An A-Z guide on recycling common materials responsibly.
Visit Planet Ark’s Recycling Near You for any material not listed.
Remove the plastic nozzle and place in your yellow recycling bin.
Household Chemical CleanOut and accepted free at Lucas Heights Resource Recovery Park
Sutherland Shire Council Customer Service Centre - 4-20 Eton St , Sutherland 2232
Cronulla Library - 38-60 Croydon St, Cronulla
Caringbah Library - 376/376-378 Port Hacking Rd, Caringbah
Miranda Library - 31 Wandella Rd, Miranda
Menai Library - Allison Cres, Menai
Engadine Library - 116E Caldarra Ave, Engadine
Acceptable batteries include: alkaline lithium-ion (Li-ion), nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH), nickel zinc (Ni-Zn), lithium primary, carbon zinc button/coin cell batteries and domestic rechargeable batteries.
Other locations through Recycling Near You or B-cycle (Australia's official battery recycling Scheme)
Alternatively, residents can book a pick-up with Recycle Smart
Other locations through Recycling Near You
Blister packs can be collected through our partnership with RecycleSmart from your doorstep (a small fee applies). These are recycled by Pharmacycle, where the aluminium and plastic components are separated and reused.
Sutherland Shire Council Customer Service Centre - 4-20 Eton St , Sutherland 2232
Caringbah Library - 376/376-378 Port Hacking Rd, Caringbah
Household Chemical CleanOut for household quantities only.
Chemical CleanOut and Community Recycling Centres for event locations or Community Recycling Centre locations.
Chemical CleanOut and Community Recycling Centres for event locations or Community Recycling Centre locations.
Broken globes are not accepted.
Sutherland Shire Council Customer Service Centre - 4-20 Eton St, Sutherland, 2232
Caringbah Library - 376/376-378 Port Hacking Rd, Caringbah
Engadine Community Centre (NICAN) - 1034-1036 Old Princes Highway, Engadine
Menai Community Centre (3Bridges) - 34 Allison Cres, Menai
Alternatively, residents can book a pick-up with Recycle Smart
Local charity shops such as St Vincent de Paul, The Salvation Army, Dandelion Support Network and Australian Red Cross.
Chemical CleanOut and Community Recycling Centres for event locations or Community Recycling Centre locations.
Some optometrists will accept donations of used glasses.
Recycling Near You
Lucas Heights Resource Recovery Park - charges may apply, call before dropping off and bag appropriately.
Pre-booked Council clean up - limit of two pieces, for example, two mattresses or one ensemble.
Sutherland Shire Council Customer Service Centre - 4-20 Eton St, Sutherland, 2232
Caringbah Library - 376/376-378 Port Hacking Rd, Caringbah
Due to industry-wide challenges with soft plastics recycling, the REDcycle program has temporarily paused effective as of 9 November 2022.
Alternatively, residents can book a pick-up with Recycle Smart
Double bag and place in your red bin.
Bangor - Community Pharmacy
Bangor Centre, Corner of Yala Road and Menai Road, Bangor
9543 1660
Caringbah - Central Access Service Needle Exchange
Sutherland Hospital & Community Health Service,
Kareena Road, Caringbah
9522 1046
Caringbah - Coady's Pharmacy
313 Kingsway, Caringbah
9524 7511
Caringbah - Kirkton Road Centre
The Sutherland Hospital
KRC South, 430 Kingsway, Caringbah
9522 1046
Cronulla - Priceline Pharmacy
46 Cronulla Street, Cronulla
9523 1678
Engadine - Essential Community Solutions
1034 – 1036 Old Princes Highway, Engadine
9520 7022
Gymea - Community Aid and Information Service
39 Gymea Bay Road, Gymea
9524 9559
Jannali - MyCare Pharmacy
562 Box Road, Jannali
9528 9335
Sylvania - Box Village Pharmacy
Corner Box Road and Corea Road, Sylvania
9522 9119
Items up to 240mm W x 103mm H are accepted.
- USB flash drives
- Portable Hard drives
- Floppy drives and discs
- Digital Notebooks
- CD, DVD drives
- Mouse and trackball units
- Keyboards
- Items that plug into a computer
- Joysticks
- Web cameras
- Small Electronic games
- Cameras and Video Cameras
- Networking equipment
- iPods and MP3 players
Locations:
Sutherland Shire Council Customer Service Centre - 4-20 Eton St, Sutherland, 2232
Caringbah Library - 376/376-378 Port Hacking Rd, Caringbah
Return to tyre centres
Residents can book a pick-up with Recycle Smart
Broken vapes are not accepted.
Please keep vapes in a separated bag from other items you might need collected.