Waste management facilities

Castlemaine Landfill (Sluicers Road, Castlemaine) Monday to Friday 10.00am to 4.00pm; Saturday and Sunday 10.00am to 5.00pm

Maldon Resource Recovery & Waste Transfer Station (Morris Street, Maldon)  Wednesday and Friday 9.30am to 1.00pm; Saturday and Sunday 9.00am to 1.00pm

Castlemaine Landfill and Maldon Transfer Station are closed on Good Friday, Christmas Day and New Years Day.

Residents and commercial customers are advised that the Castlemaine and Maldon Waste Facilities will be closed on days of Total Fire ban and days classified Code Red (Catastrophic).

As from 1st January 2015 a new e-waste charge will come in to effect. The unit charge will be $25 per television (or computer or other item). This fee will include associated accessories. For example, a computer, monitor, keyboard and mouse would be covered as one unit and be charged $25.

Note - Only EFTPOS or Cash can be processed, cheques cannot be accepted.

Please note that the Maldon Transfer Station is not equipped to deal with commerical quantities of waste. Commercial waste collectors must dispose of waste at the Castlemaine Landfill.

If you are unsure and require more information, please contact Council on 5471 1700.

Greenwaste is any organic material that can be converted into mulch and resold to the community. This includes branches, leaves and lawn clippings.

Please note that environmental weeds will not be accepted as green waste. Nor will any organic material that cannot be mulched, such as cactus. To find out which plants are environmental weeds download the 'Weeds of Central Victoria' booklet under the 'Environment' section of this website.

If you are still unsure if your organic waste is greenwaste or not, you can call Council on (03) 5471 1700 or ask the landfill attendant at the transfer station (Maldon) or gatehouse (Castlemaine landfill).

Recyclables are taken free or at a nominal charge at the Landfill/Resource Recovery & Waste Transfer Stations.
At the Maldon Resource Recovery & Waste Transfer Station a co-mingled recyclables container is installed for recyclable materials. All materials that can go in the Shire’s kerbside recycle collection are accepted.
At Castlemaine Landfill and Waste Transfer Station recycle materials must be sorted and clean for disposal in the directed places.

Recyclable Materials taken at Maldon & Castlemaine:
·Plastic Bottles and Containers carrying the symbols 1 to 7 on the bottom are recyclable. Please wash containers and remove non-recyclable lids.
·Steel and aluminium cans (clean) including aerosols. Please wash and squash the cans (except aerosols), to conserve room.
·Timber and clean green waste – for mulching. Please ensure no metal, plastic or other foreign materials.
·Clean & dry Newspaper (bundled), Magazines, Mixed Paper & Cardboard.

Recyclable Materials taken at Maldon & Castlemaine:
·Glass (bottles and jars - excludes windscreens). Green, brown and clear glass bottles and jars may be recycled.
Please wash bottles and jars and remove lids. Place carefully into the recycling bins to avoid breakage.
·Metals (various)

You can take domestic quantities of asbestos to the Castlemaine Landfill for disposal. Domestic quantities are defined as 'no more than half a cubic metre'.

When disposing of asbestos you must follow the following procedures:

1. Call the Landfill on 5470 5348 to arrange a suitable time to deliver the material.
2. Double wrap all asbestos in industrial plastic (for example the thick black plastic available by the metre from hardware stores).
3. Make sure each parcel is small enough to be carried by one person.
4. Make sure each parcel is completely sealed with tape.

For further information, please visit the Victorian Asbestos website.