Melton Recycling Facility (includes Re-Sale & Detox Your Home centres)
Services provided by the Melton Recycling Facility
Accepts household items that can be reused
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Detox Your Home Centre is now available for hazardous items
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Recycling facilities and options around the City of Melton
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This is also referred to as the tip, landfill or dump.
The Melton Recycling Facility (MRF) provides:
- normal 'tip' services
- a free Detox Your Home program
- a free Re-Sale Centre
- free mulch when available
Location
Ferris Road, Melton South (Melway 343 H1)
Telephone 9743 1983
Opening hours
Non-Daylight Savings period (1st Sunday in April – 1st Saturday in October)
Mon-Fri: 8am - 4pm
Sat, Sun and public holidays: 9am - 4pm
Daylight Savings period (1st Sunday in October - 1st Saturday in April)
Mon-Fri: 8am - 6pm
Sat, Sun and public holidays: 8.30am - 5pm
The Facility is closed Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday and Anzac Day
These opening hours also apply to the Re-Sale and Detox Your Home centres.
Items that are accepted
Residents can take green waste, furniture, steel, glass, plastics, white goods, oil and tyres etc.
The facility is designed for resident use and not for commercial vehicles.
Vehicles exceeding 4m in length and/or 4.3 tonne gross vehicle mass are not permitted to use the facility. Strictly no trucks.
Fees
The following prices apply as of 1 July 2012 and are provided for your general information. Fees are subject to change without notice.
Residents are provided with disposal vouchers with their first rates notice (issued in August of each year) for a car, ute or small trailer (to water level). Larger trailers will be charged the appropriate fee. The disposal vouchers can be used for two visits to the Melton Recycling Facility OR one at-call hard waste collection. (link to hard waste collection page) Note: The at-call hard waste collection requires both unused vouchers to be presented.
| Load |
Cost |
| Car or station wagon |
$20 |
| Utility/Small trailer (water level) |
$30 |
| Small trailer (heaped load) |
$40 |
| Small trailer (high sides) |
$45 |
| Tandem trailers |
$40 |
| Tandem trailers (heaped load) |
$60 |
| Tandem trailer (high sides) |
$80 |
| Mattresses |
$25 |
| Bulk rubbish (per cubic metre) |
$80 |
| Rock/rubble (per cubic metre) |
$80 |
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Tyres (per tyre)
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| Car tyres |
$10 |
| Car tyres with rims |
$11 |
| Light truck |
$15 |
| Light truck with rims |
$16 |
| Truck to 1100mm |
$30 |
| Other tyres |
P.O.A. |
Note: Surcharge of $1 per tyre for tyres on rims
Heavy earthmoving, grader or tractor tyres not accepted
For more information, contact the Melton Recycling Facility on 9743 1983 or Council's Customer Service at 9747 7200.
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