RecycleSmart Pickups

Some problem waste items can’t be disposed of in your household bins for safety and environmental reasons. To ensure that we are sending problem waste to the right place and protecting our environment, Council has partnered with RecycleSmart to provide Penrith residents with a “from your door” collection service for items like soft plastics, e-waste and textiles.

How do I book a collection?

Organising a collection is easy! Residents can make a booking to have tricky-to-recycle items like textiles and soft plastics collected in a contact free pickup, directly from their front door via the RecycleSmart App (available from the Apple or Play Store) or from the RecycleSmart website.

What’s the best way to present my items for collection?

1. Bag your items
   Place your items for collection into either RecycleSmart bags or any shopping bag you already own. Each bag should be approximately 20L in size, the same size as a standard reusable shopping bag from your supermarket.
   (Don’t worry, your bags will be returned straight after your items are collected and will be placed back where they were found to be reused again.)
2. Check your booking
   RecycleSmart will send you a friendly reminder a week before your scheduled collection date to remind you of your booking.
3. Put your items out the front
   Put your items out the front of your house the morning of your scheduled collection day to be picked up.

Please make sure our collection drivers can safely gain access to the property (gates unlocked, pets are kept safely restrained, no obstacles or vehicles obstructing the path, etc.).

How much do pickups cost?

Penrith LGA residents can access regular, ongoing RecycleSmart pickups (up to two bags per pickup) for free.

What can I put in my collection?

Soft plastics
• Bread bags
• Chips packets
• Chocolate wrappers

Small e-waste items
• Phones
• Cords
• Speakers
• Toasters
• Hairdryers

Textiles
• Clothing (in good or poor condition - as long as they’re clean)
• Accessories (including shoes)
• Bed linen
• Pillows

Health & Beauty
• Skincare bottles and tubes
• Haircare bottles and tubes
• Blister packs
• Toothpaste tubes
• Toothbrushes (incl. electric)
• Floss containers

Coffee products
• Coffee bean bags
• Coffee capsules
• Coffee cups

Kitchenware
• Pots
• Pans
• Stainless steel cutlery (excl. knives)

Sports
• Shoes
• Balls, rackets

Lighting
• Lightbulbs
• Fluorescent tubes
• Torch lamps

Other
• VHS, CDs, DVDs
• Beer clips
• Batteries