Tasman Council

Hard Waste Collection

Council provides a FREE annual HARD WASTE COLLECTION to residential residents and ratepayers.

Please separate metals from other objects as these will be collected separately for recycling.

  • Not longer than 2 metres in length
  • Able to be lifted comfortably by two people
  • 2 cubic meters maximum – 2 metres (L) x 1 metres (H) x 1 metres (W)
  • 50kg or less in weight
  • furniture and bedding including mattresses
  • washing machines, stoves and dryers
  • toys and bikes
  • electrical equipment
  • scrap metal and timber items (up to 2 metres in length)
  • tools and gardening equipment
  • carpets and linoleum (rolled and tied with rope)
  • kitchenware including pottery and crockery
  • BBQ’s
  • exercise equipment
  • gassed appliances including fridges, freezers and air conditioning units
  • green waste
  • oils or liquid waste of any type including paint cans with residual liquids in them
  • asbestos
  • items in plastic bags including household waste
  • gas bottles
  • vehicle bodies or parts including engines, body panels, tyres and batteries
  • building materials including bricks, concrete, plasterboard, broken glass
  • dirt or rocks
  • chemical or hazardous waste
  • ceramics including toilets and basins