E-waste collection in Ballina
Old TVs, computers, monitors, printers and the box of dead electronics in the cupboard should be recycled, not landfilled, and in Ballina the recycling itself is free. E-waste is accepted at no charge at the Resource Recovery Centre. What we charge for is the collecting and carrying, from our $100 minimum.
What does the council already take for free?
Plenty, and we will say so plainly. E-waste is free at the tip, and the Community Recycling Centre takes household batteries, paint, gas bottles, globes and oils free in household quantities up to 20 kilograms or 20 litres per customer per day. If you have one small box and a car, take it yourself.
So when is a pickup worth paying for?
When it is bulky, heavy or tangled into a bigger cleanup. A dead CRT television, a home office worth of gear, a garage where the e-waste is buried under everything else. We collect it with the rest of the load and split it out at the tip so it still enters the free stream.
Can small items go to a recycling station near me instead?
Yes. Council runs Community Recycling Stations at the Customer Service Centre, the Alstonville Cultural Centre, Ballina Library, the Lennox Head Community Centre and the Salvage Shed for small household drop-offs. For anything bigger than a shopping bag, that is where we come in. Solar panels cost $10 each at the tip.
Local to Ballina
We do not wipe data. If a computer or drive holds anything sensitive, wipe it or pull the drive before we collect. Straight answer, worth more than a vague promise.
E-waste collection: quick answers
Where do old TVs and computers go in Ballina?
Into the free e-waste stream at the Resource Recovery Centre on Southern Cross Drive. The recycling itself costs nothing; what you pay us for is the collecting, the carrying and the sorting that gets it there instead of into landfill.
Can small items go to a council recycling station instead?
Yes, and for a shopping bag of batteries or globes you should. Stations sit at the Customer Service Centre, Alstonville Cultural Centre, Ballina Library, Lennox Head Community Centre and the Salvage Shed. We are for the loads a station cannot take.
Is there any electronic item you cannot take?
Very few. TVs of any vintage, computers, printers, tangled cable boxes and dead small appliances all load fine. Anything holding personal data should be wiped first, because we move hardware, we do not wipe it, and we say that plainly.
Get a fixed price for this
Send a few photos and your suburb. We come back with one number at $100 per cubic metre, usually within the hour during the day.
Book e-waste collection in Ballina
A fixed number from a few photos. $100 per cubic metre, all-inclusive, same-day where the run allows.