Barretta Waste and Recycling Centre

The recycling area is easily accessible with plenty of parking space to drop off recycling and goods for the Re-Use Shop. Drop-offs at the recycling area are free of charge.

Items suitable for recycling:

• Oil
• Batteries
• Glass bottles and jars
• Cardboard
• Paper
• Co-mingled (plastic bottles and milk cartons)

The kerbside recycling collected in Kingborough is transported to the Cleanaway recycling facility at Lutana for sorting and baling for transport to the mainland for sale to recycling manufacturers.

Glass which is separated from the other recyclables and transported to Hazell Brothers at HBMI Leslie Vale for crushing and re-use in road base material, bricks and road construction.

Approximately 8% of materials that are processed at the Lutana facility are sent to landfill. These contaminated materials are primarily plastic bags, nappies, building materials and organic matter that are not suitable for recycling at the plant.

Click on below links for more information:

• Cleanaway
• Cleanaway Material Recovery Facility (YouTube)

KWS also offers the following free recycling schemes at Barretta:

• Mobile Muster – for all unwanted mobile phones and accessories.
• Paintback – for waste paint and packaging
• TechCollect – recycling service for mobile phones, personal and laptop computers and all cables, tablets, notebooks and palmtops, computer peripherals, parts and accessories (e.g. mice, keyboards, web cameras, USBs), computers, monitors, printers, faxes, scanners and multi-functional devices, all televisions.

KWS also facilitates the following recycling scheme, which has associated disposal fees.

• Tyrecycle – scrap tyres are recycled for the construction, manufacturing and automative industries.

Click on the links for more information about any of the above recycling initiatives. Other resources about recycling and some of the organisations we work with can be found via the below links:

• Reth!nk Waste Tasmania
• CMA Ecocycle

Customers enter and leave via the toll booth and weighbridges, where their vehicle is weighed. Customers must pay either a minimum charge or the cost based on the weight difference of their vehicle (in versus out). Charges apply.

The general refuse disposal area is made up of eight bays.  Customers can dispose of their waste which will drop on to the walking floor.  The 25 metre walking floor takes half an hour to move from one end of the bays to the other end where the compactor is located. KWS staff work at the middle of the walking floor and recover items suitable for recycling or resale in the Re-Use Shop to reduce further items going to landfill.

A compactor is located at the end of the walking floor and compresses the waste as it slowly fills up.  Transport trailers are attached to the compactor and use a ‘live weigh’ system which provides accurate readings to ensure maximum loads are reached before transporting to the landfill site at Copping.  Ensuring maximum loads are reached each time the truck is ready to leave helps reduce transport costs.  More information on the operations of the landfill site at Copping can be found on the website, Southern Waste Solutions.

Baretta Waste and Recycling Centre has set up a Trial Food Organics Compost Bin Receival Area.

Residents and businesses can now dispose of these compostable materials at no charge through the program.

Please note green waste and garden organics are NOT part of this program and fees for disposal of these items still apply.

The following items are suitable for the Food Organics Compost program:

• Food scraps and left overs
• Dairy products
• Meat, bones and egg shells
• Cooked food
• Coffee grounds and tea leaves
• Pet poo and organic cat litter
• Paper towel and tissues
• Soiled paper and cardboard
• Compostable cups & plates*
• Certified compostable bags*
• Shredded paper

*Please note compostable packaging must be certified under one of the following certifications AS5810, AS4736, ASTM D6400 or EN13432

The bins are emptied weekly with the contents sent to a local composting facility for processing.

Residents and Business wanting to participate in the program need to stop at the weighbridge for directions to the receival area.

Barretta Waste Transfer Station now accepts: 

• Expired marine flares – Orange hand flares, Red hand flares and parachute flares

does not accept:

• EPIRBS
• Personal Locator Beacons
• Smoke Canisters
• Line Throwers

The green waste area is only for green waste and general waste must not be dropped off in this area and the green waste must not be larger than 300 mm in diameter. Charges apply.

Free Green Waste Weekends

The Barretta Facility hosts two Free Green Waste Weekends per year, which are open to residents free of cost.

The dates for the next Green Waste Disposal Weekend at the Barretta Waste Management Facility and Bruny Island Waste Transfer Station are:

• 29 and 30 November 2025 – Barretta and Bruny Island
• 21 and 22 February 2026 – Barretta and Bruny Island

Green waste must be completely free of contaminants including:

• general waste
• hazardous waste
• plastic
• declared weeds

A limit of five cubic metres per household applies. Commercial operators will be requested to pay standard rates.

We do not accept the following items at the Barretta Waste Transfer Facility:

• Asbestos
• Controlled (Hazardous) Waste
• Household Chemicals
• Petrol and Diesel, Contact Tasmanian Oil on 0409 216 650 to arrange a collection
• Farm Chemicals,  Contact ChemClear on 1800 008 182 or www.chemclear.org.au to register a collection
• Liquid Waste (such as septic sludge)
• Clinical (Medical) Waste
• Building and Construction Demolition Rubble or Clean fill.

Demolition rubble and clean fill can be disposed of at the McRobies Gully Waste Transfer Station in South Hobart or the Jackson Street Waste Management Centre in Glenorchy.

We are a drumMUSTER receival site.  Call us (03) 6267 2337 to arrange a drumMUSTER drop off. To find out more about drumMUSTER visit www.drummuster.org.au.

Kingborough Council has launched a trial soft plastics recycling collection point at the Barretta Waste and Recycling Centre.

This initiative provides the community with a convenient way to recycle soft plastics—items that cannot be placed in household recycling bins. Soft plastics have long been one of the most difficult materials to recycle, and this new drop-off option helps reduce the volume of waste sent to landfill.

In partnership with RecycleSmart, the collected materials will be processed into new products, including oil and additives used in asphalt production. This partnership supports Council’s ongoing efforts to reduce environmental impact and expand local recycling options.

✅ What Can Be Recycled

Residents can now drop off a wide range of soft plastics, including:

• • Biscuit packaging

• • Bread bags

• • Bubble wrap

• • Chocolate wrappers

• • Cling wrap

• • Confectionery packets

• • Document sleeves

• • Plastic film

• • Plastic sachets

• • Post satchels

• • Plastic bags

• • Silver-lined chip bags

• • Snaplock bags

• • Squeeze pouches

• • Pasta/noodle packets

⚠️ Important Guidelines

To ensure the success of the program, all items must be clean and dry. The following materials cannot be accepted:

• • Wet, dirty, or mouldy items

• • Food waste or organics

• Biodegradable plastics