20,000m²
under one roof
About the size of the MCG playing surface, all of it undercover concrete.
About us
A recycling centre built for Geelong
Recycle North Geelong is a public transfer station and resource recovery centre, built to keep as much as possible out of landfill.
Why we built it
Geelong is Victoria's second-largest city, but for years residents had few places to take rubbish and recycling that were close, open six days a week and affordable.
When disposal is hard or expensive, more of it ends up dumped on roadsides. Recycle North Geelong opened to fix that: a large, undercover site where households and businesses can drop off almost anything, sorted into 90+ material streams so it can be recovered.
Twelve kinds of recyclables are free to drop off, locals across six council areas get 10% off everything else, and trades and businesses 15%.
Reuse.Redistribute.Recover.Recycle.Landfill last.
One group, end to end
We collect it, process it and find it somewhere to go. Our target is for 60% of what we collect to be redistributed or recycled.
Recycle North Geelong
The public transfer station and resource recovery centre at 116 Furner Avenue.
The Mattress Recycling Company
Recycles more than half of Victoria's discarded mattresses, dismantling them into steel, foam and fabric.
JUNK and Trash.
Collection services that bring rubbish and bulky items in, with the crew doing the lifting.
20,000 m².One roof.
A bay for every material, all on undercover concrete. You never unload in the rain.
Not a tip.A recovery centre.
The same site recycles mattresses, densifies polystyrene and bales cardboard. Here's the scale.
12,000–30,000
mattresses recycled by our group every month
A year's worth would cover the MCG 23 to 57 times over.
3,800–9,600t
of mattress steel recovered a year
Enough for a new Sydney Harbour Bridge every 6 to 14 years.
90+
material streams sorted on site
Each with somewhere to go that isn't landfill.
EPAEPA Victoria registered
ISO 9001Quality management
ISO 14001Environmental management
ISO 45001Health and safety
AS/NZS 5377E-waste handling
NIST 800-88Data sanitisation
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ResidentsResidents and locals in these council areas:
Greater GeelongQueenscliffSurf CoastGolden PlainsWyndhamColac Otway
TradiesAll trades and businesses, on every waste type, including general and building waste.