Community Recycling Centre

The City of Canada Bay Community Recycling Centre for problem household waste is located at 15-17 Regatta Road, Five Dock, adjacent to the Council depot entrance. The opening hours are:

• Tuesday to Friday: 8am–3pm
• Saturday: 7am–4pm
• Closed on public holidays
• Closed between Sunday 21 December 2025 - Thursday 1 January 2026

For more information call the City of Canada Bay on 9911 6555 or visit the NSW EPA's Community Recycling Centre website.

This project was supported by the NSW Environmental Trust as part of the NSW EPA’s Waste Less, Recycle More initiative funded from the waste levy.

You can drop off the following problem wastes for free:

• Oil and water-based paint
• Car and household batteries
• Gas bottles (Please note: due to an increase in nitrous oxide gas cannister drop-offs and capacity limits, we are now limiting the number of bottles accepted to 4 bottles at a time. Your drop-off may be rejected if you exceed this limit).
• Fluoro globes and tubes
• Fire extinguishers
• Smoke detectors
• Motor, cooking and other oils.
• Limited quantities of flattened cardboard (subject to storage capacity)
• Aerosols 

Please note, only household quantities of problem waste will be accepted and maximum individual container size of 20L or 20kg. The only exception is for paint - up to 100L of paint (divided into 20L containers) will be accepted. Please transport your materials carefully. Dangerous goods and items other than those listed will not be accepted.

National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme:

Televisions, computers and their associated items including personal and laptop computers, tablets, notebooks, palmtops, computer monitors and parts (including hard drives and CD drives, printers, scanners, faxes, keyboards, mice, web cameras, USBs and computer cables) are now being accepted at the centre, subject to available storage capacity. For more information about this National Scheme, please visit the Australian Government webpage.

The Community Recycling Centre only accepts the items above. Visit our Item Lookup to find out how to manage other items. 

Other household chemicals such as solvents, poisons and pool chemicals are not accepted. These materials are accepted at the Annual Household Chemical Cleanout event, held in October each year. Household Chemical Cleanout events are run by the EPA throughout the year and your closest location can be found here.

The Centre does not accept general household items, glass/mirrors, furniture or household electronic waste (items outside of the scope of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme, such as but not limited to kitchen appliances, hair dryers, fans, vacuums, heaters, electric shavers, wearable devices, and garden appliances). Residents of the City of Canada Bay can book a Homecycle collection for small electrical home and garden appliances (items under 8kgs only). 

Embedded battery items, including vapes, are also not accepted at this CRC. The NSW EPA are trialling a collection of these items at selected CRCs across NSW. For more information on the embedded battery trial, please visit the NSW EPA website.