Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre

The Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre (HRRC) is a multi-stream recycling facility where residents can recycle or dispose of waste.

The facility handles items as varied as general waste, paper and cardboard, plastics, green garden organics, metals, whitegoods, oils, tyres, x-rays, mobile phones, gas cylinders, chemicals, paint, mattresses and polystyrene. They also offer mulch for sale.

The following items accepted free of charge (must be separated from other items)

• Household chemicals (including cleaning products)
  
• Paint and paint cans via PaintBack
• Clean, dry, white polystyrene
  
• Plastic bottles and aluminium cans
• Paper and cardboard
  
• Scrap metal
  
• Motor oil (domestic quantities only)
• Batteries and light globes, including fluorescent tubes (maximum 13 items)
• Domestic electronic waste including TVs, computers, printers, DVD players, and computer accessories (maximum 13 items)
• X-ray films
  
• Mobile phones
  
• DrumMuster
  
• Gas bottles and fire extinguishers
  

Council also holds a number of Green Organics Drop Off Days, when residents can drop off their household green waste free of charge at HRRC and pop up locations in Woodside and Gumeracha.

The following items will be accepted with a charge applicable. Payment by card is preferred where possible.

• Mattresses
• Couches
  
• Tyres, both on and off the rim
  
• Non-friable asbestos (wrapped in plastic in accordance with disposal guidelines)
• Domestic waste
• Hard waste
  
• Construction and demolition waste
• Green organics, unless dropped off on a designated free day

The following items aren't accepted at the Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre but can be recycled in other ways.

• Soft, scrunchable plastics
• Truck loads of organics, recycling and general waste.

Thanks to a Recycling Infrastructure Grant from Green Industries SA, we are now able to offer free polystyrene recycling at the Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre.

DrumMuster — Chemical container disposal
Agricultural containers can be disposed of via the DrumMuster program. Adelaide Hills Council provides a DrumMuster drop off location at the HRRC. Bookings must be made prior to disposal by calling 8339 4323. Details of how drums are to be presented and the disposal options can be found at DrumMuster.

ChemClear — Chemical disposal for agricultural and veterinary chemicals
Agricultural and veterinary chemicals can be disposed of via the ChemClear program.

Council is proud to work with Paintback, the national paint collection scheme receives unwanted paint (both water and oil based) and paint packaging at over 165 Australian collection sites, including our own Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre and ensures it is disposed of safely or repurposed for other industrial uses.

This significantly reduces landfill and ensures the waste paint doesn’t end up in our waterways.