road, Artarmon. You can drop off these following items, free of charge:

  • Paint (oil and water-based)
  • Gas bottles
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Fluorescent light globes and tubes
  • Electronic Waste (eg. computers, TVs, electrical equipment and small electrical appliances) White goods are not accepted
  • Household batteries
  • Lead Acid Batteries (eg. car & motorbike batteries)
  • Motor and other oils (including cooking oil)
  • Smoke detectors
  • Mobile phones
  • X-ray films

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But, as noted by them, “Only household quantities of the above materials will be accepted. This is equivalent to a maximum of 20 litres or 20 kilograms for each of the items listed above. Household chemicals such as household cleaners, motor fuels, acids and alkalis, garden and hobby chemicals will not be accepted at the CRC. These items must be taken to a Household Chemical CleanOut event.”

 

More “tip near me” info

We present to you more useful information on rubbish tips.

In this part of the blog, we will cover Aussie recycling guru Tim Silverwood.

 

Rubbish tips: how some ingenuity can reduce our waste piles

To find a recycling hero who has made a real difference, we need to look no further than Australia’s own Tim Silverwood. As a keen surfer, Tim had a real appreciation of the ocean and protecting the environment. He stated:

“His personal decision to clean plastic from his favourite surfing beaches and inspire others to do the same has led him down an extraordinary path of scientific exploration, advocacy and activism.

“Following years spent studying sustainability and working in the not for profit sector Tim co-founded the organisation, ‘Take 3 – A Clean Beach Initiative’ in 2009 that asks everyone to simply take 3 pieces of rubbish with them when they leave the beach, waterway or…anywhere.

“Tim was announced as the NSW Government ‘Sustainability Champion’ at the 2014 Green Globe awards for his commitment to sustainability in the State. Tim  is co-founder of the Plastic Bag Free NSW campaign, a spokesperson for the Boomerang Alliance campaigning for better recycling and lends his skills to many projects around the world striving to reduce the impacts of waste on the environment.”

We really believe that people like Tim should be highlighted. He shows making an effort can make a real change!

 

Talking about landfills

As you have read above, landfills are an important part of tips or transfer stations.

However, landfills have had a bad reputation and image for several years.

The recent ABC expose of the waste management industry certainly did not paint them in a great light. Landfills are usually regarded as the worst option for waste (excluding, of course, illegal dumping!) and somewhere we should reduce rubbish truck visits.

In this part of the blog, we want to cover the latest innovations in electricity generation from landfills and ask could a  landfill one day be seen as a renewable energy power station for the city.

 

Could a landfill actually end up being good for the environment which can power our homes?

Whilst a particular landfill would not find too many fans at the moment because it emits methane and other greenhouse gases, Waster thinks that we are looking at it in the wrong way.

Landfills, if managed correctly, could offer significant “renewable” energy and decrease the need for fossil fuels.

As we all know, landfills smell. The reason they are small is that they also could be very useful for the environment.

Melbourne landfill green energy

When food and any other waste decomposes, it emits greenhouse gases such as methane.

If we are smart, we should increase the already existing users of this gas to create electricity. See our blog on green waste disposal.

 

How can we use landfill gas to create electricity?

Now, for a bit of science:

“Landfill gas (LFG) is generated through the degradation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and other biodegradable waste, by microorganisms. Aerobic conditions, presence of oxygen, leads to predominately CO2 emissions. In anaerobic conditions, as is typical of landfills, methane and CO2 are produced in a ratio of 60:40. Methane (CH
4
) is the important component of landfill gas as it has a calorific value of 33.95 MJ/Nm^3 which gives rise to energy generation benefits.”

The process gets interesting if the landfill produces enough gas to warrant electricity production.

The added benefit is the gas that is captured is methane, which is viewed as up to 23 times more negative as a greenhouse gas than C02.

Where are we now in Australia?

Quoting from the excellent website, theconversation.com.au :

“Around 130 landfills in Australia are capturing methane and using it to generate electricity. Based on installed power generation capacity and the amount of waste received, Australia’s largest landfills use 20-30% of the potential methane in waste for electricity generation.

“Ravenhall in Melbourne processes 1.4 million tonnes of waste per year and proposes to generate 8.8 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2020. Roughly 461,000 tonnes of waste goes to Woodlawn in NSW, and in 2011 it generated 4MW of electrical power. Swanbank in Queensland receives 500,000 tonnes a year and generates 1.1MW.”

