Hazardous items should never be placed in your kerbside bins, instead you can drop them for free at any of our EcoDrop Resource Recovery Centres. Items include gas bottles and canisters, all batteries, fire extinguishers, chemicals, paints and solvents.

All gas bottles, gas canisters and batteries

These items pose a significant threat to the safety of our teams and members of the public when disposed of in a kerbside wheelie bin. 

Please do the right thing and take them to your nearest EcoDrop Resource Recovery Centre(external link) for free, where they can be disposed of safely. 

If you have any of these hazardous items

The EcoDrop Resource Recovery Centres(external link) accept the following items:

  • LPG gas bottles, helium gas bottles, butane camping gas canisters CO2 cylinders, nitrous oxide canisters and aerosol cans
  • All vehicle batteries, household batteries, power-tool batteries
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Used engine oil, unwanted cooking oil
  • Liquid chemicals
  • Dry chemicals
  • Household cleaners
  • Paints and associated painting solvents
  • Fireworks
  • Refrigerators and freezers
  • Garden pesticides and agrichemicals
  • Cooking oil

Take them to a EcoDrop Resource Recovery Centre for free

Open 7 days, 7am to 4.30pm:

Domestic quantities only.

Items that cannot be accepted

For more information go to the EcoCentral website(external link).

How to recycle your household batteries safely

Batteries contain numerous components that are bad for the environment. If put in wheelie bins, batteries can potentially harm staff and members of the public.

Collecting batteries before they deteriorate means they can be recycled appropriately, saving valuable components for reuse and reducing the risk to people and the environment.

Find a battery recycling station(external link). 

How to dispose of your fireworks safely
  1. Soak - Completely submerge fireworks in a bucket of water. Allow to soak overnight.
  2. Wrap - Double wrap the soaked fireworks in plastic wrap or plastic bags so they do not dry out.
  3. Dispose - Place wrapped bags in the red bin.

Alternatively, you can drop these off at an EcoDrop Resource Recovery Centre(external link).