Specialist recycling services

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While some items can't be tossed in your kerbside recycling bin, that doesn't mean that they can't be recycled altogther. Council provides recycling services for batteries and mobile phones, to help keep them out of your general waste and utilise them for future manufacturing.

Please note: Our Toothbrush Recycling Program is no longer operational. 

Council’s toothbrush recycling program has now ended following the immediate closure of the Colgate Oral Care Recycling Program, previously run in partnership with TerraCycle. This free initiative allowed our community, including local kinders, to recycle oral care products responsibly.

We understand this may be disappointing and appreciate your support as we continue to seek sustainable and transparent recycling solutions.

Keep in mind, toothpaste tubes cannot be recycled through our kerbside collection. Due to their mixed materials and small size, they must be placed in your general rubbish bin.

 

 

Batteries

Step 1.Stop batteries from entering landfill

Batteries contain hazardous waste. Even though they can be recycled, 8,000 tonnes of batteries are sent to landfill every year. Council offers a service whereby you can recycle batteries by dropping them into a collection bin.

Any of the following batteries can be recycled:

  • Button batteries
  • Rechargable batteries
  • Single-use alkaline batteries
  • Watch batteries
  • AAA, AA, D, C, rectangle 6V, or rectangle 9V batteries.

Step 2.Recycle your batteries here

You can drop off your batteries into any of the collection containers at:

If your child attends a local primary school, they can take their batteries to school and put them into the collection container in the administration centre.

Step 3.Closing the recycling loop

Council collects the used batteries and delivers them to the Geelong Resource Recovery Centre and Transfer Station as part of the 'Detox Your Home' program. The batteries are then sent to licensed recycling facilities for processing.

Some of the materials used to make batteries are non-renewable. They can be broken down for reuse in other products – for example, new batteries – and recycled an indefinite number of times.

Mobile Phones

Step 1.Stop mobile phones entering landfill

MobileMuster is a not-for-profit initiative funded by the telecommunications industry to recycle old, broken mobile phones and accessories. It is accredited by the federal government, 100% carbon neutral and available right here in the Borough.

MobileMuster collects all brands of mobile phones, their chargers and accessories.

Step 2.Recycle mobile phones here

Council have set up MobileMuster drop off points at:  

The Council Office - 50 Learmonth Street, Queenscliff  

Wirrng Wirrng (The Hub) 49 - 55 Hesse Street, Queenscliff 

Step 3.Close the recycling loop

Mobile phones, accessories, and other accepted e-waste are transported to one of two recycling facilities in Sydney and Melbourne. Products are dismantled manually with components separated into streams – circuit boards, metal, glass, plastics, and batteries  

Some plastics and metals are processed in Australia. Circuit boards, batteries, and other plastics are processed by MobileMuster’s recycling partner at their facility in Singapore. These materials are recovered and used in the manufacture of a range of products, including mobile phones, glass bottles, recycled plastic park benches, other electronics, mobile phone batteries, and stainless-steel products.  

MobileMuster’s priority is to recover the majority of the materials to use in the manufacture of new products.  

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