Community Recycling Centres
Community Recycling Centres (CRC) operate within the Tumbarumba and Tumut Resource Recovery Centres as permanent drop-off centres for common household problem wastes that can’t be collected via council kerbside waste and recycling collection services. Householders can drop off problem wastes at these centres year round, free of charge.
Funding for the CRCs comes from the EPA's waste levy, as part of Waste Less, Recycle More. For more information visit the NSW EPA website
What can I take to a Community Recycling Centre?
- E-Waste
- Silage Wrap
- Agvet Chemical Containers
- Bushfire damaged farm fencing
- Paint
- Cooking oil
- Household Batteries
- Fluoro Globes and Tubes
- Gas Bottles
- Smoke Detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Car Batteries
Click here for a full list of what can be recycled at all our Resource Recovery Centres.
What happens to recycling items after they have been dropped off?
- Paints are mixed with other waste solvents and used as an alternative to fuel in cement kilns. The metal containers are recycled.
- Lead acid batteries are sent to recyclers where the lead, acid and plastic are recovered and recycled.
- Gas cylinders have remaining gas recovered, and steel sent for recycling. Many cylinders are retested and recycled into the hire market.
- Fluorescent tubes and globes contain mercury. Recyclers crush the tubes to separate the phosphor powder from the glass. They feed the powder through receiving containers, where it is filtered to capture fugitive mercury emissions. The mercury is then separated by distillation and sold for a range of industrial uses. The remaining glass and metals are also recycled.
- Gas bottles have residual gas captured for reuse. Undamaged bottles are retested, restamped and entered into the hire industry. Damaged bottles are punctured and recycled as scrap metal.
- Used oils are processed to become a lubricant or used for waste to energy.