Waste
Changes to Waste and Recycling Collection – Starting 7 July
Break O’Day Council is improving how waste and recycling are collected across the region. From Monday 7 July, Council will take over recycling collection services, providing a more reliable, efficient, and locally managed system.
NEW CALENDARS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MID-JULY 2026
Under the new service:
- Recycling and general waste will now alternate weekly
- Some collection days have changed – please check your new calendar carefully
- The new schedule begins 7 July, but the first week of July will follow the old timetable
See our brochure which we will be letterbox dropping to residents in mid-June: DL Waste and Recycling – CHANGE IS COMING
Want to know more about the changes? Read our Media Release HERE.
Want to know more about why we are taking over the service? Read our Media Release HERE.
Have you heard of Recycle Coach?
Never miss a collection again! Recycle Coach will send you email, sms or push notifications to let you know when your collection days are.
It can also help you determine what can and can’t be recycled.
Download the Recycle Coach App from the App Store or Google Play for reminders and recycling tips.
Thank you for supporting improved waste and recycling services in Break O’Day.
Your YELLOW lidded bin is your recycling bin and the RED lidded bin is for general household waste.
For a list of what can and can’t be recycled check out this list A-Z Recycling and this list Kerbside-Recycling-dos-and-donts AUG2019
For information on where your waste goes check out this FAQ Where does my recycling Go? FAQ
To find out when your recycling and waste collections are please check out the calendars;
Waste and Recycle Calendar – 2024-2025
General waste and recycling calendars will be posted out with annual rates notices at the end of the financial year in June.
Rate payers who receive their rates notice via email will also have the new waste calendar included.
If you do not receive a rates notice, waste calendars will be left with local Real Estate Agents.
Alternatively, drop in or contact Council for a calendar.
There is a tip shop at both the St Marys and St Helens Tip Shops who take donations which are then sold to raise funds for the St Helens Hospital Auxiliary.
You can find their open hours on their Facebook page here:
For more information on Recycling, check out the Fact Sheets below:
There are six Waste Transfer Stations (WTS) in our area located in:
- St Helens, Eagle Street (includes recycling) OPEN 10am – 4pm every day -(CLOSED Good Friday and Christmas Day).
- Scamander, Coach Road (includes recycling) OPEN 10am – 4pm Tuesday and Thursday and 2pm – 5pm Sunday.
- St Marys, 80 Gray Road (includes recycling) OPEN 10am – 4pm Tuesday and Thursday and 2pm – 5pm Sunday
- Ansons Bay, North Ansons Bay Road approx. 1km before Ansons Bay township OPEN 12pm – 4pm Wednesday, 10am – 4pm Sunday and 12pm – 4pm on Monday long weekends
- Fingal, 611 Mangana Road – OPEN 10am – 4pm Tuesday and Thursday and 2pm – 5pm Sunday
- Pyengana, Tasman Highway (between Sweets Hill Road junction and Anchor Road junction) OPEN 9am – 12pm Wednesday and 2pm-5pm Sunday
For a map of locations please click here.
Please click here for a list of Fees & Charges Schedule
The following is a list of what is and is not accepted at our Waste Transfer Stations (WTS)
| WTS | ACCEPTED | NOT ACCEPTED |
| St Helens | General Household Waste
Clean Green waste Inert waste (gravel, soil, concrete, bricks and plaster board) Treated and Untreated timber Furniture & Mattresses Batteries, including Car batteries Tyres Scrap steel and car bodies Waste oil Empty waste oil containers Glass Cardboard Aluminium cans Fluro tubes (light bulbs) E-waste Gas cylinders LPG only – fully degassed Fuel (Petrol, Diesel & coolant) |
Asbestos
Silage Wrap |
| Scamander | General Household Waste
Clean Green waste Asbestos (with prior approval of Council) Asbestos FACTSHEET Scrap steel and car bodies Waste oil Empty waste oil containers Glass Cardboard Aluminium cans Batteries Gas cylinders LPG only – fully degassed
|
Builders waste
Silage Wrap |
| St Marys | General Household Waste
Clean Green waste Builders waste Scrap steel and car bodies Waste oil Empty waste oil containers Glass Cardboard Fluro tubes (light bulbs) Batteries Gas cylinders LPG only – fully degassed
|
Asbestos
Silage Wrap |
| Fingal | General Household Waste
Builders waste Clean Green waste Waste oil glass cardboard Scrap steel Batteries Gas cylinders LPG only – fully degassed
|
Asbestos
Silage Wrap |
| Pyengana | General Household Waste
Clean Green waste Waste oil Scrap steel Glass
|
Asbestos
Silage Wrap |
| Ansons Bay | General Household Waste
Clean Green waste Scrap steel Batteries, including Car batteries Furniture & Mattresses Tyres Gas cylinders LPG only – fully degassed Fridges & freezers Recyclables (Normally Accepted in kerbside collection) E-waste Aluminium cans Paint Containers including paint
|
Asbestos
Builders waste Car bodies Clean fill Silage Wrap |
Looking for information on Asbestos? Check out our Fact Sheet – Asbestos FACTSHEET
Still need more information? Click HERE
