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Rethink Waste

Avoid - Reduce - Reuse - Recycle - Dispose

Visit rethinkwaste.com.au for tips on improving your efforts to decrease the amount of waste that ends up as landfill.

Rethink Waste Tasmania is a statewide initiative of the Cradle Coast Waste Management Group, the Northern Tasmanian Waste Management Group and Waste Strategy South. It aims to encourage the Tasmanian community to rethink what we do with our waste in order to continue to improve our environment and reduce the burden on landfill.

Latest News

Permanent change to recycling bin collection week

From 1 July 2024, your recycling bin collection week will change to the opposite week. The collection of landfill (general waste) bins will continue unchanged on a weekly basis.

Let's get ready to FOGO 🌱 2024-25

Find out information on FOGO, why it's being introduced, what goes in the bin and some handy tips.
We will be updating this page as we come closer to the introduction on FOGO.

Landfill Levy

The Tasmanian Government’s landfill levy starts from 1 July 2022. The money raised through the levy is being reinvested in Tasmania’s recycling, composting, resource recovery services, facilities and infrastructure, resulting in less waste in landfill.

Did you know about FREE recycling?

You can Recycle many items for FREE at the Burnie Waste Management Centre.

What happens to your recycling here on the north-west coast

Want to know the common causes of recycling contamination and how to avoid them? Check out this video from the Cradle Coast Waste Management Group's councils and Veolia.

Recycling Hub

Council has a Recycling Hub in its foyer.

80 Wilson Street

Items accepted:
Batteries
Mobile phones and accessories
Smallelectronic items such as game consoles and digital cameras
Light globes
Printer ink cartridges
aluminium coffee pods and blister packs.

Many other materials can be recycled at the Burnie Waste Management Centre