Resource Recovery Facility

The Resource Recovery Facility is the large open shed that you will be directed to at the weighbridge to dispose of most household waste. The back section of the shed is for mixed waste and the front section is for self-sorted waste. 

Sort your load and save money!

To ensure you are charged the cheapest rates, sort your items into waste, reusable and recyclable drop-off items using the bins provided in the front self-sort section.  Along with items intended for the Revolve Shop, there are many items that can be recycled for a reduced fee or free of charge, including:

• Co-mingled recyclables - paper and cardboard, hard plastic containers and bottles, glass containers and bottles, steel and aluminium cans 
• Cardboard boxes only
• Builder's rubble - bricks, concrete and pavers
• Metals 
• Green waste
• Polystyrene
• Oil filters
• AgVet chemical containers - steel and plastic, must be triple rinsed with lids removed
• Household problem waste in the Community Recycling Centre (below)

All vehicles are weighed on the way in and out and waste materials are charged on a weight per category basis. See our fees and charges.

Community Recycling Centre

The Community Recycling Centre (CRC), where residents can drop off household problem waste free of charge, has reopened at our Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre. This service had to pause in late February due to a major fire at the collection contractor’s facility.

The following items can be brought back in:

• Batteries (including embedded battery products like vapes)
• Light globes
• Oils
• Gas cylinders and fire extinguishers
• Aerosols
• Smoke detectors
• Paints

The Community Recycling Station drop-off cabinets at Council’s Corporate Centre, Lismore Library and Nimbin Transfer Station are also collecting items again.