Brighton Council Waste Transfer Station

The Waste Transfer Station is located at 131 Cove Hill Road, Bridgewater

Please be aware that the waste transfer station may close without notice due to high winds or other hazardous conditions to ensure the safety of both the public and our staff.

For inquiries, please contact the operator at 03 6268 7047. If there is no answer, leave a message, and we will return your call as soon as possible.

Opening Hours:

Sunday:  8.30am to 4.30pm
Monday:  8.30am to 4.30pm
Tuesday:  Closed
Wednesday:  Closed
Thursday:  Closed
Friday:  8.30am to 4.30pm
Saturday:  8.30am to 4.30pm

Christmas Day & Good Friday – CLOSED

Waste Transfer Station Charges

To view Brighton Council’s Waste Transfer Station Charges for the current Financial Year, please visit Fees and Charges.

Waste Oil Collection Facility

Brighton Council operate a bunded oil recycling facility located at the Waste Transfer Station. The purpose of the bunded oil recycling facility is to:

• Encourage recycled oil collection at the Waste Transfer Station
• Increase the service provision to the general community of the type and nature of services to the waste management facility in general; and
• Protect our local environment, including the Derwent and Jordan Rivers

Household Waste and Recycling

Brighton Council offers fortnightly kerbside garbage, recycling and FOGO bin collections.

Please ensure your bins are at the kerbside ready for collection by 6am on your day of service.

Please use map below to select your collection area.

Why was my wheelie bin rejected or has a sticker on it?

• The bin is overfull or overweight: there is a maximum weight collection limit of 80kg for residential waste, recycling, and FOGO
• The bin is contaminated: a mix of other types of material in your recycling or green waste bin will not be collected.
• It is a non-council bin: only waste, recycling and green waste bins that display our logo will be collected.
• You put out too many bins for your property: bins presented for collection that are above the quantity of bins identified for your property will not be collected.

Recycling

Please click here for simple guidelines on recycling:

Recycling-Dos-and-Donts-Kerbside

Items That Can Be Collected:

• Cardboard/paper
• Newspapers
• Milk cartons (washed)
• Glass bottles (washed)
• Aluminium and Steel cans
• PET and HDPE plastic bottles
• Recyclable products are only collected if placed in the Council marked recycling bin.

Items which cannot be collected:

• Car batteries
• Engine oil
• Cooking oil
• Soiled paper (eg dirty nappies)
• Soiled cardboard items (eg pizza boxes)
• Plastic bags

Please click here for an A-Z of Recycling

If recycling is not collected because it does not comply with requirements, a sticker detailing reasons will be attached to your recycle bin. Please dispose of these items in your wheelie bin. However, car batteries, engine oil and paints can be recycled if taken to the Waste Transfer Station.

Ever wondered what happens to your recycling once it gets collected? Watch this video and find out what happens at the Material Recovery Facility.

What happens to your recycling when it reaches the MRF

For more information on collection days, missed collections or replacing a recycle bin phone the Brighton Council Customer Service on (03) 6268 7000.

The full list of items that you can bring in to be recycled in the waste booth include:

• Batteries
• Mobile phones
• X-rays
• Light bulbs
• Oral care products – including toothpaste tubes and caps, manual plastic toothbrushes, floss containers, interdentals and floss picks, and electric toothbrush heads.
• Pens and markers
• DVDs/CDs
• Small e-waste – including laptops and tablets, hard drives, cables and wiring, servers, network switches, computer parts and smart boards.
• Fabrics – must be washed and cannot include underwear.
• Printer cartridges
• Coffee capsules – Accepted brands: Nespresso, L’OR, Moccona, Campos & Jed’s.

The items will be recycled through various national recyclers such as MobileMuster and Planet Ark, as well as local waste recycling companies.

Please note that we no longer collect plastic bottle lids or VHS tapes.

To request a new or replacement waste or recycling bin please complete this online form:

Bin Request Form

Bin requests can also be made by contacting Brighton Council Customer Service on (03) 6268 7000 between 8.15am and 4.45pm (Mon – Fri).  There may be a fee associated with this replacement.

If you are the tenant of the property, the owner/property manager is required to complete and sign this form as there may be some additional costs involved with the replacement of the bins

Council offers a delivery service for new and replacement garbage and recycle bins every Wednesday.

GREEN AND HARD WASTE COLLECTION

Brighton Council offers a FREE Green & Hard Waste collection service twice a year, at the end of April and the end of October, for residents who currently receive a kerbside rubbish collection. Bookings are not required.

Next collection date:   Monday, 26th October 2026

When to put your items out:

Place your items on the nature strip no earlier than Saturday 24 October and no later than 6 am on Monday, 26 October 2026.

