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Knox Transfer Station & Recycling Facility

Knox Transfer Station will be closed to the public as of Saturday 13 February due to the Stage 4 restrictions. It will remain open for essential workers.
Please note:
1. The second hand shop will also be closed.
2. Contact tracing on weighbridge will commence for permitted workers and will be closed totally on Sunday 14 February.

Location

251 George St, Wantirna South VIC 3152.
Phone: 9887 4222.

Opening Hours

Open 7 days per week.
7:30am-4:30pm Monday to Saturday.
9.00am-4.30pm Sunday and Public Holidays.
Closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day.

Knox Transfer Station website

Items you CAN take to the Knox Transfer Station

Tyres
Green waste, including weeds, tree prunings and grass clippings
Demolition and scrap timber
Motor oil, paint and BBQ gas bottles (no commercial quantities)
Domestic hard waste
Household items and fence palings
Mattresses
Earth, soil and rubble (no commercial quantities).
X-Ray Film

See Fees at the Knox Transfer Station below, for the charges that will apply.

What you CAN'T take to the Knox Transfer Station & Recycling Facility

Food scraps
Household rubbish
Hazardous or chemical waste
Asbestos (renovation debris from homes built prior to 1984 is likely to contain asbestos)
Contaminated soil
Liquids (except motor oil and paints)
Gas Bottles other than BBQ gas bottles

What can I recycle?

glass bottles and jars
aluminium/steel cans
plastic containers with codes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
office paper, cardboard (excluding waxed cardboard boxes) and newspapers
ferrous and non ferrous metals
car batteries- (free to drop off)
undamaged televisions, computers and computer equipment

Charges may apply for some items that you want to recycle.

Fees at the Knox Transfer Station & Recycling Facility

Fees for cars/trailers containing hard or green waste are calculated per cubic metre. However, vehicles with heavy waste may asked to pay per tonne.

For commercial loads (trucks and tandem trailers), fees are calculated per tonne.

The volume of loads will be determined by gate attendant.

Knox Transfer Station Gate Fees 1 August 2019

Other locations for disposal of waste

Please note that charges apply for the following:

Whitehorse Recycling and Waste Centre (Whitehorse City Council)

Corner of Burwood Highway and Morack Road, Vermont South.
Phone: 9262 6236.

Lysterfield Transfer Station

840 Wellington Road, Lysterfield.
Phone: 9753 5411.
No food waste accepted.

Monash Transfer Station

380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill.
Phone: 9518 3767.
No food waste or chemicals accepted. Residential paint, motor oil, all types of batteries, BBQ gas cylinders and fluorescent tubes are accepted.