By dropping off your items, you are making a big difference to ensure that they don't end up in landfill.
What happens to your items
Essential items for babies and children
Dandelion Support Network is a grassroots charity that accepts, sorts and safety checks donations of new and used essential nursery equipment and children’s items from the community. Partnering with over 300 support agencies and hospitals, Dandelion rehomes these items to families in need from the Greater Sydney and Illawarra areas, free-of-charge.
For more information, please visit dandelionsupport.org.au
The Peninsula Senior Citizens Toy Repair Group is a community-driven organisation dedicated to giving toys a second life. By repairing, refurbishing, and upcycling toys that might otherwise end up in landfill, they help extend the life of these items and bring joy to children both in Australia and around the world. This year marks a remarkable milestone as Terry and his dedicated team of volunteers proudly celebrate 50 years of service.
If you can’t make it to the Reuse and Recycling Event on 8 November, the Toy Repair Group warmly invites you to their 50th Birthday Toy Drop-Off Day on Saturday 15 November at the HUB, Kimbriki. For more information, please visit https://kimbriki.com.au/news/a-spring-in-their-step/
Bikes, Scooters and E-Bikes
Revolve ReCYCLING aims to be the primary platform in Australia to help riders, bike shops and other retailers, PTV fleet operators, importers and others give new life to old rides.
They provide a range of services from collecting to repairing, re-deploying, and selling bikes. They promote bike equity which includes giving kids bikes to kids who have no access to bikes. They also assist bike shops and bike fleet operators with waste minimisation services and offer bike service training and tune-up events in partnership with a range of councils.
In doing so they provide employment opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. For them, it’s part of being a more sustainable and kinder community.
For more information, please visit revolverecycling.net
Cardboard
Excess cardboard will be transported to Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre, where the cardboard is aggregated on behalf of Council. The paper/cardboard is then transported to Visy (another Australian company) in Sydney’s western suburbs, for sorting and sending to paper mills to produce packaging, cardboard boxes and other paper products such as recycled paper towels and toilet paper.
Small metal items
Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre sends the small metal items to Sell and Parker Metal Recycling Services. The items are then shredded and smelted back into raw steel to be remanufactured into steel products.
Plastic plant pots
PP5 plastic plant pots, punnets and plant labels are recycled and made into new plant pots and other useful horticultural products. For more information, please visit PP5 website and Garden City Plastics website.
Raw timber, flat pack furniture and raw pallets
Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre sends the eligible timber collected to reDirect Recycling who blend it with other raw materials and process it back into new particleboard sheets to be used in kitchen cabinets and other joinery at their facility in Oberon. Find out more.