Tip and resource recovery
Council is conducting a free residential clean-up for yard and tree debris and legitimate cyclone-damaged waste (also known as hard waste, for example, cyclone damaged furniture or items) from ex-Cyclone Alfred. The residential clean-up is being completed suburb by suburb, check where the trucks are currently.
What's free? Location and hours Annual report JUNKtion tip shop
Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre (the tip) accepts:
- general solid waste
- construction and demolition waste
- asbestos
- a range of recyclable items
- problem waste.
Please note asbestos is not accepted on weekends or after 2:30 pm on weekdays.
At various times throughout the year, mulch and crushed concrete can be purchased from Stotts Creek Resource Recovery. As of Thursday 20 February:
- mulch is available
- crushed concrete is unavailable.
Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre fees and charges(PDF, 126KB)
Council does not currently provide a public weighbridge service. Contact the National Measurement Institute on 02 6213 6000 or find your local public weighbridge online.
What can I take to the tip for free?
Free recycling and problem waste drop off
- Car batteries
- Motor oil (up to 20 L)
- Mobile phones
- Smoke detectors
- Selected ink cartridges
- Xrays
- Home office electronics
- Computer and accessories
- TVs
- Hot water systems
- Metal machinery
Currently not accepted
Tweed’s Community Recycling Centre (CRC) at the Tip is not currently accepting the following items:
- Gas bottles
- Paint
- Fluro globes and tubes
- Household batteries
- Household oils
- Laptop batteries (lithium)
- Cordless batteries (lithium)
- Fire extinguishers
- Chemicals – flammables, herbicide, oxidisers, acid
Resident are asked to hold onto their CRC items and drop them off later in the year. Council will inform the community once CRC services are back to normal.
This disruption is due to a fire at a Cleanaway facility in Sydney. Cleanaway collects the problematic waste from Tweed Shire under the NSW EPA Community Recycling Centres (CRC) program.’
For enquiries, call the Resource Recovery Team on 02 66 702 694.
Our recycling and problem waste service is for Tweed residents (you need to show ID with your name and address). Additional fees may apply to people who live outside of our shire and businesses taking loads to the tip.
Book a free on-call kerbside collection
Location and opening hours (NSW time)
298 Bartletts Road, Stotts Creek, NSW 2487 (off Tweed Valley Way)
Normal hours of operation are:
- Monday to Friday: 7 am to 3:45 pm
- Weekends and public holidays: 9 am to 3:45 pm
- Good Friday and Christmas Day: closed
Easter and Anzac Day trading hours
Monday 14 to Thursday 17 April: 7 am – 3:45 pm
Good Friday 18 April: Closed
Easter Saturday 19, Sunday 20 and Monday 21 April: 9 am – 3:45 pm
Anzac Day Friday 25 April: 9 am – 3:45 pm
Phone: 02 6670 2400
Cash, Eftpos, Visa, Mastercard and cheque are accepted for payments.
View JUNKtion Tip Shop opening hours.
Environmental monitoring
Council monitors surface water and ground water at its landfill sites on a quarterly basis. It’s a requirement under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 that this is made public.
For more information, visit our Environmental monitoring page.
Resource Recovery annual report
Find out more about Council’s Resource Recovery operations for the period July 2022 – June 2023(PDF, 2MB)
The report details information about key achievements, waste and recycling figures, education and behaviour-change campaigns and information about the Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre and masterplan.