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Opening hours and fees

Council operates two waste management facilities at Surf Beach and Brou, and a transfer station at Moruya.

  • All three facilities accept solid waste.
  • Fees apply at all sites. Many recyclable items are accepted for free.
  • Limits apply at Moruya Transfer Station.

Surf Beach waste management facility

Surf Beach waste management facility

Where: 311 George Bass Drive at the roundabout at the Surf Beach bypass.

Phone: 4471 2462

Opening hours: 

  • Monday to Friday: 7am to 4.45pm
  • Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 8am to 3.45pm
  • Closed: Christmas Day, New Years Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday
  • Contactless payment preferred.

Surf Beach Community Recycling Centre

Where: Onsite at the Surf Beach Waste Management Facility.

Operating hours for the Community Recycling Centre are:

  • Monday to Friday: 7am to 4.45pm
  • Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 8am to 3.45pm
  • Closed: Christmas Day, New Years Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

You can drop-off your household problem wastes (household quantities - 20kg or 20L only) for free at our community recycling centre.

We will accept:

  • paint
  • gas bottles
  • fire extinguishers
  • fluoro globes and tubes
  • household batteries and car batteries
  • smoke detectors
  • motor oils and other oils.

Buy Back Centre

Where: Located at the Surf Beach Waste Management Facility.

Opening hours:

  • Thursday to Monday 8.30am to 12pm
  • Closed: public holidays

Acceptance of recycling, recoverable, operational, and waste material is at the discretion of the weighbridge operator.

Fees charged by load size and weight

Item/product Loads up to 300kg More than a large load, and loads over 300kg
Minimum load
(up to half a 240L wheelie bin)
Small load
(car boot load)
Up to medium load (half a standard trailer) Medium load
(standard trailer)
Large load
(more than a standard trailer)

Waste material:
Mixed waste, household waste, builders waste, masonry, timbers not accepted for resale including sawdust, other general solid waste

$6 per load $17 per load $24 per load $36 per load $51 per load $174 per tonne
($53 minumum charge)

Recoverable material:
Vegetation up to 200mm, buyback – items accepted for resale including reusable building material and clean bricks

$5 per load $8 per load $11 per load $17 per load $25 per load $50 per tonne
($26 minimum charge)

Commercial recycling: Paper/cardboard, co-mingled recycling

no charge no charge no charge $18 per load $32 per load $108 per tonne
(loaded into bins)

Waste material from:
construction and demolition sector, commercial and industrial sector, including asbestos, clean concrete, mixed concrete, bricks and stumps/logs >200mm, palm trees/fronds

$190 per tonne
($57 minimum charge)

Waste material, immediate burial:
Offensive waste, asbestos (not booked), large dead animals, VENM ie soils, Biosolids

$271 per tonne
($82 minimum charge)

Fees per item

  • Tyres:
    • car: $8
    • car on rim: $16
    • 4x4 and light truck: $10
    • 4x4 and light truck on rim: $18
    • truck/tractor (over 41 cm) market rate plus: $2
  • Mattresses:
    • all sizes: $37
    • mattress base, all sizes: $37
  • Dead animals (small): $9
  • Vehicle weighing: $30
  • Solar panels: $10

All items must be clean and separated:

  • polystyrene
  • steel, metal
  • cars, motors, caravans, trailers, vehicle batteries
  • fridges, whitegoods, hot water systems
  • empty 'drumMuster' chemical drums
  • domestic quantities of co-mingled (yellow lidded-bin) recycling
  • paper/cardboard
  • motor oil, motor oil containers, cooking oil
  • e-waste items including televisions, computers, computer products, printers, scanners, keyboards, DVD players, set top boxes, stereos
  • mobile phones
  • fluorescent light globes and tubes, household batteries.

Moruya transfer station

Where: 21 Yarragee Road, Moruya.

Phone: 4474 5924

Opening hours: 

  • Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 8am to 3.45pm
  • Closed: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Christmas Day, New Years Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday
  • Contactless payment preferred.

Acceptance of recycling, recoverable, operational, and waste material is at the discretion of the weighbridge operator.

