The Sorting Depot accepts usable building materials and fixtures, as well as concrete and rubble, untreated timber, usable lengths of treated timber, and metals, cardboard, recyclable plastic and tyres. Over time, we also plan to develop markets and processing equipment for soft plastics, and other materials.
Please see the table below for waste acceptance criteria and banned items.
Acceptable waste includes, but is not limited to, materials that:
- Contain no asbestos, and
- Are suitable for sorting, being free of liquids, putrescible (e.g. green or food waste, or soil) or hazardous material, and
- Are uncompacted – transported loose in skip bins, bulk transporters (e.g. those servicing flexi-bins), hook bins or similar containers, and
- Are not contained in bags or otherwise held together in a way that will make it difficult to separate or identify material through visual inspection.
Acceptable waste may contain variable proportions of recoverable materials and landfill waste. Loads that are assessed at the weighbridge as containing no recoverable materials may not be accepted.
All the materials below can be delivered as pre-sorted loads for $80 / per tonne, other than polystyrene, which costs $220 per cubic meter.
The presence of prohibited waste, i.e., material that does not meet the acceptable waste criteria noted above, in a load deposited at the site will result in the entire load being defined as prohibited waste. Any load containing prohibited waste will incur a non-compliant load fee.
| Recoverable materials |
Specification reference |
| Batteries |
Car, motorbike - not lithium. |
| Cardboard |
Dry, reasonably clean. |
| Concrete, brick, rubble |
Concrete for recycled aggregate. Largely free of dirt. Larger pieces and concrete that contains steel may incur penalty fees - concrete with steel must be separated. |
| Metals |
Where possible, separate into ferrous and non-ferrous metals. |
| Untreated timber (for reuse) |
Timber with nails accepted. Little or no paint. Clean and dry. |
| Treated timber (for reuse) |
Useable lengths only (50cm+), no paint. |
| Treated timber (for recycling) |
No litter, metal, nails or fixings. |
| Building fixtures and other materials (for reuse) - detailed list to be provided |
Good condition. No damage.
Full windows, doors accepted.
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| Tyres |
Tyres removed from rims. |
| General recyclables (kerbside) - paper, card, tin, aluminium, plastic containers 1, 2 and 5, glass bottles and jars |
No window glass, generally clean. |
| Plaster board |
Clean sheets, free from dirt, paint, wallpaper. Non-fibrous |
| Polystyrene |
Clean, uncompacted. This is accepted as a single stream only at $220 / cubic meter, so should not be included in mixed loads. |
| PVC pipe |
Up to 6m long. |
| PE/HDPE pipe |
Up to 4m long. |
| Window glass |
Criteria apply. |