 

Learn that…

Some companies are branding their landfills as FuelCells and equivalent positive names. The Australian waste industry should keep all of these in mind.

Landfills can produce huge damage through methane and other gases. So, it really is a no-brainer to capture that gas and use it for electricity generation when economical.

There are other possibilities for creating energy from waste such as in oxygen-free tanks. We will cover that in a future blog. Stay tuned for our next ones!

 

Adelaide rubbish dump

In our blogs, we like to promote good news relating to waste management and recycling. We would also like to make our customers and readers aware of new projects and initiatives that can help them reduce costs and boost recycling.

However, sometimes there can be negative developments. Knowing this information, we will cover how electrical and power bills are making recycling harder for recycling facilities.

 

Set back for local recycling business

It was disappointing to hear that a South Australia recycling business is shutting due primarily to large cost increases in its energy bill. The ABC covered the story here.

We quote from the article below:

“Plastics Granulating Services (PGS), based in Kilburn in Adelaide’s inner-north, said it had seen its monthly power bills increase from $80,000 to $180,000 over the past 18 months.

“Managing director Stephen Scherer said the high cost of power had crippled his business of 38 years and plans for expansion and had led to his company being placed in liquidation.

“PGS processed domestic, low-grade waste and turned it into plastic granules, to be converted back into other industrial products like irrigation piping and flower pots.”

The managing director of the business said it was the last of its type in SA and he expected this sort of process to move offshore to Asia.

“We process about 10,000 tonnes of plastic waste [and] that’s now currently turned off, so South Australia won’t be recycling 10,000 tonnes [of plastic],” he said.

“To scope 10,000 tonnes for you, 10,000 tonnes is 15 per cent of the Australian market [of low-grade recycled plastic] … so Australia has lost 15 per cent of its supply.”

This certainly is a disappointing story for all associated with waste collection and recycling in SA and highlights the need for more focus on our environmental strategy.

Check out other related blogs on topics such as waste management Adelaide and rubbish bins Adelaide.

 

Quick note

As energy prices and other costs for businesses continue to increase, it is more important than ever to keep your costs down. Business profitability can be a precarious thing. And, keeping a keen focus on your costs is vital for ongoing success.

With flexible agreements for waste services, you can easily take one step in the right direction. We look forward to talking to you about your waste and recycling needs.

See our blog on waste to energy and how your food waste may power your home in the future.

 

Rubbish tip in Perth

Western Australia is famous for a number of things, being one of the most isolated regions in the world. The place also has some of the greatest beaches and oceans in the world.

You may have read recently about the growing problem of ocean pollution by plastic and other rubbish when it is not correctly managed and disposed of in rubbish tips in Perth facilities or recycled.

We will cover the new UN focus on addressing this growing problem.

 

Rubbish tip Perth: what happens if plastic rubbish gets into the sea?

Our era has been referred to as the age of plastic – as plastic has been produced in such huge quantities since its invention – and for the fact, it takes almost forever to decompose.

The issue with plastic in our waterways and oceans is that it acts as a real danger for fish and sea life – by catching them in it and being swallowed. The UN and international organisations are thankfully taking a real interest in the problem.

According to treehugger.com: “The United Nations has declared war on plastic. In an unexpected announcement that emerged from the Economist World Ocean Summit in Bali last week, the UN officially launched its ‘Clean Seas campaign.

The goal is to eliminate major sources of pollution, including microplastics in cosmetics and single-use disposable plastics, by pressuring governments and individuals to rethink the way goods are packaged and their own shopping habits.”

The UN Head of Environment Erik Solheim stated: “It is past time that we tackle the plastic problem that blights our oceans. Plastic pollution is surfing onto Indonesian beaches, settling onto the ocean floor at the North Pole, and rising through the food chain onto our dinner tables.

We’ve stood by for too long as the problem has gotten worse. It must stop”

We really welcome this development and will keep you updated. See our blogs on recycling Melbourne and waste collection Sydney.

Check out our blog on recycling bins divulging whether a clean environment should be a basic human right. Also, see our blog on Perth recycling.

 

We can conclude that…

Professional waste management is often seen as a given. But, you would be surprised at how often waste bin services can end up in the wrong place as exposed by the ABC War On Waste Tv show.

See our blog on how we can work to reduce trash by using reusable plastic bags.

Taking care of our environment is vital for future generations. And, getting good value bin services is vital for your business health.

 

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