Fees by weight and size

Item/product Minimum load
(up to half a 240L wheelie bin)
Small load
(car boot load)
Up to medium load (half a standard trailer) Medium load
(standard trailer)
Large load
(more than a standard trailer)
Extra large load
(up to 2m3)

Waste material:
Mixed waste, other general solid waste

$6 per load $17 per load $24 per load $36 per load $51 per load $66 per load

Recoverable material:
Vegetation up to 200mm, buyback  items accepted for resale

$5 per load $8 per load $11 per load $17 per load $25 per load $33 per load

Commercial recycling: Paper/cardboard, co-mingled recycling

no charge no charge no charge $18 per load $32 per load n/a

Must be clean and separated.

Moruya Transfer Station can accept domestic quantities of:

  • polystyrene
  • steel, metal
  • fridges, whitegoods, hot water systems
  • empty 'drumMuster' chemical drums
  • vehicle batteries
  • of co-mingled (yellow lidded-bin) recycling
  • paper/cardboard
  • motor oil, motor oil containers, cooking oil
  • e-waste items including televisions, computers, computer products, printers, scanners, keyboards, DVD players, set top boxes, stereos
  • mobile phones
  • flourescent light globes and tubes, household batteries.

Brou waste management facility

Where: 1 Brou Lake Road, Dalmeny (north of Dalmeny, off Princes Highway).

Phone: 4476 8310

Opening hours: 

  • Monday to Friday: 7am to 4.45pm
  • Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 8am to 3.45pm
  • Closed: Christmas Day, New Years Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday
  • Contactless payment preferred.

Acceptance of recycling, recoverable, operational, and waste material is at the discretion of the weighbridge operator.

Fees charged by load size and weight

Item/product Loads up to 300kg More than a large load, and loads over 300kg
Minimum load
(up to half a 240L wheelie bin)
Small load
(car boot load)
Up to medium load (half a standard trailer) Medium load
(standard trailer)
Large load
(more than a standard trailer)

Waste material:
Mixed waste, household waste, builders waste, masonry, timbers not accepted for resale including sawdust, other general solid waste

$6 per load $17 per load $24 per load $36 per load $51 per load $174 per tonne
($53 minumum charge)

Recoverable material:
Vegetation up to 200mm, buyback – items accepted for resale including reusable building material and clean bricks

$5 per load $8 per load $11 per load $17 per load $25 per load $50 per tonne
($26 minimum charge)

Commercial recycling: Paper/cardboard, co-mingled recycling

no charge no charge no charge $18 per load $32 per load $108 per tonne
(loaded into bins)

Waste material from:
construction and demolition sector, commercial and industrial sector, including asbestos, clean concrete, mixed concrete, bricks and stumps/logs >200mm, palm trees/fronds

$190 per tonne
($57 minimum charge)

Waste material, immediate burial:
Offensive waste, asbestos (not booked), large dead animals, VENM ie soils, Biosolids

$271 per tonne
($82 minimum charge)

Fees per item

  • Tyres:
    • car: $8
    • car on rim: $16
    • 4x4 and light truck: $10
    • 4x4 and light truck on rim: $18
    • truck/tractor (over 41 cm) market rate plus: $2
  • Mattresses:
    • all sizes: $37
    • mattress base, all sizes: $37
  • Dead animals (small): $9
  • Vehicle weighing: $30
  • Solar panels: $10

Must be clean and separated:

  • polystyrene
  • steel, metal
  • cars, motors, caravans, trailers, vehicle batteries
  • fridges, whitegoods, hot water systems
  • empty 'drumMuster' chemical drums
  • domestic quantities of co-mingled (yellow lidded-bin) recycling
  • paper/cardboard
  • motor oil, motor oil containers, cooking oil
  • e-waste items including televisions, computers, computer products, printers, scanners, keyboards, DVD players, set top boxes, stereos
  • mobile phones
  • fluorescent light globes and tubes, household batteries.

Contact us

If you need more information about any of our waste management facilities, please contact Waste Services on: