Disposal sites

50 Coalmine Road, Anglesea

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Phone: 5263 2978
Hours: Monday to Sunday 9am to 4pm

All waste disposal sites are closed on Christmas Day but open on other public holidays that fall during their normal operating hours.

See what's accepted at each site and costs

After hours drop off

Residents can drop off loose recycling or small amounts (1-2 kitchen bin sized bags) of general household waste for free at the after-hours collection when the transfer station is closed. 

Please do not place green waste, furniture, white goods or e-waste at the after-hours collection point.

When the transfer station is open, please use the general public drop-off point inside the gate.

The after-hours collection point is located outside the old entrance which is, 100m west of the new entrance (see where that is on this map)(JPG, 388KB)

Fire Danger Rating Days

On Extreme Fire Danger Rating days:

• Anglesea Landfill open from 5am to 10am.
• Anglesea Transfer Station open from 9am to 10am.

On Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating days, all waste facilities are closed.

Find out how fire danger days affect your kerbside service at General kerbside service FAQs.

370 Erskine Falls Road, Lorne

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Phone: 0400 689 496
Hours: 
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 9am to 12pm
Sunday 2pm to 5pm

All waste disposal sites are closed on Christmas Day but open on other public holidays that fall during their normal operating hours.

See what's accepted at each site and costs

After hours drop off

Residents can drop off loose recycling or small amounts (1-2 kitchen bin sized bags) of general household waste for free at the after-hours collection outside the gate when the transfer station is closed. 

Please do not place green waste, furniture, white goods or e-waste at the after-hours collection point.

When the transfer station is open, please use the general public drop-off point inside the gate.

Fire Danger Rating Days

On both Extreme Fire Danger Rating days and Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating days, this facility will be closed.

Find out how fire danger days affect your kerbside service at General kerbside service FAQs.

55 Cressy Road, Winchelsea

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Phone: 0400 689 496 (Saturday and Sunday) | 0417 531 050 (Tuesday and Thursday)

Hours: 
Tuesday, Thursday 2pm to 4pm
Saturday 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Sunday 9.30am to 12.30pm

All waste disposal sites are closed on Christmas Day but open on other public holidays that fall during their normal operating hours.

See what's accepted at each site and costs

Fire Danger Rating Days

On Extreme Fire Danger Rating days, Winchelsea Transfer Station operations may be impacted. Call Customer Service on 5261 0600 to confirm. On Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating days, all facilities are closed.

Find out how fire danger days affect your kerbside service at General kerbside service FAQs.

Residents can drop off small amounts of household waste and recycling for free at the Torquay waste drop-off at 130 Messmate Road including:

• Recyclables - keep them loose - not in plastic bags
• Glass bottles and jars - no lids. No plastic bags or cardboard boxes
• Large cardboard packaging (eg from a fridge, furniture)
• Food waste (in compostable bags only)
• Bagged general waste (1-2 bags)

These items are NOT accepted at the Torquay waste drop-off:

• Green waste
• Furniture
• White goods
• E-waste

Change to operating hours

Effective from 1 August 2023 the waste and recycling drop off in Torquay will be open as follows:

• 8am – noon on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday
• 8am – noon on Public Holidays (except Christmas Day)

The site will be supervised during open hours.

CLOSED: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Christmas Day.

Find out more about the change to hours

Residents can drop off the following items for free at the after-hours collection points in Lorne and Anglesea when the transfer stations are closed:

• recyclables (keep loose - not in plastic bags - or they won't get recycled)
  
• small amounts of general household waste

Please do not place the following items at the after-hours collection points:

• green waste
• furniture
• white goods
• e-waste

When the transfer stations are open, please use the general public drop-off point inside the transfer stations.

When the transfer stations are closed you can drop off at the following after-hours collection points:

• Anglesea
  Outside Anglesea Landfill and Transfer Station at 50 Coalmine Road - old entrance, 100m west of the new entrance (see where that is on this map)(JPG, 388KB)

• Lorne
  Outside the Lorne Transfer Station at 370 Erskine Falls Road.

Household quantities of some items can be dropped off at transfer stations for free, including:

• e-waste
• paper and cardboard
• glass (bottles & jars only)
• plastics 1, 2 and 5
• polystyrene (Anglesea & Lorne only)
• and more

Find out more including quantity limits and costs on the What's accepted at disposal sites page.

We send ratepayers two sets of waste vouchers each year:

1. Annual waste vouchers

Ratepayers are sent three annual waste vouchers each year in July, along with their first rates notice:

• Green waste: drop off up to one cubic meter of green waste at any Surf Coast Shire transfer station free of charge at any time during opening hours.
• General waste: drop off up to one cubic meter of general waste at any Surf Coast Shire transfer station free of charge at any time during opening hours.
• Mulch: pick up one cubic metre of mulch (subject to availability) from Council’s transfer stations. Before making your trip, contact the transfer station to check that mulch is available.

Annual waste vouchers are valid until August the following year.

2. Garden waste (fire prevention) vouchers

Council also sends ratepayers three garden waste vouchers. Each one is good for free disposal of one cubic metre of garden waste at Council’s transfer stations.

• These vouchers are to help clean up around your Surf Coast Shire property before the fire season.
• The vouchers are sent out in October each year and are valid to 31 January the following year.

Please note:

• All vouchers are sent to the ratepayer’s primary postal or email address. Please pass them along to your tenant if the property is permanently rented.

• If you receive your July rates notice via email, the vouchers are available via a link (look for the tabs/buttons on the right hand side of your rates notices).
• If you receive your July rates notice as a PDF, just scroll down the page to find your vouchers.

Needles and syringes can be deposited at Barwon Health on Geelong Rd Torquay, and at the McMillan St, Anglesea centre.

Visit the Victoria Health Hub Needle and Syringe Program page for a list and map of locations around the state.

If you're looking to get a sharps container, contact your local pharmacy or a diabetic educator.

Anglesea Landfill - 50 Coalmine Road, Anglesea - (03) 5263 2978
Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
Open on the following Saturdays only:

• Easter Saturday
• Saturday before or after ANZAC day if the holiday falls on a Friday or Monday,
• Melbourne Cup weekend
• Saturdays during summer school holidays (as determined by the Victorian Department of Education www.education.vic.gov.au).