Recycling Stations Program

Do you have any old batteries, mobile phones, light globes, CDs, DVDs, and X-rays lying around at home that you don’t know what to do with or where to take them?

Dispose of them for free by taking them to any one of Frankston’s community recycling stations.

Recycling stations allow residents to safely dispose of household items that are not allowed in the kerbside garbage (red lid), recycling (yellow lid), glass (purple lid), and food and garden waste (green lid) bins.

If the wrong items are placed in any of the kerbside bins they can contribute to the contamination of recyclable materials, or even cause bin and truck fires. This poses a significant health and safety risk to our community, waste collectors and processors.

Let’s work together in keeping these materials out of landfill and give them a new life. It is best to dispose of them safely and correctly.

Locations

Frankston Library
60 Playne Street, Frankston

Seaford Library and Customer Service Centre 
1/6R Broughton Street, Seaford

Carrum Downs Library 
203 Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs

Karingal Place Neighbourhood Centre 
103 Ashleigh Avenue, Frankston

Items Accepted

The Recycling Stations are designed to accept household amounts only and cannot accommodate large quantities. Please take large quantities and bulkier items to Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre (FRRC).

Batteries

Accepted

  • All alkaline batteries
  • Easily removable laptop & mobile phone batteries or equivalent (lithium-ion)
  • Easily removable Lithium-ion batteries
  • All button cell batteries
  • Power tool batteries
  • E-bike/e-scooter batteries <5kg
  • NiMH batteries

Not accepted

  • Lead acid batteries.
  • All batteries over 5kg.
  • Embedded batteries (not easily removable from e-waste devices)
  • Lithium phosphate batteries
  • Lithium manganese oxide batteries
  • Lithium sulphur dioxide batteries
  • Lithium Thionyl chloride batteries
  • Lithium primary batteries
  • E-waste
  • Vapes/e-cigarettes.
  • Pacemakers 

Important tip! Tape the battery ends using clear sticky tape to prevent sparking and reduce the risk of fire.

Light globes

  • all sized compact fluorescent globes (energy efficient globes) - household lights only.
  • Please do not bring broken light globes.

Fluorescent light tubes

  • Please do not bring broken light tubes.

Phones and Cameras (including cords and accessories)

  • All mobile handsets, cameras and accessories.

Important tip! It is your responsibility to protect your personal information by securely and permanently wiping the data on your device first.

Media items

  • VHS, cassettes, CDs, DVDS and floppy disks (including cases).

X-rays

  • All X-rays accepted.

Important tip! Please remove any personal information prior to disposing of the X-rays.

Eyeglasses and contact lenses

  • All types of eyewear including prescription glasses, contact lenses, sunglasses and safety glasses. 
  • Glasses cases not accepted.

What happens to the items?

Recycling Station

Items will be collected by Green Collect; a Melbourne based social enterprise focused on creating a world without waste.

They are contracted by Frankston City Council to collect from the recycling stations, providing reuse and recycling outcomes for the items deposited by Frankston City Council residents.

Items are taken to the Green Collect facility in Braybook to start their transformation journey. Green Collect are dedicated to keeping these items out of landfill and within the circular economy through reuse, remake, and recycle. 60% of items get re-used and 35% of items are dismantled into materials for recycling.

Eyeglasses and contact lenses are collected by Opticycle and taken to their facility in Burwood. When eyeglasses are recycled, they are dismantled, and materials such as metal and plastic are separated. These materials are passed on to local Australian companies as raw material to make new products.

Protect your privacy!

Before you drop off your old phone or camera, take a moment to think about all the information it contains, such as personal details and passwords. As part of the preparation for reuse, electrical items will be reformatted however to protect your privacy it’s important to wipe this information before disposal. Every item is different, so check with the item’s manufacturer to ensure you know the best way to securely wipe all data. You are responsible for removing all private data from your device before dropping it off.

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