Hard Waste Bookings

Households and not-for-profit organisations are entitled to two free collections each financial year.

There is a limit of 2 cubic metres (2m long x 1m wide x 1m high) or the equivalent of a standard trailer load for each booked collection.

Additional collections can be made at a cost of $52.50.

Hard waste includes:

• air conditioners (degassed by licenced professional before placing on kerbside)
• bikes and toys Blinds and window coverings
• car seats (cut straps so that old and damaged seats that are unsafe are not picked up and re-used) OR recycle at RAA Child Safety Centre
• dismantled clothes lines
• furniture
• hot water services
• lawn mowers
• mattresses (booked as a separate collection)
• rainwater tanks
• refrigerators and freezers (degassed by licenced professional, remove doors for safety)
• sheets of iron and guttering (up to 2 metre lengths)
• small items of scrap metal
• timber off cuts (up to 2 metre lengths). Ensure nails are removed or bent over
• washing machines and driers
• wooden pallets – non-refundable/returnable

Please note:

• carpet, floor coverings or underlay cannot be collected as part of a booked hard waste collection. You can book a collection with Recycle360 on 08  8280 8700 (fees apply).
• tree branches and prunnings cannot be collected through the Hard Waste collection service. Visit: East Waste for disposal options.
  

The following items cannot be collected by East Waste:

• liquid waste, household or garden chemicals, car bodies, large scrap steel, concrete, asbestos, bricks, rocks, soil, sand, ammunition, explosives, paint, oil or building site materials
• mirrors, windows and sheets of glass (small amounts can be wrapped and placed into your general waste bin)
• recyclables such as bottles, glass and cardboard (place in recycling bin for the Council’s fortnightly collection)
• tree prunings and garden waste (place in organics bin for the Council's fortnightly collection)
• fluorescent tubes and light globes (recycle for free at any Mitre 10 or IKEA store)
• batteries (for disposal options, click on the 'Too good to waste? Reuse it!' tab below)
• tyres (recycle at tyre retailers)
• gas bottles (recycle at Maxbilt Trading Centre, Norwood)
• carpet, floor coverings or underlay cannot be collected as part of a booked hard waste collection. You can book a collection with Recycle360 on 08  8280 8700 (fees apply)
• tree branches and prunnings cannot be collected through the Hard Waste collection service. Visit: East Waste for disposal options.

Please note: East Waste no longer collect e-waste. There are recycling sites where e-waste can be dropped off around Adelaide, usually free of charge. For drop off options, visit: E-waste page

Please ensure waste items are:

• placed securely on the verge no earlier than 24 hours before your collection date and no later than 6am on the collection day
• placed in a way that does not obstruct the road or footpath
• not stacked too high and tall items are not upright
• less than 2 metres in length
• not greater than 50kg, to be safely lifted by two people
• adequately secured so that items do not fall out when lifted
• do not place any sharp or hazardous waste on the footpath
• remove all doors from fridges and freezers
• lay taller items down
• remove or bend over all sharp protruding objects such as nails and screws
• ensure that air-conditioner units, fridges and freezers are degassed by a licenced professional before placing them on the kerbside
• break up larger items if possible.

Please note: items dumped at the kerbside without a confirmed booking could incur an illegal dumping / littering fine.