Gulargambone Waste Transfer Station
Gulargambone Waste Transfer Station is located about 3km from the Gulargambone Rural Transaction Centre, travelling south along the Castlereagh Highway (turn off to the left). Fees apply.
The facility is open to accept domestic waste only, three days each week.
Commercial, industrial and hazardous waste (including asbestos-containing products) are not accepted at this facility.
This facility does accepts car tyres, mattresses, scrap metal, white goods, green waste and household waste. Users are requested to deposit each type of waste in its allocated area, for example, household waste is to be placed in the orange bin only.
Users are reminded that scavenging is not allowed at any of Council's waste facilities.
Opening Hours
Tuesday: 2.30pm to 5.30pm.
Thursday: 2.30pm to 5.30pm.
Saturday: 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Cost
See Council’s current Fees and Charges here (pages 40-42) for costs associated with using the facility. Payment is to be made at the tip office upon arrival.
People using Council's tips are reminded that if they have sorted their waste before arriving at the tip, they can dispose of the following without charge:
- Batteries, scrap metal, e-waste, whitegoods (fridges and freezers with the gas removed; and washing machines).
- Clean, dry earthen fill (uncontaminated).
- Residential green waste, such as lawn clippings, clean straw, trees and branches (up to a branch diameter of 20cm).
- Cardboard, paper, concrete (not containing asbestos) and poly.
If, after sorting, there is still material to be disposed of in landfill, this will attract a charge.
Charges do apply for the following:
- Unsorted and mixed rubbish in an Otto/'wheelie' will be charged at $10 per bin or $5 for a half-filled bin.
- Unsorted domestic waste will be charged at $20 per cubic metre.
- Commercial green waste is charged at $15 per cubic metre.
- Compacted non-recyclable materials at $35 per cubic metre.
- Mattress disposal ($20 for a single bed or cot; $30 for a double-bed and $40 for a king-sized mattress).
- Armchairs at $25 each and lounges at $30 each.
- Tyres (for cars and motorcycles $18 each, 4WDs at $30 each, light trucks at $40 each, trucks at $75 each and tractors at $225 each).
