Welcome to Muswellbrook waste management facility

Where: Coal Road, Muswellbrook

Hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm daily.
Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.

Call: 6542 5706

After hours emergencies: 0428 264 074

• waste management facility fees and charges

Licensed to accept:

• General waste
• Recyclables
• Scrap metal
• Timber, tree trunks and branches
• Concrete and bricks
• Used motor oil
• Car batteries
• Tyres
• Asbestos (24hrs notice needed)
• DrumMuster containers

Drop-off point for used fluorescent tubes and lamps

A drop off point is located at the main window of Muswellbrook Waste Management Facility to provide residents of Muswellbrook Shire a place for the safe disposal of mercury waste that fluorescent lighting produces, no charge (domestic quantities only).

EFTPOS available. 1.25% surcharge on credit card transactions. No ‘cash out’.

Recycling initiatives at Muswellbrook waste management facility

Green waste

Green waste is made up of kerbside collected and 'drop-off' garden organic material, it is milled and sold as mulch at the depot.

It is important that no contaminants are placed in the green waste bins (or delivered to the depot by other means), as there is potential to damage expensive machinery, and contaminated waste will have to be rejected as onsaleable mulch and will end up as landfill.

Scrap metal

Scrap metal, including batteries, are collected, stored and sold to metal merchants.

Salvage useful items

Hoarder’s Haven was established as a service to the community, and allows useful items to be sold at cheap prices.  Items such as wardrobes, tables, chairs, bicycles, prints, antique radiograms and golf clubs have been recycled and sold.

Untreated timber

We chip a small quantity of untreated timber for sale as garden chip mulch.

Recyclable material from kerbside collections

A Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), managed by JR Richards, is located at the depot.  Steel cans, aluminium and paper products are baled and sent to major recyclers.  All contaminants from this process go to the void as mixed waste.

Site procedures and conditions of entry

1. Report to the waste management facility Operator when entering Muswellbrook waste management facility.
2. You will be asked what you are disposing of and be required to identify all materials. If you are unsure, please advise the waste management facility Operator. Random visual inspections will be made by waste management facility Operator/s.
3. Your vehicle may be weighed.
4. If your vehicle has been weighed, you will be required to return to the weighbridge to finalise your transaction.
5. If you have separated recyclable material, please advise the waste management facility Operator. You will be required to place the recyclable material in the appropriate area and may be requested to drive back over the weighbridge to ascertain the charge for the remaining material.
6. Customers are requested to observe and adhere to the speed limits and safety signs at all times.
7. Fully enclosed footwear must be worn at all times.
8. Children under the age of 15 are to remain inside the vehicle.
9. Unauthorised scavenging is prohibited.
10. Council’s waste management facility Operators will direct customers to appropriate disposal areas.
11. waste management facility Operator/s may ask to check your receipt to ensure the correct disposal fees have been paid.
12. Smoking is not allowed on site.
13. waste management facility Operators can request name and address details of persons disposing of waste.
14. waste management facility Operators can refuse to accept items/materials which Council is not licensed to accept.
15. The site is monitored by video surveillance. Photos may be taken by waste management facility Staff.
16. Customers not complying with directions from waste management facility Operator/s will be requested to leave the site.

By entering this site you agree to abide by the above conditions.