Murchison Resource Recovery Centre

The Murchison Resource Recovery Centre accepts domestic waste, recyclables, scrap metal and green organics. It is located on the corner of Old Whroo Road and Cassidy Road, Murchison.

Please stay in your vehicle until you have reached the bins. Staff will approach you for payment.
For the health and wellbeing of yourself and site staff, customers will need to be responsible for the unloading of their items (no staff assistance available).

Opening Hours

Wednesdays: Closed until further notice*
Sundays: 12noon - 3.45pm.

* We hope to re-open on Wednesdays soon, pending staffing levels.

Due to staff shortages, Murchison Resource Recovery Centre will be CLOSED until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

ALL CENTRES CLOSED: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Anzac Day and Good Friday.

Our Resale Shop is closed until further notice.

Contact

Telephone on 03 5832 9700.

Items Accepted for FREE

Batteries (household & car)
Cardboard (domestic quantities, clean and flat-packed)
Fluorescent light tubes
Pallets (untreated, less than 3m³)
Household recyclables (paper and cardboard, glass, plastics, tin, aluminium)
Steel (less than 3m³)
Washing machines
E-waste items (including toasters, hair dryers, alarm clocks, lamps, iPads, notebooks, tablets, smartphones and accessories, electronic toys, power tools, irons and other small electrical items.)

Items Accepted for a COST

Only EFTPOS (card) payments are accepted at this location (no cash).

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Air conditioners
Cardboard (commercial quantities)
Electrical waste
Also referred to as "e-waste". This includes all electronic items that can be plugged in/switched on. It is important that these items (for example: TVs, printers, computers) are recycled and not sent to landfill.
White goods (E.g. fridges, freezers. Excludes washing machines, which are accepted at no cost.)
Garden waste
Gas bottles (9kg or less)
Landfill waste
Mattresses (including mattress bases)
Tyres

Items NOT Accepted

Asbestos or materials containing asbestos
Please see our Asbestos Disposal Program page for details about how to dispose of asbestos at Cosgrove Landfill.
Asphalt (the Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre does accept this)
Bricks (the Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre does accept this)
Concrete (the Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre does accept this)
Cement sheets
Ceramic tiles
Cooking oils
Cutting oils
Flammables, and anything with a flash point below 63 degrees Celsius (for example: methylated spirits, kerosene)
Paint (the Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre does accept this)
Petroleum-based oil and empty containers, including engine, gearbox, crankcase, hydraulic and sump oil (the Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre does accept these)
Plaster (the Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre does accept this)
Roofing tiles (the Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre does accept this)
Timber
Vinyl

Please try to avoid mixing your load, otherwise you will be charged for general waste rather than the individual material types.