Items placed on the nature strip before Saturday 24 October are not part of this collection. They are treated as illegal dumping. The person responsible may be required to remove the material and may receive an infringement notice under the Litter Act 2007.

Your items are your responsibility until they are collected. Keep them neat, off the footpath, clear of drains, and away from driveways and road corners so they do not block sight lines. Bag loose material so it cannot blow away.

How to present your items:

• Keep hard waste and green waste in two separate piles.
• Total volume must not exceed 2 cubic metres (about the size of a box trailer load).
• Hard waste items must be no longer than 2 metres and light enough for two people to lift.
• Tree branches and cuttings must be tied in bundles of 20 kg or less, no longer than 1.5 metres and no thicker than 20 cm.
• Loose material must be bagged.

What we will collect:

Hard waste: household furniture, timber, scrap metal, small appliances, bikes, toys, carpet and similar household items that meet the size and weight limits above.

Green waste: branches, prunings, hedge trimmings and garden cuttings, bundled as described above.

What we will not collect:

• Vehicle tyres, fridges, freezers and mattresses. These can be taken to the Waste Transfer Station for a fee.
• Rubble, soil, rocks, bricks and concrete.
• Broken glass, asbestos, chemicals, paint, oil and gas bottles. These put our staff and contractors at risk and will not be collected.
• Household rubbish, recycling or food waste. Use your kerbside bins for these.
• Items from businesses or from properties that do not receive a kerbside rubbish collection.

Items that break the rules will be left behind

Items that do not meet these conditions will be stickered and left on the nature strip. You must remove them within 48 hours of collection day. Material left after that time is referred to Council’s Regulatory Services team and may result in an infringement notice and clean-up costs.

Renting?

Check with your property manager that the property receives a kerbside rubbish collection before you put anything out.

Missed the collection?

There are no catch-up collections. Items can be taken to the Waste Transfer Station at 131 Cove Hill Road, Bridgewater. See the Waste Transfer Station tab for opening hours and charges.

For more information contact Brighton Council on (03) 6268 7000

We all know that waste can sometimes be confusing! We want to do the right thing for the environment and for our kids – but if waste is dumped, littered, or the wrong thing put in the wrong bin, it can cause pollution of our land, air and water, plus it’s a waste of our resources.

Brighton Council is committed to helping our community learn about waste – and how to avoid it. We have a dedicated Waste Education Officer who supports our students and communities through school visits and community events.

WASTE EDUCATION FOR SCHOOLS:

Brighton Council can help all schools save money through better waste management and help teachers and students grow their sustainability knowledge.

We offer three K-6 classroom incursion programs focusing on the Science Curriculum:

1. ‘WHY WORMS?’  (K-6) looking at biology, lifecycles, habitats, adaptations and the important role of earthworms as decomposers  (students examine live worms, worm cocoons and other decomposing critters).
2. MATERIAL EXPLORERS (K-6): Examining and classifying properties of different packaging materials (material type, source, soft/rigid, magnetic, transformable, recyclable etc).
3. WHAT IS WASTE? (4-6):  Science as Human Endeavour – define waste, track its journey from our bin to either landfill, recovery facilities or composting. Examine, classify, graph packaging materials. Classroom waste audit option.

Download full description and enquiry form here: School Incursion Enquiry Form

The above activities are sponsored by Brighton Council and there is no cost to schools. Note that classroom incursions are very popular so it is recommended that schools book in early please.

2022 Teacher Feedback:

“Gwen was amazing! The students loved her energy and enthusiasm…Gwen’s visual aids on FOGO and recycling were clear and colourful and the students easily understood the information. All students were engaged and excited! Thank you!”

We all know that waste can sometimes be confusing! We want to do the right thing for the environment and for our kids – but if waste is dumped, littered, or the wrong thing put in the wrong bin, it can cause pollution of our land, air and water, plus it’s a waste of our resources.

Brighton Council is committed to helping our community learn about waste – and how to avoid it. We have a dedicated Waste Education Officer who supports our students and communities through school visits and community events.

Brighton Council’s Waste Education Officer can also come to a community group meeting or event and can do a presentation, run a quiz, competition or a ‘Recycling Spin-The-Wheel’ game tailored to the age and interests of the audience.

For more information on these opportunities, or to discuss an idea for waste education that will benefit the Brighton community, please contact Gwen Harper at wastewise@brighton.tas.gov.au

Useful Links:

How to Reduce Waste at Home

How to Reduce Food Waste and Save Money

How to Reduce Waste at Work

The Waste ‘Hierarchy’ and the Circular Economy in Tasmania